hmmm... that's funny ... just yesterday I heard angels were the new vampires. Maybe angels are the new apocalypse? What about vampire angels who take over the world causing the apocalypse? I think I might have something here... off to write! :)
Yes! I was just writing my angsty misunderstood apocalypse meets a sweet, but annoying girl next door. The ultimate Romeo and Juliet tale since girl's parents really don't want her to be around an apocalypse because it's just not good enough for their little darling. Squee! My day has finally arrived! I'm off to have a celebratory drink!
After ghosts, werewolves, vampires, alien invaders, and zombies, the next big trend will be "Mermen".
Why Mermen?
It's simple. Mermen are an untouched field. There are all sorts of ways to use Mermen. Sea Monkeys escape by night from some kid's fishbowl and surreptitiously take over the internet. Secret agents race to stop the machinations of an undersea empire. Scaly terrorists threaten the world's water supply. A forgotten epic by Homer leads to the discovery of the ruins of Atlantis.
Imagine an interview with the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or perhaps a love affair with a mermaid. And how could we forget Aquaman - the only Justice Friend yet to be represented in print or film?
I'm finishing my first Merman epic soon. Come join the party!
"Bella...I... we have to break up." "But Edward! What about all our torturous semisexual wordplay? I couldn't stand it if you sparkled for someone else!" "Bella... it's over. Apocalypse is the most popular girl in school. She's dated Zombie, Ecological Crisis, even the Mayan brothers! I have to be careful of who I'm seen with. You understand."
Yay! Halfway through the novel I'm currently touting round the Agencies, I deliberately infect my citizen characters with a virulent swine flu which kills off a third of the population. Much activity and retribution ensues.
Thank God! We were in dire straits when it came to apocalyptic story lines... Still waiting for the summer blockbuster "Armageddon 2: We Mean It This Time".
I'm thinking the trendiest book to ever be written would incorporate an underground vampire army who's only goal is the annhilation of the entire earth, but thanks to some heartwarming british witches and wizards and a large shaggy beast with deep-seeded emotional problems, they battle back the vampire horde only to discover that not only are the vampires ZOMBIE vampires, but they are controlled by an alien infestation who seeks armaggedon on their own terms! The stage is set for an epic battle of angsty, kind-hearted protagonists and alien-controlled mutant zombie vampires from the future. (Oh yeah, they're totally from the future... AND PISSED.)
I'm thinking werewolves are still gaining steam. Zombies aren't quite over yet, but I don't get how they're sexy. Vampires & fairies/faeries/fey/[pick one and stick with it] should've been over months ago, but yet they persist. And we're just seeing the beginning of the dystopian/ apocalyptic/ post-apocalyptic wave.
Deep River - I agree. Mermen have to be next.
And aliens. Especially if they bring about the apocalypse. Anyone else envision a reissuing of the Roswell High series? I, for one, wouldn't be sad.
I just used the find and replace tool and replaced Vampire with Apocalypse in my manuscript. It doesn't make much sense now, but I'm still going to query you with it.
Well crap on a cracker. I so loved my vampire creation...
Wait, I have it! A fantasy world where it turns out that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are really brooding, teen-aged vampires agonizing over the mortal loves they left behind.
Ha! I can sell to the crowd wanting Apocalyptic tales and to those misguided souls (no pun intended) still riding the vampire train. Myuah, ha, ha!
I'm dragging out my Big Chief Tablet and my red Jumbo-sized crayon now. It's scribblin' time!
have heard writers talking about mermaids lately. And one day I heard myself thinking....mmmm...vampire mermaids....? Surfers beware! dolphins are dead, cruise ships need mer-wire barriers, children are not safe at high tide and human teen *can* be changed by mer-pires....
I am usually trend-deaf. By the time I hear it coming, it's gone. But I do think that YA books are channeling a lot of legitimate anxiety. Hence the blood and the apocalypses. So there will need to be a trend that also channels excitement, danger and risk and hope, I think. A guy with goggles at DragonCon said this about Steampunk: "Well, it's all sort of Jules Verne-ish, back in that amazing time when a lot more was unknown than known. So anyone could discover things." Watching the steampunkers walk around there, the clothes, the attitudes...it appeals to me. Maybe. I might be stuck in the dark a while longer...
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Argh, it's too late to take advantage of this trend already.
Now if you can tell me what the next "apocalypse" will be, then I'll start revising...
hmmm... that's funny ... just yesterday I heard angels were the new vampires. Maybe angels are the new apocalypse? What about vampire angels who take over the world causing the apocalypse? I think I might have something here... off to write! :)
Damn! (I hurl my red edit pen at the wall).
Hey, it counts if your mc sort of saves the world in a roundabout way, doesn't it?
I mean an apocalypse can be the end of the world via any means....
Damn. I was hoping leprechauns would be the new vampires. Maybe they can be the new apocalypse.
Lephrechauns bringing the apocalypse! Now theres a thought...
Yes! I was just writing my angsty misunderstood apocalypse meets a sweet, but annoying girl next door. The ultimate Romeo and Juliet tale since girl's parents really don't want her to be around an apocalypse because it's just not good enough for their little darling. Squee! My day has finally arrived! I'm off to have a celebratory drink!
SWEET!
I thought it was schools for magically gifted preteens. WTF? Now what am I going to do?
