Amanda Meuwissen

What does this have to do with a recent M/M romance release? Everything when that romance is based in a world with superpowers, villains, and heroes. After Vertigo is Urban Fantasy, but specifically, a superhero story. I love superheroes. I’ve been a comic nerd—and devourer of superhero tales in other mediums—all my life, ever since growing up on the Spider-Man and Batman cartoons of the early 90s. So today, I’m going to run through my top 5 favorite superheroes and why they

The first thing to realize is what you’ve already been told a thousand times – you can’t please everyone. But! That does not mean you shouldn’t grow as a writer and push yourself to be different and challenging in the ways you spin a tale. I come across as someone who wants happy endings in my books and movies, or at least bittersweet, so back when my husband and I were first dating, he worried I wouldn’t like one of his favorite movies because… SPOILER ALERT FOR DONNIE DARKO

Many authors identify with their heroes. In my case, my ‘hero’ is an actual superhero. He’s also more villainous than his nemesis. The Lovesick Series, made up of Lovesick Gods and the new release Lovesick Titans, has two equal protagonists – Danny Grant, who is secretly the Lightning Elemental superhero Zeus, and Malcolm Cho, better known as the Ice Elemental thief Prometheus. The real villain and antagonist of the story is both a separate villain, Hades, and the emotional h

People often ask what authors were the most inspirational for me growing up, and for the most part, I didn’t have a lot of authors that resonated, just certain stories. I didn’t tend to read much from one author, but sought out plots that drew me in at any given time. Anne Rice was and was not an exception to this. I read all of her original Vampire Chronicles starting when I was 12. I read a little of the New Tales, but mostly let any interest in those die off when the devel