Santa Monica beach looking toward Malibu

The Santa Monica bike path and my new vampire novel–yep, they go together

Santa Monica Bike path
Looking south from the Santa Monica Pier to the bike path

Such ambitions I had earlier this year!  I was going to write two humorous vampire novellas during the summer and then move onto something else.  I wrote the first vampire novella, New Vampire in Town, and received good feedback.  It reached #2 on the Amazon humorous vampire books list.  Lots of stars, too!

The only complaint was that it was too short.  So instead of a second novella, I have been writing a much longer vampire novel for months now.

So what does this have to do with the bike/walking path along the beach in Santa Monica?  Well, one key scene in the novella takes place further south on the path at Venice.  In the novel, two key scenes–including a nighttime fight among vampires, also takes place on the bike path in Venice.

One of the reason I chose the bike path–which is 8 miles long–is because of the colorful people who inhabit that area of greater Los Angeles every day.  No more details, however, because I don’t want to write a spoiler.