What Comes With Age . . .
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, June 10th, 2013 at 12:06 AM (3327 Views)
It's been a while since I've made an actual blog entry, and I've got a lot of stuff on my mind right now. I figured I'd blog about it. Or something.
In about a week is my 30th birthday. In about seven days I'll turn 30 years old, one of those roadmarks of "old age". It is also traditionally the hallmark of being a true "adult", and it's making me think.
I've had people tell me that being 30 is much better than being in one's twenties, but still it's sort of really terrifying. It makes me feel old, disgruntled, and makes me want to take a look at my life. Things that I should have done, things that I shouldn't have done, and the things that I've actually done. Contemplative stuff.
Also, it makes me realize that I've been with the fandom for a long freaking time. So again contemplative. I haven't really worked on any fanworks in a long time. My original works are actually going somewhere with the JukePop Serial and the Anthologies I've been accepted in have turned my attention elsewhere. Mainly to getting to the point where I can, hopefully, do this for a living.
Then it's getting to the point where, hey, I've gotten older and my interests have changed. Not to mention sometimes the fandom can really piss me off. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere as of now. I'm an administrator after all.
Plus here's always the added bonus of, you know, advertisement.
But yes, I'm getting old in a week. Freaky right?
In other words, I'm reading this amazing vampire novel called Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin (yes, that George R. R. Martin), and it is fantastic. It's one part historic fiction, one part gothic horror, and one part a very interesting odd couple friendship. The writing style fits the whole vampires and riverboat theme, and changes slightly with who's POV the chapter is in. I picked it up due to another vampire author I adore, Kim Newman, talking about it in delight and how much it inspired him.
Reading the book, I can see why.
It was written in 1982 (the year before I was born, ouch), and back then I can see why it would have been such a ground breaking effort. Reading it now is just a fantastic vampire novel. A lot better than most of the crap that passes as vampire fiction now a days.
Still, this is sort of an odd thing that bugs me, but when there's always a "good" vampire, there's always the requisite flashback chapter. The chapter that tells the vampire's back story to the reader. It never fails. Instead of getting bits and pieces so the reader can put things together on there own, they're info dumped about what the vampire was previously like.
It's even done somewhat on Buffy and Angel, but at least never heavy handedly there.
It's an odd nitpick, but I'm odd.