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What is it that you Look For In the Main Character of a Vampire Novel.
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What is your favorite time period for the novel to take place.

The main character ...vampirewise, has to be believable. I love a character to have a sense of humor, or a dark sultry side. But all the fades away or turns into a bat is ridiculous

Main Character should be strong and self relaiant and romantic and yet struggles with her/him self inside...THey also have a weakness as well ...

as for the time.. present...

louis from interview with a vampire because i feel like that all the time

The Main Character should be dark but, confident with themselves and comfortable around mortals (those who are comfortable around their prey get fed more often). It would be nice if there was a little Angst too.

As for the time period...hmm...Mix of Past and Present

I like the character to be realistic.. not some ultra-specialized character that is a lawyer by day, vampire hunter by night whom can also use magic crap.

I like vampire novels whose main character may not necessarily be human, but is the less powerful of the two and is tempted. Does this character stand true, or does he/she give into temptation? What are the motivations for this choice?

I love underdog survival type stories. It makes me feel like I have a chance in this life. It also shows how their lives change from contact with the stronger character.

As to timing, I like modern age.. deffinatly after WWII on timing.

The main character should be strong, beautiful (male or female), ruthless, and have an actual role in life, not just run around chomping on necks and stupid stuff. I love Anne Rice. Her vampires (although not very realistic) are always so hot.

The characters have to be believable, preferably as well shaped as Anne Rice's characters. As mentioned here also, no Vamps turning into Bats and flying away...

I look for something beyond what has yet been given me in my readings. Someone real and believable. I am not a fan of Anne Rice and her characters. Though I must admit they are decently developed, they seem to good to be truly real. I don't want some angst ridden, arrogant, detached vampire who still clings to his mortality. But I also don't want some mindless killer who makes me want to wring his throat with every new sentence.

My favorite time period.. now I've always been obsessed with the Renaissance period or the late seventeen hundreds. So, I suppose either of those would work for me, as well as the present.

For me the main character of the story has to be a rogue to make it work for me! :)

My main character needs to be believable. I prefer them strong, indepedent and to have a sense of humor.
My favorite time period would be the here and now.
My favorite authors at the moment are J.R. Ward and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

obviously the main character and to go with it full of scary situations .

The main character should be like Aubrey in "Demon in my view". I almost fall in love with that guy!

I generally look for a different kind of story, something that maybe combines the new with the old, while not becoming too outrageous. I also like strong characters and a good plot. I yearn to find things that haven't been done before and a lot of imagination. I tend to think in pictures so I like to be led down the path and told to enjoy, not shown everything and left with nothing to discover on my own.

The main character in my novel, Sorrow: A Vampire's Tale, struggles through his infancy as a vampire, relying solely on the trust he gives to another vampire.

I've taken aspects of different types of vampire stories to bring live to my vampires, while adding some new touches to their being.

If anyone wants more info, contact me.

with my novals i read i like a strong woman, but not to strong to the point you want to hit her your self, and not to have the guy who is a complete a hole to her dose one nice thing and she forgets about the meanness around him and i like it to be based in the 1600's or 2000 area

there has to be realistic characteristics

i like this well i think vampires are awesome u know there real you just got to know where to find them like me

i love a character who is strong, humouris and shows no fear....i think the 1600's was a great time period.

I like the carpathian series. the main charachters are normally very strict and start off very non-humorous. but as the book goes on they get more relaxed. personally i would enjoy it being during medieval times with swords and shields.

I like a main character that's a little mysterious, kind of sultry, but believeable...the time period is better if it's in the present

Well I read a romance fantasy novel called Prince of Twilight and pretty much the main character was Vlad. What made it interesting was a more realistic appoarch to vampires. Even though it was Dracula you still got a feeling he was real and really falling for a mortal human. What made it also cool is that vampires were not evil or cruel but just trying to survive. There was many characters based on history involved and it was interesting. It took place in modern times by the way.

I look for characters that take a realistic look at life. I don't want to read about a vampire that lives forever and does not feel pain or love or is dead... I don't like the dead part cause it looses the realistic feel. I always felt when it comes to books that vampires should be people that have been cursed (not that it is a bad thing or anything). I don't want the whole zombie effect.

Also I love Romance novels with vampires.

I like it to be a guy and close to our time.

