Question 4 Aren't you getting a bit religious, all these demons and gods?

Aren't you getting a bit religious, all these demons and gods?

It has very little to do with religion, in fact, a lot of the humour is a tongue in cheek dig at those that take it all too seriously.

Talkar is a demon from the old meaning of the word, someone different from those around him.

Q3 Why Put Molly in a wheelchair?

Q3 Why Put Molly in a wheelchair?
Many of our reactions to people are learnt. Talkar would never think of discriminating against someone because of the colour of their skin because there are just too many choices on Shayton. Never mind white and black, they have fur or fin.

His own life shows how baseless discrimination is. A child living in fear of his life every moment because he is different.

Hopefully, his triumph against imposed limitations, will prompt others to shatter theirs just as much.

Question 2 Why so much sex?

So why is there so much sex in your books? Especially the incest? Is it really necessary?

The shaytonians are a very sexual people, but yes it is necessary. By contrasting them with the real world, I hope to show what these things are really like and more importantly, what they are not.

For example, Molly. The only time she ever comes across as a cripple to me, is not because she is in a wheelchair, but because of the bruises on her soul that her father has left.

It is not the beatings that really wreck someone, but the feeling that they are worthless. To quote Pratchett's Granny Weatherwax "It starts with people as things."

Talkar's relationship with his mothers, is very different from Molly's relationship with her father. All were incestuous, but Talkar was not made to feel less. At no time was he forced to equate the physical act with "love" or made to feel like he was the only thing handy. His ability to be worthwhile was never, what can you do for me?

Contrasting the whys is more important than oh, she has sex in the book.

Getting Serious

Well, a pulisher has taken up both books, so I suppose it is time i got serious about this blog.

I thought a Q&A might be in order.

So here goes, question 1

Why vampires?

Well to be honest, I'm not sure, it was just always like that. I first had the idea for Shaytonians back when I was playing as a kid and trying to think up reasons why I didn't want to play with my cousin and much younger sister.

I created a shapechanging race that could transform into dogs (giving me the excuse to stay palying with the dog which is what I really wanted to do.)

Once they were dog/people, it was a pretty small step to werewolves and there to vampires.