Are vampires done to death? In some cases, yes. Others, no. I think it is all about being fresh and having a new twist. Caridad Pineiro’s vampires are great. I love her mix of characters and the situations are far from the boring Anne Rice wanna-be vampire style type of writers out there.

Shifters in particular I think have always been under represented in the market. Rebecca York’s Moon series shifters are amazing and the plots very different. She mixs hers up with interdimensions.

Gena Showalter’s Playing with Fire has a whole cast and crew of superheroes, one of which is a jaguar shifter. He gets w/ a heroine who has elemental powers.

I have written a novella for another imprint called Heart of the Nile that has cats and dog shifters who mate. I like the mix and think it adds variety.

I’m subbing a similar novella to Nocturne Bites and hoping they like the obviously so wrong for each other species.

Sorry I couldn’t better answer your question. But I look forward to reading anything new by you. I’ll have to check out Mate of the Wolf.

Reading Lisa Renee Jone’s Return of the Beast. Have to love her take on bloodsucking demons.