[J m HofMarN]

I've written three vampire hunter novels with my character Christopher Allectus. I've gotten some good feedback on them from publishers and I was thinking of posting some of the writing here to get opinions. This is also kind of an experiment to see if serious fiction can work on the forums, as I hope it can.

[Slade]

I've never really read any vampire hunter novels. I've never read any pro-vampire novels either.

I hope serious fiction can work on the forums, since I've unearthed an old serious piece I was trying to turn into something worth reading, and I might have to post it soon. Or possibly post it in sections.

[Helena]

I've never been much into vampire stuff, but yeah, go ahead. However, I'll only review if you check out my stuff in return.

[Icey]

You really should Hoff, haven't read a lot of Vamp novels nor Vamp hunting novels but that's mostly because I haven't been reading much but am trying to change. So I say, aye post it, it's far from being enough of serious Vampire Hunter fiction.

[SimeSublime]

I think I read the orrigional Dracular when I was eight, but I'm not sure, as it was from my primary school library. That would be about the extent of my knowlege.

[Just your average movie goer]

If you post them, we'll read them, mate. But if they're full length novels, it could take a while.

[Dr Lecter]

Is it modern or classic?

[J m HofMarN]

It's largely modern, I'm not sure what sort of style it falls into and from the great comments I've gotten I think I'm going to start posting chapters.

[Jordan]

Don't post them unless you have copy rights on the novels. If your serious about them, and I gather you are.

[J m HofMarN]

Jordan, I've tried to get published, trust me noone is going to go through what I've been through for work that isnt their own, and if they do there's literally tons of evidencee against them.

[Jordan]

Well, feedback is a great tool. Maybe I'm just being a tad paranoid. The only way to see if your novels work is to run off a few copies and see if people like them. Mind you, your family and friends opinions mean nothing.

I read a great guide on the net the other day. It was from the maker of DILBERT COMICS. He was giving advice on how to start your own comic strip. The author claims that the only way to see if they work is by the 'copy test'. Give some one you know a copy of the comic. If they laugh and say it's good, then give it back to you, well, the comic sucked. If they say "I need to copy this and show it to my pal" then it worked.

I realize sharing comics is easier than sharing a full novel, but maybe you could give the novel to a pal, let him read it, and then say "would you reccommend it to a friend of yours?" If they agree, and do give it to some one else, then they probably did like it, and didn't just say it was good because they're you're friend. Who would want to reccommend shit to a friend? Of course they may just lie and say they'll reccommend it, but if you know the person they reccommended it too, then you can keep tabs on the situation.

[J m HofMarN]

Jordan- That would absolutely kill me. You should never rely on whether other people like your work or not, you're the one who matters. Take constrctive criticism yes but don't go up to a friend and then come away crushed simply because they didnt like your stuff, that's suicide.

Everyone else- Alright, I'll post some of the second book because I believe that to be less tedious than the first.