Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.

If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.

Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries.

Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?

Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.