Oh; that's easy! *opens doc*
Ctrl+ F.
Find: vampire
Replace with: apocalypse.
Replace ALL.
My book is going to be the best, trendiest book EVER!!!
So the Apocalypse returns to high school to brush up on World History and meets this clumsy chick and falls in love ...
Thank God.
I have been revising since Vampire because the The New Rapture.
It was hell trying to build a believable storyline in which an eternally teenaged hero was both Prom King and the wrath of God upon nonbelievers.
This is going to be a lot easier now that we're back to world-ending cataclysms. They, after all, don't have to go to high school.
awwww darn it...it is SO demanding being a lemming....hard to keep up with the trends
Wait, I thought zombies were the new vampire. Or was it the Amish? I'm so confused!
"Mermen".
After ghosts, werewolves, vampires, alien invaders, and zombies, the next big trend will be "Mermen".
Why Mermen?
It's simple. Mermen are an untouched field. There are all sorts of ways to use Mermen. Sea Monkeys escape by night from some kid's fishbowl and surreptitiously take over the internet. Secret agents race to stop the machinations of an undersea empire. Scaly terrorists threaten the world's water supply. A forgotten epic by Homer leads to the discovery of the ruins of Atlantis.
Imagine an interview with the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or perhaps a love affair with a mermaid. And how could we forget Aquaman - the only Justice Friend yet to be represented in print or film?
I'm finishing my first Merman epic soon. Come join the party!
As in zombie-apocalypse?
Or global-warming-induced-apocalypse?
Or foretold-by-Mayans-2012-return-of-Quexaquatal-apocalypse?
Maybe I'll just rip off MCarthy's The Road, that was a good book.
So it must follow that flaming is the new sparkling?
I named my vampire Armageddon. Best pet ever. Very friendly. Though feeding it is a pain in the neck.
"Bella...I... we have to break up."
"But Edward! What about all our torturous semisexual wordplay? I couldn't stand it if you sparkled for someone else!"
"Bella... it's over. Apocalypse is the most popular girl in school. She's dated Zombie, Ecological Crisis, even the Mayan brothers! I have to be careful of who I'm seen with. You understand."
Done.
Yay! Halfway through the novel I'm currently touting round the Agencies, I deliberately infect my citizen characters with a virulent swine flu which kills off a third of the population. Much activity and retribution ensues.
Would "Steve" be interested?
Thank God! We were in dire straits when it came to apocalyptic story lines... Still waiting for the summer blockbuster "Armageddon 2: We Mean It This Time".
I'm thinking the trendiest book to ever be written would incorporate an underground vampire army who's only goal is the annhilation of the entire earth, but thanks to some heartwarming british witches and wizards and a large shaggy beast with deep-seeded emotional problems, they battle back the vampire horde only to discover that not only are the vampires ZOMBIE vampires, but they are controlled by an alien infestation who seeks armaggedon on their own terms! The stage is set for an epic battle of angsty, kind-hearted protagonists and alien-controlled mutant zombie vampires from the future. (Oh yeah, they're totally from the future... AND PISSED.)
This news matters NOT to me. I hate BOTH.
What about steampunk? Dangit. What about Apocalypse Yesterday? The tragic story of how the future stopped being and Nicolas Tesla murdered us all.
I'm thinking werewolves are still gaining steam. Zombies aren't quite over yet, but I don't get how they're sexy. Vampires & fairies/faeries/fey/[pick one and stick with it] should've been over months ago, but yet they persist. And we're just seeing the beginning of the dystopian/ apocalyptic/ post-apocalyptic wave.
Deep River - I agree. Mermen have to be next.
And aliens. Especially if they bring about the apocalypse. Anyone else envision a reissuing of the Roswell High series? I, for one, wouldn't be sad.
I just used the find and replace tool and replaced Vampire with Apocalypse in my manuscript. It doesn't make much sense now, but I'm still going to query you with it.
Well crap on a cracker. I so loved my vampire creation...
Wait, I have it! A fantasy world where it turns out that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are really brooding, teen-aged vampires agonizing over the mortal loves they left behind.
Ha! I can sell to the crowd wanting Apocalyptic tales and to those misguided souls (no pun intended) still riding the vampire train. Myuah, ha, ha!
I'm dragging out my Big Chief Tablet and my red Jumbo-sized crayon now. It's scribblin' time!
have heard writers talking about mermaids lately. And one day I heard myself thinking....mmmm...vampire mermaids....? Surfers beware! dolphins are dead, cruise ships need mer-wire barriers, children are not safe at high tide and human teen *can* be changed by mer-pires....
I am usually trend-deaf. By the time I hear it coming, it's gone. But I do think that YA books are channeling a lot of legitimate anxiety. Hence the blood and the apocalypses. So there will need to be a trend that also channels excitement, danger and risk and hope, I think. A guy with goggles at DragonCon said this about Steampunk: "Well, it's all sort of Jules Verne-ish, back in that
amazing time when a lot more was unknown than known. So anyone could discover things."
Watching the steampunkers walk around there, the clothes, the attitudes...it appeals to me. Maybe.
I might be stuck in the dark a while longer...
I think I just threw up a little.
This seriously depresses me. I'm working on an apocalypse MS right now. Great. My story's dead in the water. Old news.
Sigh.
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