So currently, I'm working on my contribution to the gay song pax that comes out in July for Amber Quill. I chose "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and - surprise, surprise - it's a vampire story, lol. Well, cop/vampire story. About a cop whose college boyfriend was vamped and almost killed him, and now 10 years later, the boyfriend is back in need of refuge.
I knew the type I wanted for my vampire (whose name is Cole, by the way). And I found him looking through model portfolios:
I wanted tall, dark, and lean, with long hair. I think I found him, lol.
So to counter Cole, I knew I wanted my cop - who's named Brady - to be a muscular guy. Tough. Hard. I saw one photo of Olympic swimmer Ryk Neethling, and knew I'd found him:
He's got tons of pretty pictures at his website, too.
And in celebration of writing gay love stories, I have to share this link. It's actually a rant about slash fanfic writers, but I think it holds true to any gay romance writing. Several of the items on his list just made me giggle hysterically. Go! Enjoy!
2 comments:
I'd love to try an m/m written by you alone :)
And if what you said on Slash & Burn was true (yes, I stalk all blogs), I want to read it even more.
Cole is very yummy. I think you can get a tall and lean vampire; not sure about the "dark" part, no sunlight and all.
I like the swimmer, too! From this angle, he kinda looks like Gale Harold...
Well, I meant dark hair, lol. Cole has mixed heritage, complete with Native American blood.
Did you mean my comment about being plottier than Pepper? That's true. She is far more character-driven than I am. It's one of the reasons we work so well together; in so many ways, we complement each other's skill sets. This one has a massacre at a frat house at the core of it.
This won't be my only gay story this year. I'm signed up for two other gay paxes on my own this year - beasts of twilight and a partner-themed pax. And I have Pepper to thank for expanding my horizons. I would never have dared gay romance on my own without learning so much through our JC stuff.
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