We write what we can write

[brightlotusmoon]

Earlier today, on the phone with my mother, I mentioned that I had finally and reluctantly watched the movie version of Twilight with my co-sufferers -- er, best friends. And then, as we talked about my writing as we usually do, she once again suggested that I could "Just write commercial crap like Twilight that will sell easily to teenagers, then

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[karalianne]

I agree with Caitlin. I may not like to read her books, but that doesn't mean she isn't a smart lady. :)

Write what you need to write. The rest will come.

[brightlotusmoon]

Her books are not for everyone. I'd say they are an acquired taste. :)

The rest will come. Yes, exactly. Later on, if I get the urge to write an easy, commercially-driven novel about faerie-human love or something, I'll do that. But not right now.

[fionavere]

Now I am interested to read this person's books

[brightlotusmoon]

Seriously, it sickens me. Maybe it IS the cult following that does it. Something that is THAT wildly popular among the sheep-like masses cannot possibly be good from a substance standpoint, it's just not possible.

BINGO.
That is why I loathe it. If these books had not been suddenly gobbled up by a handful of romance-starved, screaming teenagers and hurled in the faces of everyone else in the country, I wouldn't have minded at all. It is the sheer mass stupidity of these feral fans that scares me. It is their absolute view that this is how love and life should be, oh my god I need a man like Edward that sickens me

[miintikwa]

This is so true. You write what you want to write.

I'm struggling with the opposite problem. I had a vampire novel grab me, and yell at me that I had to write it NOW, and as much as I love my vampire protagonist, a part of my head keeps screaming 'people are going to think you wrote this because of Twilight!' even though I started it long before Twilight got popular. I am so angry at Twilight, and I hate the fucking sparklepires so much for ruining my beloved living in the dark, burned by the sun, happy to be a vampire, vampire. Argh.

[brightlotusmoon]

I'm so, so sorry. Sincerely. The Twilight stimga will be on every single aspiring vampire-story writer for years to come. It's awful, because I bet you'd write a glorious vampire novel!
One of the other novels I am outlining originally had secondary characters that were vampires who could be out in direct sunlight for a limited amount of time, with severely drained powers. Now I'm considering turning them into fae creatures, just to avoid that stigma.

[miintikwa]

Yeah. I considered rewriting it, but I was so close to finishing it, I finally decided "to heck with it." I finished it, and I'm going to edit it and if no one buys it, whatever.

My next novel is going to be elves. Fantasy. Completely different. :) At least I'll have that to work with, no vampires anywhere!

[brightlotusmoon]

I like elves! :-D

[unico_love]

I've read some of her (Kiernan's) books. I tend to write for myself -- what I would like to read. It may be hard to get published compared to a lot of books, but I only even really know how to write what I like, and how I think.

[sidheblessed]

I sometimes consider writing cheap-ass romance novels but I just can't do it. I can't sell my integrity for a quick buck.