Yeah Guys always make a better vampire then woman. Though I have to say I have seen some powerful woman vampires like Lydia aka Pandora in Anne Rice's novel.

I like the vampires to be human like. They have flaws and they have a 3 dimentional character. No completely evil or completely good characters. Perfect example for me is Stuart Townsend's portrayal of Lestat in the Queen of the Damned movie by Anne Rice.

As for the place: Present.

THE MAIN CHARACTER OF A VAMP NOVEL OF COURSE SHOULD BE A VAMPIRE, ELEGANT, CUNNIG, WITTY, BEAUTIFUL, WEALTHY AND BLOOD LOVING CREATURE OF THE DARKNESS.

ABOUT THE TIME LINE, I'M FOND OF VAMPIRES ON OR BEFORE LOUIS IV's TIME... VERY CLASSICAL AND SOPHISTICATED.

I think the vampire should be believeable which means that it can be written in any time period. The character will carry alot of his "period" time with him and it will be beliveable.

As long as the characters are realistic and the storyline is good

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Lately, I have been finding present day settings more interesting because they gve the reader another facet to relate to -- one that isn't strictly built on the fantasy of that mysterious vampire just trying out survive another day... A character that doenst gush all their emotions at once so they become one-dimenional are always nice...then you alwayw hav something to possibly use to surprise your reader...

Illuminata, You can still have sophistication while in different eras..

TheGoblinQueen, why do you prefer male vamps in a novel?

I prever male vampires too...thley even seem easiest to write about. I think the characters should have some sort of prohibited desire, like fall in love with something they can't have...but they try so hard to get:)

oh, and the time period, around medivial times or the good ol present.

can't say I have a gender preference on my vamps, but then again, I never had a gender preference lol *weg*

The most important attribute of the main character for me is that he or she has to face and overcome a moral dilemma. Something that goes against his or her very being. The timeline doesn't really matter as long as it is well written.

I do love feedback.
Many Great opinions.
Keep em coming.

The main thing for me like others have said is the main character has to be believable. I really like the historical novels in the Renaissance period but have been reading some that are present day that I am enjoying also.

O prefer the stronger characters, a sense of confidance abound.

I like my vampires to be fierce, merciless, dark in nature.

And as far as setting, I like anything present day the most..to me it just makes a story more believable when you can connect with it in ways like the setting and time. ;)=

I definitely love the rogue's. I like the ones that have issues and is trying to to do it on his own. He's got to be strong, independant, but still has some of his humanity. Love Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laurell K. Hamilton, J.R. Ward, Susan Kearney, Keri Arthur......and so much more..i read them all!

Strong,honourable.loyal.the qualities i adhere to.but also decent literatural standards.thats how i like the novel/character to be.

strong wild vivid undesirable blood lust!

I believe that the main character should be strong and beautiful for either a male or female lead character, however I like my main characters to have a bit of a sense of humor about the way life works. As far as time periods...I like a vampire novel set in a modern day setting.

Wht I look for in a character is charisma, charm, believability, character, sex appeal, and wisdom. I love all different time periods. It just depends on what part of the world it is.

Depending on my mood will depend on what I want to read. Love Lestat in Annie Rice's books.
I love a strong male or female vampire that wants the same things everyday people want, love, friendship, money, whatever. I prefere modern times but victorian times works for me as well:) I am reading some new Vampire Romance novels and when finished will be rating the books on my page:)

vampire novels? i really loved, twilight, new moon, and all of amerlia atwater-rhodes' books. i books to be written in the present time, for the most part, unless they're really well written...and the characters need to be believable.

I think any archetype can be made into a good character and good reading so long as they are detailed and we understand the motivation for them, can sympathize or at least empathize with them. Describe them well, and give us a reason to like them and you could write me a story about a vampire on the Best Buy Geek Squad and still pen a winning title...maybe.

the charecters have to be realistic. the time doesent matter. as long as the charcters and events are belevable.

The main character has to be a vampire (of course) with magical powers - none of this nearly human stuff - he answers to no-one and always wins

I like the very recent past, like around the world wars time

i like the main charactor to be a celebrity that is a vampire(lestat from queen of the damned) and i like for the time period to be somewhere close to the present or in old europe in like 1200b.c.

