A funny thing happened while writing my horror novel!
In the midst of it my muse took over and steered me into introducing some eroticism in it.
"Come on!" Muse said. "This is screaming for erotic storytelling--what with decadent vampires, are you kidding?!"
"But I don't think I can!"
"Look, if you want to be a prude that's your business! But as long as WE'RE doing this story together, I insist on calling the shots! You got that?!"
I finally agreed, though humiliated. I mean this muse has no idea of how I was raised!
I still can't write anything erotic or even spicy UNLESS IT'S HORROR-BASED!
The above scene is from Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, which had a few highly erotic scenes in it. This one is one of them wherein Jonathan Harker (Keenu Reeves) is "distracted" by some wanton "brides."
As vampires, at least the ones I write about, are entirely decadent and self-indulgent in the extreme.
In all honesty, we don't expect Dracula or his brides to be prudes, do we? I mean I can't really envision any of them saying, "Look, I do not believe in sex before marriage--nor sex after re-animation if you want to get technical about it!"
Nah! Doesn't sound right, does it?!
Conclusion! I'm going to go with the flow. I've told Muse and we are so happy we're going to do lunch sometime! Meanwhile I'm going to let the story lead me wherever it does--I mean my vampires have to be a little bit naughty, right?!

4 comments:
The brides scene in Dracula is my favorite (except when they bring in the baby!). And Keanu, yummmmm ;-)
I know! but you want to laugh? i forgot about the baby! yuck. ewww, not nice. oh well.
yeah they just weren't sensitive.
thanks Nicole!
My understanding of Vampires was always that they were oozing with sexuality and sensuality. Even the mere sucking of blood on a very erogeneous zone (the neck) is enough to get me going.
Maybe you and your muse should get to know eachother better, let teh muse cop a feel or two...
you are sooo funny!
yeah muse and i are really hitting it off. course it would have to ba male one!
i'll call him Tony, shall i?!
Tony; YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.
me: WANT WHAT? TO GET BITTEN BY A VAMPIRE?!
TONy: YEAH AND ALL THE NEAT STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT!
ME: YOU HAVE A POINT. WELL MAYBE TWO POINTS, IN YOUR FANGS!
thanks friend Elbie! very cute. i needed that!
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