"BryonySeries Vampires" Tour Host: Sue Mydliak

No blog post yesterday? Nope!

After a Saturday of part work, part errands, and part family, I gave myself a little Mother's Day present and worked on "Before the Blood." I had every intention of eventually posting a blog, but, well, times flies when, you know.

So if you haven't tried last week's recipe on Sue's Diner, you have another week to do so.

Third stop of the BryonySeries Blog Tour is the blog of fellow vampire writer Sue Mydliak.

According to her blog, Sue Mydliak was born in Flint, Michigan. Came to Illinois when she was a little girl and graduated from Downers Grove South.

It wasn't until the book Twilight came out did she develop her interest in writing. It was then in 2011, that her first book, Birthright, was published and made bestseller the first week it was out. This lead her to make Birthright into a trilogy.

She has written two other books, Night Games and an anniversary book, Forever, which is Birthright's story, but whose story line is different and geared more for adults. She is currently writing two other books, Eternal and Secrets and has finished illustrating a new children's book, JellyBean Turns Three (see her children's book website, http://susiebbooks.strikingly.com/)

Not mentioned on Mydliak's blog are anthologies and her hilarious southern shorts, a compilation of which Mydliak will release soon.

To read about the BryonySeries take on vampires, check out my answers to Mydliak's 10 thoughtful questions at https://theunbeatenheart.blogspot.com/2018/05/byony-series-first-blog-tour-denise.html.

BryonySeries Throwback Thursday: Why Vampires

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Why Vampires?

I’m not sure why, but of all the supernatural creatures, witches and vampires have held their greatest appeal.

My fascination with witches stretches so far backward in time that it's almost subliminal. I have no idea where or how it began. I only remember wanting to dress up as a witch every Halloween, but my mother preferred less gory attire. I was a cowgirl in kindergarten and a drum majorette for the next couple years, followed by a cleaning lady.

My official introduction to vampires is easier to pinpoint. A neighbor boy was obsessed with monsters and knew all the old movies that had been made about them; he got us hooked. Each summer, one television stationed offered a morning movie series called, “Creature Features,” where, for a week or two, five days a week, it broadcasted those old favorites.

Somewhere, along the way, I decided vampires held an appeal mystique than werewolves (a close second), to Frankenstein, mummies, or Godzilla. I’ve not outgrown that attraction.