I haven't found one special "type" of vampire that I prefer to the rest. I look for a bit of a flaw, something to make them a bit more believable, a way that I can relate to them... I have read so many different novels, seen so many movies... All were basically different, in just about every way. And I have a MASSIVE thing for anything written in medieval times.

I enjoy a vampire character that isn't eat up with angst over their situation. I don't want to spend 1/2 the book looking for why they should accept their "unlife". I read for enjoyment so I actually appreciate a lot of humor in a story along with a bit of mystery and a good battle or two of course. I'm flexable with time periods as I enjoy them all equally including alternate universe types where dragons and magic are commonplace.
I just want a good story with a main character I can feel some interest in and writing interesting enough to take me away from the real world for a bit.

I lke both past and present. and he better be good looking with long hair and not a pansy

The main character must be self-reliant, intelligent, and a real charmer. My favorite time period would be th rennesance(sp?) period.

I look for the power and sedduction ability. I love the victorian era.

I would want the main carachter to be mysterious and very strong and confident. As for the time I would say in the early 1900's.

I would like a character to be strong and a time period in the 17 to 1800's

main character must be female vampire with a bloodlust like no other sexy and beautifull and nothing can stop her based in this century. most diffenitly

I would have to say the main for me would have to be female .. dark but seductive.. a lil swagger in the walk ..

Me, I always go for the dark, brooding tall hunk*grins* always a sucker ..pardon the pun here..for the tall, dark and gothy vampires in stories.
and i perfer stories from the past.

Time would be Victorian ages...

The charachter...Well I like Louie & Lestat, I think those two characters molded into one, a bit of both would be my preference

i agree that the main character would have to a be a sexy female, i know it sounds a little perverted but women are far more exciting to read about.
i cant decide about the time as i like the past and intrigued about the future with something new

I favor realism but with a hefty dose of the extraordinary-something that makes it possible but doesn't push my suspension of disbelief. A good mixture of time periods, like a modern day tale with remembrances of the past is always good.

Modern day. I want my vampire to be smart, cleverwitted, and sexy, yet inconspicuous.

any age period so long as it's written well. If the first chapter can capture my attention then I am hooked.

if the main charcter has qualities i can relate to, and makes me "feel"... and, of course, it has to be a readable, perferably enjoyable book. time frame? just about any, as long as the author can pull you in.

I look for a vampire with power and in conflict. My favorite time period is Modern Day.

I like modern day vampire novels. I am deeply in depth with the Anita Blake Vampire series. In my opinon its the best series I have read.

Hm I wouldn't like to read a vampire book about a woman. It'd have to be a guy, were I find the charachter attractive & interesting to keep me reading, I suppose he'd have to have a bit of arrogance about him, intelligence, no mystery, that bores me

i want a vampire that has no idea that he is a vamprire .. like a warewolf wakeing up in tomes an stuff at night nasty taste of blood bile in his mouth strage and wonderful strenths .. that just happen to apear out of nowear . an odd fear of italians an there cooking LOL that would be great

louis or lestat from Interview with the vampire they seems like the type of vampires that i would like to see more of in vampire novels or movies...

Main Character should be strong and self relaiant

I like the 17th an 18th century settings!

the main character needs to be believable-have a sense of humor, strong and mysterious.
the time period would be present time.

personally I like the any of the Anne Rice novels and the settings she uses

the thing i look in the main char. vamp is for him or her to have a real mean streak then become all sensative when they see their true love. My fav time period for vamp novles to take place is the 18th century.

I look for character, sex appeal, something that makes the individual unique (I.E. a problem, ability, etc.), grace, structure, humor, and intelligence.

My favorite time period is late fifteen hundreds, early sixteen hundreds, preferably in Europe.

A vampire novel just has to have strong story line that makes sense. The time of the story doesn't matter that much to me. In the end a vampire is always trying to seduce his or her victim.

And as for the main character. I think a certain level of mystery is welcome. A gloomy and misty aura surrounding him or her.

believable charactors are a must, time period for me doesnt really matter,but at least have them somewhat within the realm of reason

I think it should be believable.. like Im there too kinda... Something I can actually picture so I know what theyre talking about

I think you would be a good main character Skarz.

