BITE OF THE WEEK: SIMPSON'S POP CULTURE

Lisa Simpson: Grampa's a vampire?
Bart Simpson: We're all vampires.

BITE OF THE WEEK: Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Be-il (Bill) on True Blood, has run with the vampires before. He played Jack in a 1998 six-hour British Miniseries "Ultraviolet", which by all accounts was far better than the movie of the same name.

BITE OF THE WEEK: BLOOD ALLEY BITTER

A fitting beer for this page, non? Russell Brewing has a Westcoast IPA that comes in at 50 on the International Bittering Units scale called Blood Alley Bitter. The Wine Guy, James Nevision, says it has bite but is in no way unbalanced. We don't mind a little unbalanced activity here at VCL, and we love the name.

BITE OF THE WEEK: Quote from "Let the Right One In"

Oksar: Are you a vampire?
Eli: I live off blood...yes.
Oskar: Are you...dead?
Eli: No. Can't you tell?
-John Linvquist "Let the Right One In".

BITE OF THE WEEK: Writers Noxon/Epenson

On the writers front: Marti Noxon, producer and writer of Buffy is on board with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Jane Espenson has written ten of the new Torchwood episodes for Starz.

BITE OF THE WEEK: Elizabeth Bathory.

BITE OF THE WEEK: Elizabeth Bathory, Countess. Sadistically tormented young peasant girls and bathed in their blood. Who knew?

INTERVIEW: K.C. Blake (Vampires Rule)

This interview comes courtesty of Rebecca Melvin & Endependent Publishers. You can pick up a copy of Vampires Rule at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/54214

Interview: So you have a new book for us to enjoy! Can you tell us about it?

K.C.: Sure. Jack has been seventeen for a decade now, trapped in his own ageless body, but he longs to return home to a normal life. Then a freak werewolf attack somehow gives him his wish, and he wakes up without fangs the next day. It seems to be a dream come true, but that doesn't last very long. The girl he's crushing on is holding onto a major secret about him, and his brother welcomes him home with a wooden stake in his hand. Then Jack finds out the first werewolf ever created is in town, building an army, and he believes he is destined to kill Jack.

Interviewer: What inspired you to write this story?

K.C.:I was stuck for a while on what to write, so I kept praying about it. One day the idea of a vampire becoming mortal again popped into my head. I wasn't sure about writing it, so I kept praying. At the end of the week a friend in Boston called to tell me she'd had the strangest dream. In her dream a young girl with a silver bullet necklace was killing werewolves as they attacked a small town. She told me a deep male voice kept repeating, "Tell Kasi this is the book she needs to write." Gives me goose bumps still to think about it.

Interviewer: Which was your favorite character to write and why?

K.C.: Tough question. I really loved the villain and Jack's brother, Silver of course, but I guess my favorite would have to be Jack. Although he was a vampire for ten years, he's managed to stay somewhat sheltered. He takes people at face value and is surprised when they turn out to be bad. You've got to root for the kid because he just wants to live his life without all the supernatural mess that's constantly around him. He's human (for the most part) and gets scared, but that never stops him from risking his life to save someone else.

Interviewer: What do you think is most fun about being a writer?

K.C.: Living in other worlds and experiencing them first. Getting to know these characters as real people and living as them for a while.

Interviewer: Would you say that you’ve always been a fan of the paranormal elements?

K.C.: I've loved ghosts and vampires and such since I was a small child watching scary movies late at night when I was supposed to be in bed.

Interviewer: The personalities of your characters are unique. Are they based off of anyone in real life?

K.C.: Not that I know of, but I'm sure there are certain elements from people I've met over the years that have crept into my characters. They are probably a mixture of everyone I've ever met.

Interviewer: What was the hardest thing about writing Vampires Rule?

K.C.: Writing it was easy; stopping was hard. I didn't want to let the characters go. Even after three books I feel like there is more to their story.


Interviewer: What books do you have coming soon?

K.C.: Werewolves Rule and Mortals Rule (the last two books in the series) will be coming out shortly, followed by Crushed. Crushed is a part of the witch-game series about teen witches playing dangerous games at school. The second book of that series is Witch Hunt, but what is unique about this series is that every book has different characters.

Interviewer: Do you have anything else to tell your readers and those interested in your book?

K.C.: If you enjoy a fast-paced, action-packed read with suspense, interesting twists you don't see coming, and a bit of humor, pick up a copy of Vampires Rule. This is the first book in a series of three. Hope you enjoy it. :)