Amorality is not all that bad...

Dirc and Irin settled into a very nice life...just one where once a week they provide a healthy man to the Beast to put on its menu. Of course, with word getting out about the gold nuggets they keep getting paid in, a mini gold-rush is starting up, providing them plenty of guys to choose from. And, as Dirc says, The cops won't care so long at it's men missing, not pretty blond girls, and no bodies are being left behind dumpsters and gas stations.

I don't know why I wrote this story. Or why it's so callous and amoral. I excused what Léon did in Blood Angel by him limiting his pack to feeding on men who deserved punishment. That ain't happening here. Some of the guys they take are assholes, but it's not a prerequisite for them. Not sure what this means for my future writing.

I also did some exercises for that book on writing a good synopsis...and so far it seems what he's really referring to is a good tag line. Here's what I've done for APoS:

APoS-Derry -- Caught in the midst of chaos, Brendan Kinsella is a simple lad who just wants to live his life. But he’s a Catholic boy in Northern Ireland, so that may not be an option. Nor may his love for Joanna, a Protestant girl.

APoS-New World For Old -- After he’s nearly killed in a bombing that killed Joanna, Brendan is snuck away to his aunt’s home in Houston. As he recovers, he hopes for a new start to his life in a city of wealth and promise...but finds that may not be possible. 

APoS-Home Not Home -- Called back to Derry because his mother is dying, Brendan sneaks in to find a city torn apart by hunger strikes...that he is wanted by the authorities for questioning...and that Joanna may still be alive.

I may use these for the paperback editions.