Charlotte Blackwell Blog Tour Post
So many people ask me why I write about
vampires. Well the answer is easy, I write about what I like. Vampire witches,
anything supernatural is what I like to read and now it’s what I like to write.
I know the market is saturated with vampires, but hey I like mine. Being
vampires is not all they are; the Pierce family is fighting for a better life,
to be important members of society. Sound familiar? Yeah well it is, because
isn’t that what we all fight for? I try to write my characters to have similar
struggles, insecurities and challenges that all of us have. This way you the
reader and I as the writer can relate to them. The twist is they have powers
and magickal friends to help them. The supernatural aspect of my novels is
there, but I feel it’s secondary to the main plot.
Almost every teenage struggles to fit in
and be accepted for who they are, heck even some of us adults do this.
Acceptance into the main stream is all the Pierce family wants, more so all
Sophia wants. She struggle with self esteem, and just can’t understand why
anyone would want to be her friend. Throughout the Embrace Series Sophia learns
not only to accept others, but to accept herself as well. Once thins happens
she finds friendship, love and the true meaning of family, but most of all she
finds herself.
I watch my teenage daughter deal with
similar struggles every day; I have had the same struggles. It wasn’t until I
started writing full time that I realized who I really am and what I wanted out
of my own life. I think the most important thing is to find happiness within
and that’s what my characters try to do. The supernatural aspect of my story
just makes it a little more fun. I mean who doesn’t want a fountain of youth,
or super powers.
Now the other thing I get is comparisons to
other paranormal books. I love that readers would think to compare the Embrace
Series to the other vampire/witch books and shows out there. The funny thing is
I have done tons of research for this series and obviously other authors have
done the same. These comparisons can be traced back to the first vampire
novels. Twilight is not the first vampires to drink animal blood, Vampire
diaries uses a crystal to walk in the sun, well that comes from a stone that is
believed to cure blood diseases and a family of witches is not uncommon in fiction or in real life. I love writing about
this kind of thing and love the readers that enjoy it as well.
With four books out in the Embrace Series I
have decided to try my hand in a new genre though and am currently working on a
contemporary romance. I’m really
enjoying taking my writing to a different level, but find it difficult to stay
away from the paranormal. I find myself always wanting to throw in a power or a
ghost or something. I think once you fall in love with the paranormal it’s hard
to leave it behind and that is why I write about vampires and such, because I
love them and hope you do too.
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Check back tomorrow for some Excerpts from THE EMBRACE SERIES
I read the first book and the second is on my to read list. I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of this series yet, but they are all on my very long TBR list!! :)
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