Aderyn Wood
Story Insights: Vampires
It's not much of a spoiler to mention that Rise of the Dark Ones is a vampire series. But what kind of vampire? That’s what I had a lot of fun exploring as I wrote the series. My research took me down all sorts of poorly lit avenues to discover that vampire mythology has a place in every single culture the world has seen. That every human culture on the planet has invented a monster who feeds on the blood and life-force of humans was fascinating to learn. And so many similarities across cultures! But what was going to be my mythology? If I was going to write a vampire story, I had to develop my own rules and conventions.
