tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8850942074622329176..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: GHOUL OF MY DREAMS_May Monster for todayRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-49528396992571558062013-05-18T09:19:58.311-05:002013-05-18T09:19:58.311-05:00My friend Marina writes about some really scary zo...My friend Marina writes about some really scary zombies. Her focus is on the people and how their lives change. Quickly. Sort of like Stephen King....<br /><br />I have to admit I did like the character of Edward. The character, not that he was a vampire. <br /><br />Interesting reading in the comments!The Words Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520267901489487512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-54184586870870482312013-05-16T15:23:30.996-05:002013-05-16T15:23:30.996-05:00*winks* I knew you'd enjoy my comments in the ...*winks* I knew you'd enjoy my comments in the spirit of fun as intended Roland. Always a pleasure to have discussion with you :)<br /><br />......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62825680173359771122013-05-16T14:27:46.545-05:002013-05-16T14:27:46.545-05:00You are absolutely correct. Werewolves should not...You are absolutely correct. Werewolves should not be puppy-fied, made harmless by some writer who wants to introduce conscience.<br /><br />Victor is not in a good place.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-43501666067621785402013-05-16T13:09:23.017-05:002013-05-16T13:09:23.017-05:00Great writing. And I love the stories about Marie ...Great writing. And I love the stories about Marie Laveau.Ms Misantropiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200076221996543289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-5579647428808322262013-05-16T10:31:14.989-05:002013-05-16T10:31:14.989-05:00Excellent point about the bad boys and monsters. I...Excellent point about the bad boys and monsters. I truly don't get the vamp attraction. They'd be cold and most likely have smelly breath. Werewolves, meh, a little better...until flea season. <br /><br />Your book sounds great. About time guys get their turn at love. Even if it's creepy love. Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51159940893757081322013-05-16T09:32:21.734-05:002013-05-16T09:32:21.734-05:00Donna:
And Alice loves you right back – which is s...Donna:<br />And Alice loves you right back – which is safe since you are in different states! <br /><br />Yes! Monsters have a core programming. <br /><br />My idea of werewolves was shaped by the black and white Universal movies. Even THE WOLFEN AND THE HOWLING had wolves and werewolves with animalistic intelligence but essentially predators. <br /><br />It just seems illogical to me to put a human mind in an animal’s body. The skin walkers in Plain Indian myths were beings you stayed away from with good reason!<br /><br />What do mothers tell their children? “Don’t play with your food.”<br /> <br />I, too, can see an isolated vampire falling in love with a specific human – after all, look at Alice and Victor. <br /><br />But to vampires as a whole, they would see humans as a whole as … food.<br /><br />I can see our government in an attempt to come up with chemical additives to improve military troops inadvertently creating a chemical agent that does not do what they intended, merely keeping the reptilian portion of our brains alive. <br /><br />And the military seems unable to avoid screw-ups so I can see that chemical agent making it to the general population.<br /><br />I like dystopian society speculative fiction, too.<br /> <br />Sam McCord’s America is a bit of a dystopian society as in CREOLE KNIGHTS, I refer to the peace treaty President Ulysses S. Grant had him broker with the Plains Indians. <br /><br />Sam warned Grant that he would insure that whatever terms the government agreed to would be kept. Neither the Plains Indians or Grant believed him. <br /><br />They should have. <br /><br />Even in the year 2005, the Great Indian Nation exists in the center of America – neither Indian or White being able to cross its boundaries – the railroads having to go completely around it.<br /><br /> Yes, I know that fiction written by men often is as biased as that of prose written by women – influenced by wish fulfillment.<br /><br /> Ian Fleming’s femme fatales and the sexual encounter of the moment. Dashiell Hammett’s and Raymond Chandler’s evil seductress and destroyer of the men around her.<br /><br />I just finished re-reading POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker (a dry tongue-in-cheek P.I. tribute to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN). <br /><br />It is his second novel in a row where the beautiful, amoral damsel in distress gets away with multiple murders. <br /><br />What I find amusing is that the love between Parker’s Spenser and Susan Silverman (which is a healthy fun one) is criticized by both female and male readers.<br /><br />When Susan, over a series of books I call the “Wounded Spenser” series, nearly destroys him when she spirals into dysfunction, leaving Boston and Spenser to “find herself,” the readers loved her. I shake my head.<br /><br />I loved your insightful comment. This was fun.<br /><br />Alex:<br />I'm happy you remember their first encounter fondly. When Victor does, he starts to count his fingers to make sure they haven't been made a snack of!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-64934575151634787202013-05-16T07:26:34.389-05:002013-05-16T07:26:34.389-05:00I remember their first meeting!I remember their first meeting!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2582869938782069542013-05-16T01:34:11.422-05:002013-05-16T01:34:11.422-05:00I love you ghoul-friend. Unique, interesting, and ...I love you ghoul-friend. Unique, interesting, and true to character. What can a ghoul do when she's hungry!?<br /><br />I'm not into sparkly vampires or zombies that want to cuddle. I like monsters to be monsters - even when they retain their intelligence. They need to think within their pre-built paramaters - like the core programming of a computer.<br /><br />Werewolves that retain their human intelligence is another matter for me however. Shifters are not undead. They are live beings. They breed, and have societal norms.<br /><br />Wolves are highly intelligent, communal beings. They think, they plan, they make informed decisions. So yeah, I can equate their intelligence - even in their wolf form - to humans.