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A few questions for writers

1. Pen or pencil when you write?
2. Computer or paper?
3. are the werewolf/vampire stories overused?

always pen, never pencil.
I use both. I like to have a notebook on me just in case inspiration hits when I'm out and about.
They are extremely overused. But that doesn't mean all the stories about them suck. A particular topic can become overused for many reasons, one being that so many people like to read/write them. That's never a bad thing.

#1 pen
#2 is computer
3# yes

1) pencil instead of pen, (when possible) for writing down shopping lists/phone numbers that sort of thing
2)word proccessor instead of paper if i'm going to do "writing"
3)vampire stories are over used as the direct result of Anne Rice's "Vampire Cronicles" series, these books make so much money that a lot of lazy people think that they can make "easy money" just by having vampires in the story with-out going through any kind of effort to actually make the story be well-written
having said that
i'm gonna say that for me personnaly, i think Laurell K Hamilton's "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" series is actually better than Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles"
as for the werewolves being over-used?
what the hell?
insofar as what i've seen, were-wolf fiction is really rare, especially in proportion to how much vampire fiction is out there, so i can't really see how any one can say that werewolf fiction is "over-used"

1. Whatever's handy when I get an idea I want to jot down but pen if I have a choice.

2. Computer all the way. For some reason I can't write for shiz if I do it by hand.

3. Yeah probably but everyone loves a good action/kick butt type story (which is what I find rip off vampire stories are usually about).

1. Hate both but need them to jot down a totally random idea.

2. I love my laptop. Much easier too.

3. Vampires are effing overused. Look at Twilight and Lestat! They've made vampires a joke. A good series is Vampire Academy, where the vamps actually have original personalities. Werewolves are considerably less overused, but I think Remus Lupin's the most satisfying one I've yet read of.

1. Pen when I absolutely have to do paper.

2. I despise writing on paper. It's way too slow and my penmanship is terrible. I type mucho fast and love it.

3. Big time. I would like to round up all werewolves and vampires, tie them up in a giant burlap sack and throw it in a raging river for a burlap-wrapped waterous death match where all contestants die. However, when said genre is written well I don't mind reading it. Good writing is good writing. But I sure as hell won't go looking for it.

1. I prefer pen over pencil. It feels better in my hand.

2. I'll use both, but I use the computer more and as a result I'm becoming slightly too dependent on it.

3. I think so, yes.

--Aden

1. Pen.
2. Computer.
3. YES! You know a supernatural creatures that ISN'T overdone? Ghouls. I'm a Ghoul-fangirl--mentally, every time I read a vampire story, I change the main character to a ghoul instead. It makes it a lot funnier, if nothing else!

1.)pencil
2.)both
3.)yes. way way yes.

1. A pen that writes beautifully.
2. For journaling or taking notes, paper. For essays or general composition, I prefer to type straight into word.
3. The topic still fascinates me and has potential, though not too many can make it as amazing as it could be.

1. When I occasionally write on paper, it's with a pencil. I get so frustrated when I have to cross mistakes out instead of just erase them.
2. I mostly use a computer to write. There's less chance of losing it, or having it somehow destroyed. It has back up files.
3. I think they're very overused. It's about time we see some new creatures take the spotlight.

1- Pen. Pilots to be exact.
2- Computer. Easier to read, easier to write, etc.
3- Probably, but I think that the ridiculousness of their predecessors has made them overused much quicker than elves and dwarfs became overused.

Neither my handwritings dreadful lawl, do all writers have messy hand? Computer, though I wish paper and yeh they are a little.

Pen - actually. I like the fluidity more ... pencil marks smudge.

And actually - I like the computer much better, and only use paper for random plot musings and sketches of settings and the like. I find I edit a LOT - so Word is useful - no erasing or crossing out, just the nice backspace key.

I wouldn't read a vampire/werewolf story unless it were really original. In the same spirit - I wouldn't write one unless Ihad a rollicker of a plot.

RJ

I have to say to the first two questions it would be pen, then both. I have a notebook where I have all my ideas, and notebook where all the info goes on each story. So yeah, both.

On the last question, a big yeah. YEAH.

1. I'd rather use a pencil because if I made a mistake, I'd rather rub it off than cross it out. But, I have quite messy handwriting so I type on the computer.
2.If it was story writing, it would be computer. I type more because I have messy handwriting so my writing looks messy if I write stuff. But sometimes, me and my friends make plays and I tend to draft plays out.
3.Yes, they are over used alot, I don't even like them or write them so I say to myself, why should I pick up a book about werewolves and vamprires when I hate it?

1. Pen (I always get ink on my hands. The mark of my writing.)

2. Computer (I tried a typewriter a couple times and wanted to throw it out the window.

3. I don't read hardly any werewolf/vampire stories, so I don't know the market.

I can't stand to use pens or pencils when I write. My hand cramps up.

I always use the compute rfor writing. Paper's used for nots.

Werewolf/vampire stories get overused when they're not different/original.

Any pen that works! Every single piece of my work is handwritten and now sits scraggy in my folder!

One question: to email? or not to email publishers? So many conflicting opinions.

Anyone out there writing for children? I need some divine inspiration. I live in Ireland and it's a lonely place. They don't cater for children's authors much. I can't even submit as they don't have International Reply Vouchers here. Any tips or am I completely in the wrong area?

Gonna brave the elements and get a caffeine fix. Cappuccinos always get me writing.