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Please, everyone, let's remember the good times. In a literary culture full of insults like Eragon, Twilight, Maximum Ride and basically anything written by Christine Feehan, let's champion the early Anita Blake, who carried a gun in her purse instead of a roll of condoms, who knew that the best way to deal with a vampire was to stake it, not to jump into bed with it. (Actually, a shotgun blast was a messy but quicker way to deal with them, and less painful for the vampire.)

Authors--both best-selling and nonprofit fanfic authors--let's get real. You are not the first person to ever come up with a story about preternatural love that spans all species/eras/time zones/laws of physics/laws of nature/laws of the state of New York/Chicago/the Bay Area. You're going to have a hard time writing a story that puts a new spin on the legend without having to reinvent the wheel. Besides, your audience isn't as gullible as you think. Give them a little credit and stop taking advantage of fads to insult their intelligence. In short, please write something original. Thank you.