Vampires are out?

Oi! Hope not! My story is set in a vampire world! But I haven't mentioned a single one in any of my queries, so makes me wonder if its helping or hindering the selling process?

J

I don't believe that any particular 'monster' is out. Perhaps a certain type of vampire story, with a certain style might be overdone.

And I echo the others here, I sure hope they aren't out - I'm in submittal hell right now with my vamp series. Got a few nibbles, no big bites yet, though.

Hope not!

IMHO, vampires can never be really "out" -- but, as GhostAuthor says, certain kinds of stories have been overdone. I think there's plenty of room for fresh takes on the legends.

I don't think they're out but as a genre, they're particularly susceptible to cliche, so I reckon you'd have a better chance of selling if your vampires had a twist to them that no-one else had ever thought of before. Something they can do or can't do, a talent, or a mission in life. (Death?)

About every 2 years, I hear that vampires are out and the genre is dead. But they rise again, undead...

Scarletpeaches is right. As in anything, just avoid the cliches.

I'd never out a vampire. The stakes are too high.

Nah. They're not out, so long as the concept is original. They told me and my co-author nobody was buying, too--until we gave them vampires that are creepy sentient parasites with a hive mentality that crawl through a person's veins to infect them. Whole new spin, so suddenly it was "Wow! Vampires!" Give your guys and gals some interesting spin and you'll be fine.

larocca said:

I'd never out a vampire. The stakes are too high.

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Arrrggghhhhh! Kill, kill! *snort* giggle*

What about a gay vampire????

Been done. Well, in film. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas. Need I say more?

J

Vampires better not go out before I get to write them!

I've always wanted to write something with vampires. I love them!

I think, like romances, they may be overdone, but they'll never go out of style.

Hmmm... they are overdone, come to think of it... and while I have Anne Rice books, I find that I can't read them! I get bored too quickly of them ~_~

Haha, a gay vampire? Brings new meaning to the word vamp!

But it could work! :O His love interest is an ordinary mortal, and is he willing to sacrifice his life and family to be with the vampire he loves?! *suspense!*

A guy just sold a vampire trilogy to Ballantine for three million. So I'd say they're far from out.

Will Lavender said:

A guy just sold a vampire trilogy to Ballantine for three million. So I'd say they're far from out.

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Yep- I read that one too. Three mill, PLUS another one and a half mill for movie rights.

So that goes to show - vampires STILL sell!

My box from Rhapsody Book Club just arrived. Seven of the books are Vampire romances....so....what does that tell you?

Hush, Cray...

I read a wide variety, but I prefer ONE of the characters to have fangs...my personal fave for my reading/writing.

Well, if they're out that's news to me. Every so often I find Publishers Lunch listing a mega hit vampire story, even from debut authors. Be original and uniquie with them baddy monsters.

Tri

I don't think anything is ever out. Even the cliche pieces can get bites if their good writing and good story.

very much out in YA cirlces, I am told (by someone who ought to know). but then Wizards at boarding school weren't in about 11 years ago...

oscuridad said:

very much out in YA cirlces, I am told (by someone who ought to know). but then Wizards at boarding school weren't in about 11 years ago...

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Not so! Racheal Vater told me that too yet Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is still selling very well.

A new spin should always help. I think that my...


... Annabelle? What are you doing here? Yes I know I need to get back to your story but... but... I was just helping... I know. I still need to work on the edits and put more "show" in instead of telling. I know I need to get back to your... Yes. Yes, I was planing...

... those eyes...

Uh... I need to get back to my edits.