What I hope to see in the main charecter of a novel is thier authenticity. I want to feel what the charecter is feeling. I want tobe scared out of mind, and want to laugh out loud when the charecter does. I want the author to make me believe that they are real.
I want to wander if there are really vamps in new orleans. I want the author to make me feel that there are darkhunters prowling the streets or zombies being risen in graveyards.
I want my charecters to have real feelings, real moral dilemmas, and a real sense of humor. So long as my main charecters are real to me I will continue to read about them.

A vampire novel...i like them to take place in the current time period, that way people don't only think of us as cape wearing...and with frilly shirts, and a funny accent. The 'lead vamp' needs a believable personality, and very unexpected. [sorry for being so vague about the last part.]

The main vampire character has to be strong and believable. I like the novels to be set in the present time, although those set in ealier times are frequently good also. Just look at Dracula!!!!

i like vampire novels set in a time of late 1800s. i am not sure what i see ina charector though...

The main goal with any main charector is to make them believable and something people can relate to. I'd reccomend if you're going for something not of this time period to make the emotions and experiences of the main charector something that is experienceable in modern day, or described in a way that people can relate to today. In a modern day setting you can have a little more fun as the setting is that much more real to us the charector can be a little less "normal" and have stranger experiences.
Remember at all times that for every superpower, you need a balance.

Things I adore in a charector is seeing how they face their challenges. I can admire thinkers' much the same way as the people who rediculously refuse to accept reality. I can admire an honourable charector for doing what he believes is right as well as a charming bastard who does what he wants.
Make the charector memorable.

Strong but still kind of young
has a dark side but fights it all the time
I would create my own facts about her
none of the silly superstitions (I'm sorry but you drive a stake through any heart and whether they are mortal or immortal they would die)
moody side
hate their existance

as for time well a time line from immortal birth to present

For me...i wouldnt mind either male or female....but it would have to describe their history (what it was like as a human and what its like as a vampire) personlity (whether they've changed much since they were made), what they do with their time, how they spend it...things that go on in their lives....etc etc...time frame...doesnt really bother me...i do like olden times from say Gergorian, tutor, elizabethian, Victorian time...like say 1500 to present times! But im completely glued to darren shan novels & Ann Rice .... their my vamp novelists/authors!!!

I've always prefered the medieval or renaissance period, though recently I read a book which really opened my eyes for the present as well... You might have heard of it, "Live girls" by Ray Garton... It was so much different from the vampire books I'm used to, so sexual, raw and violent... Nothing like Anne Rice's romantic atmospheres.

So after reading that, I am really open to any kind of vampire story. As for the main character... I look for a depth in them, something that's captivating or something myserious that you just can't figure out... A haunted past perhaps. I also want him or her to be believable and have a sense of humanity in them, I'm not really into the pure evil without a soul thing.

1800's is a good setting for a novel pertainin to vampires...i think your main chracter has to have a certian mysterious quality.

I don't have a favorite time period; I just like to read vampire novels.

Heck, I don't even have a specific main character I go for. There are so many good ones. I mean, before it turned to pure porn, the Anita Blake series was really good; I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Sonja Blue collection by Nancy C Collins.

The Vampire Geneveive from the Warhammer world is a good read.

The World on Blood is an interesting take on vampires that I think EVERYONE should read.

Oh, MaryJanice Davidson is HILARIOUS.

Charlaine Harris is a GREAT author...

Get my point? I like to read and I refuse to limit myself, LOL!

hmmm good one I would have to say that if a character has a nice little internal conflict going on I find them interesting as for a time I would say the 1800 has to be my favorite

the main character has to be likable, and believable

I like the main character to be conflicted within the plot of the story. Having to build upto a hard decision, as well as finding themselves throughout the journey.
There has to be a mysteriousness, that they are misunderstood and keep to themselves in a way, don't open up. Either a good character or an evil one. I guess you have to feel for the character there has to be some pain and loss involved.

I like the lestat type characters, self centered, confident, but mysterious hiding secrets from their past for you to unravel... and definately 17th or 18th century.

I like believable characters, someone with flaws because nobody's perfect.

For a time period, I like the current, it's much easier to relate to. To make it more interesting, I like it when characters have flashbacks to to the past.

i like the main character to be seductively dark and mysterious, a bit of a rouge and time setting ... something that starts off 17 centrey then busts into the here and now

As long as the novel draws you into the story it is good. Vampire character is hard to say, I have to say universal in all traits and a enthusiamsim of what he is,

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