ASMSG Scifi Fantasy Paranormal Emagazine March 2014 | Page 6

Now, I’m not saying get rid of romance
in a vampire story, because that would
be a ridiculous request (not to mention
killing an entire genre), but let’s try to
do something just a little new! For one
thing, keep in mind that Romeo and
Juliet was effective because it was a
tragedy! It doesn’t work out! In every
novel I read with this kind of story,
however, it always works out hunkydorey in the end. I’m a romantic, too,
and I’d love to believe that love

2A. Boy, Girl, Boy

I’m going to make a few female readers
mad here, but I don’t care, because it
has to said. Does EVERY female
heroine in EVERY paranormal series
have to be loved/ lusted after by
EVERY male creature she encounters?
Furthermore, do we have to put up
with the same damn “love triangle”
over and over again? “Gee, I love
HottieMcFang, but I also get superjuicy every time Rugged Wolfbane
comes near me! What’s a girl to do? My
life is, like, so complicated!” I realize
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