Monday, April 25, 2011

okay y'all here it is

after reading an awesome author/ blogger/ friend's (Rod Rees- read The Demi Monde! it's freakin sweet!) recent post, I'm gonna do some revealing. as you may know I'd been doing some hand wringing and emotional sweating over a certain character in BLOOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS. with good reason. the character is Reinhard Heydrich. I made him a vampire and he is true to his human character. I don't make him glamorous or nifty. he's just an opportunistic, manipulative morally bankrupt dude. just like in life.  when I was researching him, I was always terrified people would find my computer, look in the files and see all the Heydrich stuff and think I was a nut. I really was bothered by this, so bothered that I didn't tell very many people about this until it was picked up for publication by Charles River Press. I guess the publisher felt it was appropriate. it's a weird thing writing about reprehensible people. I know I joke about Vladimir Putin and Dick Cheney because I have that kind of sense of humor. but I do take things seriously and don't try to make evil great. I think that happens enough on it's own to humans. face it we dig bad guys, even if it's in secret. we're human and full of flaws. but I just wanted to get RH, vampire out in the open.

3 comments:

  1. Congrats on creating such a multi-dimensional and infamous character. Very brave choice! :)

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  2. Hiya, Miss Tale, I tried to post a comment earlier but i guess it didn't stick.

    I wouldn't worry about young Reini, he's becoming quite a popular fictional character. Check out 'The Man With The Iron Heart' by Harry Trutledove (not his best). So I think Heydrich portrayed as a vampire is a bloody good idea!

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  3. I read it when I was researching him. Not much good info on the Old Man. But your right. He is an intriguing fictional character. You rendered him magnificently!

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