Vampire Fiction: Dead or Undead?

It seems everywhere I look this week, people in the publishing industry are claiming that there is no more room for vampire fiction in the publishing market.

Over on the Knight Agency blog, Nephele Tempest has been quoted as saying, “It’s really difficult to say where the market is going. In the next year or so I suspect we’ll continue to see these crossover type genres that are becoming so popular: fantasy with romance, paranormal everything, maybe fewer vampires but more witches, psychics, shape-shifters, time-travelers, etc.” Part of me wonders whether or not she's formed that opinion due to Anne Rice’s declaration that she will only write “for the lord” or Poppy Z. Brite’s shift to gay fiction--because with those two biggies gone, there certainly will be less vampire fic.

But part of me wonders if the market is really saturated with that kind of thing.

And that makes me nervous.

Is Eighth Grade Bites an original enough story? Is Vlad unique enough to stand out from the crowded coffin?

All I can do is hope.

And, of course, continue with my revisions…