<br /><br />I don't fault Vampires their angst over killing and feeding off humans. I can even see them caring about and even falling in love with live beings. Why not; death did not rob them of humanity. But, food is food, right?<br /><br />Well - I guess some humans become vegetarians, which isn't natural to us carnivores, so I guess a vampire not eating humans is the same as the vegetarian concept. But procreation? Nope, those glands dies witht he rest of their organs. Sparkly still just doesn't get it for me.<br /><br />Zombies though: they are completely dead. Their bodies are rotting, the only part of their brain that is alive is the reptilian core that regulates movement and hunger.<br /><br />You know Roland, Zombies don't scare me much because I have a hard time conceptualizing the actuality. Brain dead is brain dead.<br /><br />I'm an avid The Walking Dead viewer, and can't hardly wait for next season to start. But ya know, I don't watch it for the zombies. I watch Falling Skies for the same reason; dystopian society. It has the same appeal as Stephen King's The Stand.<br /><br />None of that "written by women" crap Roland. Sheesh! Have you noticed how men romanticize the "harlot with the heart?" As Jessica Rabbit says: I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way!<br /><br />Seriously; same concept as the bad boy. SIN CITY, KILL BILL,CAT WOMAN; yeah all with bad girls written for men, drawn/written by men. Just cuz a man prefer's his bad girl in the form of a cartoon (eg; comic book) doesn't make the sentiment less appealing.<br /><br />At least women have real-world caricatures of their bad-boys!<br /><br />.......dhole<br /><br />dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-18301998728612223492013-05-15T23:58:06.508-05:002013-05-15T23:58:06.508-05:00D.G.:
Yes, I would imagine in an ancient city like...D.G.:<br />Yes, I would imagine in an ancient city like Paris, space in an inner city cemetery would be a very high premium! In the Japanese anime, NOIR, set in Paris, they had a suspenseful episode where a gunfight happened in one of the catacombs of Paris.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11207619287933153412013-05-15T23:53:22.937-05:002013-05-15T23:53:22.937-05:00Per your question about Pere Lachaise,that cemeter...Per your question about Pere Lachaise,that cemetery is high on a hill in the Marais-Bastille area of Paris. <br /><br />Paris has underground caverns as well as the Catacombs. I've read about that problem of being below sea level in New Orleans, but in Paris, I think they had other reasons, such as compacting remains in a family tomb to save space. <br />D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-85178281549229318592013-05-15T23:50:02.545-05:002013-05-15T23:50:02.545-05:00Celeste:
I know the exact song you are talking abo...Celeste:<br />I know the exact song you are talking about. :-) New Orleans is a truly fun city for a history hunt! Especially the French Quarter. Just watch your guide's shadow -- if he does not have one, he could be DayStar! Cue the spooky music. LOL.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-88911113713512299162013-05-15T23:40:38.584-05:002013-05-15T23:40:38.584-05:00Great stuff, Roland! This excerpt makes me think o...Great stuff, Roland! This excerpt makes me think of a lot of crazy stuff. My mom's name is Marie, so when I was a kid, I loved that song about Marie Laveau and Handsome Jack. I've never been to New Orleans, but I'd love to go on a history hunt there! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326522346206157210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-28887375939180214332013-05-15T23:07:59.401-05:002013-05-15T23:07:59.401-05:00Michael:
I have new visitors all the time so this ...Michael:<br />I have new visitors all the time so this first meeting is brand new to them, and it seemed to fit May Monster Madness -- for some say Victor is mad to fall for a monster like Alice! Always good to see you here! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26915164648935601382013-05-15T22:28:00.732-05:002013-05-15T22:28:00.732-05:00It's always such a pleasure to read about Vict...It's always such a pleasure to read about Victor and Alice's first encounter. A match surely made in heaven...<br /><br />Thanks again for the replay. SO enjoyable, Roland.Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59330004625143400682013-05-15T22:19:33.675-05:002013-05-15T22:19:33.675-05:00D.G.:
Pere Lachaisre, the largest cemetery in the ...D.G.:<br />Pere Lachaisre, the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, is beautiful in a gothic way certainly. Since New Orleans is built below sea level, bodies buried tend to ooze to the surface! Hence it is hard to keep a good man (or a bad one) down in any New Orleanian cemetery!<br /><br />Is Paris built below sea level, too?<br /><br />Yes, glamour hides all sorts of things fae and others would rather Man not see!<br /><br />I'm happy you liked seeing how Alice and Victor first met.<br /><br />And bad boys are bad for a reason!! Monsters need bite to be truly monsters. Thanks for visiting and commenting, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13086868768130795222013-05-15T22:03:21.808-05:002013-05-15T22:03:21.808-05:00You're right - making monsters cuddly is for k...You're right - making monsters cuddly is for kids' books perhaps, but it does neuter the effect of monsters. And right again, bad boys don't change or treat their women all that well. <br /><br />I like reading how Alice and Victor met. Did you know they also call Pere Lachaise the City of the Dead? It may have something to do with the above ground coffers and monuments.<br /><br />Isn't the glitz what they call a 'glamour' like the pretty face the old crone wears? D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-41796595031717844382013-05-15T21:58:34.410-05:002013-05-15T21:58:34.410-05:00Thanks, Little Gothic Horrors:
Victor continually ...Thanks, Little Gothic Horrors:<br />Victor continually risks a terrible death with his love affair with Alice. I'm happy you enjoyed how they first met. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-76253242042052281632013-05-15T21:42:58.037-05:002013-05-15T21:42:58.037-05:00I'm no fan of sparkly vampires and the like! I...I'm no fan of sparkly vampires and the like! I enjoyed your excerpt! Little Gothic Horrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315631250163742387noreply@blogger.com