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Interview with a Vampire - Carrie from Blood Ties
by Anonymous on June 16th, 2008, 5:00am
Jennifer Armintrout's BLOOD TIES series is a clever blending of the classic vampire story conventions, several small innovations and the eternal romantic triangle....her strong female protagonist, Carrie, is conflicted and complex and...well, undead... and she joins us HERE this week to answer your questions in an eHarlequin.com exclusive we're calling:
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE
"Being a vampire is a life-or-death situation. When I was first turned, I had only my survival to worry about. Now I'm locked in a battle for the existence of the entire human race-- and the cards are stacked against me..."
Welcome to eHarlequin, Carrie!
question for Carrie
Carrie,
I loved the Blood Ties series, but I have always wondered if you missed your profession at all, and what your specialty was as a physician?
Jayne
Community Manager
eHarlequin.com
Henry
How in heck did they get forty Henrys in the van? I mean, I can suspend belief and swallow the world of Cyrus and the Soul Eater, but really? Forty men stacked like cordwood in a van? The physics don't add up.
Loved it, btw.
Henry part deux
Oh YES, I loved the Henrys...LOL!
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Do I miss my job?
Well, Jayne, I do sometimes miss my job. I definitely don't miss the hours that go along with it, though I'm probably more suited to them now. But you really can't abandon a life that you've worked for nearly a decade building and not look back with at least a little regret.
As for my specialty, I decided very early on in my career that trauma team was where I needed to be. Whether or not I would have been able to handle the job as well as I thought I could... well, that's something I guess I'll never be able to find out. And maybe that's better in the long run.
Physics and Henry
Wiseprez: In my world, I find that pesky things like physics and reality very rarely apply. Should they ever return to my sphere of perception, I will take out a full page ad in USA TODAY.
The calling
Hi Carrie,
Renowned psychologist and author James Hillman says that one of the greatest of the mysteries of human is the question of character and destiny. He proposes that our calling in life is inborn and that it's our mission in life to realize its imperatives. Now, I realize that you are no longer exactly human, but I was wondering if you could reflect on your CHANGE and comment on how it has influenced what you might percieve to be your calling in life or should I say...unlife and do you still have a soul?
Jayne
Community Manager
eHarlequin.com
CYRUS
Hi Carrie, i just would like to know what really happened to Cyrus.i felt like your history with him was left hanging, no closure......
My calling in life, and my soul...
Jayne: I suppose I could say that my calling is to be around to fight evil, but I wasn't really called to that destiny so much as it was dropped in my lap. On the other hand, if our destiny is something inborn, maybe I really was in the right place, at the right time, when Cyrus turned me. It could be one of those "everything happens for a reason" scenarios. I don't want to sound like I think I'm a superhero, when I'm so very, very far from it. But if Cyrus hadn't turned me, I wouldn't have been in a position to help fight the Soul Eater. Maybe no one would have been. It's one of those things I guess no one will ever know.
As for a soul, I believe in them now more than I ever did before. Because of the Soul Eater, for one. He's feeding on something other than blood, and I don't think vampires would be so afraid of him if it was just about dying. It seems like a bad reason to believe something, but I've gone through Gross Anatomy, I've dissected a whole human body and never seen a soul. For a long time, that was proof enough that they didn't exist.
As you can tell, my life has really, really changed.
The Cyrus question...
Mom03: I have no idea what happened to Cyrus after the ceremony at his father's house. The last I remember of him, he was still alive; I hope he still is.
I've thought occasionally about trying to contact him, but with the way things are now, it's probably best if I don't. But Cyrus has a way of popping back into people's lives... I'm sure you'll see him again, someday.
life after death
Has the transition from vampire to human been difficult for you and Nathan?
Humanity (Again)
Lizzy Berry: It's been more difficult for Nathan than it's been for me. I guess that's because I've been human more recently than he has. The first thing I wanted to do (well, okay, not the very first thing) was get outside in the sunlight. He's still avoiding it out of force of habit. It's silly, and he knows it's silly, but he can't help it.
He's also been eating worrisome quantities of junk food. I mean, he ate a lot of junk food as a vampire, and he made these truly epic breakfasts back then, too, and that was fine when we weren't limited by human physiology. I'm seriously concerned that he'll have a heart the size of a cabbage and arteries made of stone in six months.
Thanks for the visit
Carrie,
Thanks so much for letting us into your world and allowing us to ask you some questions about your life pre and post Vamp! Please stay in touch, and we wish you and Nathan all the very best...and a shout out to Ziggy, Max and Bella as well. Has Bella HAD that baby yet?
Jayne
Community Manager
eHarlequin.com
how do you feel?
Carrie,
How do you feel about that god-awful Twilight series being turned into a film and not your story?