Okay. I admit it. I interviewed myself. I am doing some self-promotion this week. I feel like I deserve it everyonce in a while, so that is what I'm doing. Today, you get to find out about the vampires in Obsidian. Tomorrow, there will be another post about Obsidian and the series in general. Then, on Wednesday, you get to meet Tom Walker for Character of the Week!
I asked myself the same questions I asked Rebecca Hamilton, Wynne Channing, Beck Sherman and Thomas Winship. You see, Obsidian and the upcoming books in the Mystic Stones Series are like these other books I've featured because they are all different takes on vampires. The aforementioned authors all have a unique view on the way vampires should be. That is the beauty of fiction--you can make anything you want! So, here are the vampire specs of Obsidian and the Mystic Stones Series.
How are the vampires in your world
different from others?
The vampires in Obsidian can only be
killed by obsidian piercing their heart. Obsidian anywhere else will
only wound them temporarily. They are also unable to harm a human
wearing a protective ring carved from a seashell with an obsidian
dagger that has killed a vampire. Vampires are in a sort of training
stage for the first two years of their vampire life. During this time
their eyes are bright green. Once the vampire is about two years old, their eyes change to either blue or brown.
As vampires get older they develop more powers. I can only reveal two of those powers right now, because I don't want to spoil Moonstone for you. First comes the ability to drink animal blood--no sooner then 75 years old. Then the ability to see through walls--no sooner than 100 years old. Seeing through walls, or x-ray vision, works somewhat like bat-sonar. The vampire uses reverberating sounds to get a picture of what is going on in the next room.
Do the vampires in your world possess
any of the traditional vampire traits? No reflection? Burning in the
sun? Being immortal? Aversion to crosses, holy water and/or garlic?
Turning into a bat? Killed by a wooden stake? Fangs? Other?
My vampires are immortal, they have
fangs, but other than that, they are pretty non-traditional. They are
pale-skinned. Their skin gets more and more pale as they age. This is
because the sun does not effect them as it did when they were alive. Along with developing powers, all vampires come equipped with super strength, hearing, eyesight, speed, taste and smell. In return they lose they are not as alert to changes of temperature, which could be good or bad.
Why did you choose to write about
vampires?
I like writing about vampires and other
beings who hold something magical about them. I think it's fun to
write about characters who not only have human emotions, but also
have the added stress of dealing with being different in some way.
Do you remember the first vampire story
you read in a book or watched on a movie or television show?
I don't remember the very first one. It
must have been a book I read in my early childhood, because I've
always been drawn to the dark and unknown. Vampires, witches, and
ghosts have always been interesting to me.
What makes vampire stories appealing in
today’s pop culture?
I think the vampires in today's
literature and media are part of a phenomenon that takes us to
another world. By watching or reading about these creatures, we leave
are mundane life for a more exciting world, even if it's only for a
short period of time.
If someone were
to see one of your vampires on the street, what would their reaction
be? Fear? Attraction? No unique reaction from that of seeing a human?
That is the beauty of my vampires. They
have already incorporated (quite literally) themselves into society.
You might notice that they are exceptionally good looking, or that
the new vampires have the brightest green eyes you've ever seen, but
you won't know they are vampires until they show their fangs. The
fact that they have a very large and well-known corporation that has
a staff consisting only of vampires, will tell you just how easily
they can blend in to society. This corporation—Psytech--ends up
being the very company that people of the modern world look to for
the latest technology. Once the satellites are down, they look again
to Psytech for guidance, but it doesn't come. Instead, society will
be presented with a most daunting proposition from Psytech.
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