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    Vampire: In the Beginning
    Vampire: In the Beginning
    Vampire: In the Beginning
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    Vampire: In the Beginning

    By Charmain Marie Mitchell

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    Vampire – In the Beginning By Charmain Marie Mitchell

    Vampire – In the Beginning, is the first in a new serial of novellas detailing the life of Gwen, a 500 year old vampire. Bursting with love, hate, adventure, and betrayal, the 'Vampire' series is historically correct, fast-paced, romantic, and sometimes horrific.

    Excerpt from VAMPIRE – IN THE BEGINNING

    ‘Tom’s mother Martha was sprawled across the large kitchen table, her clothes ripped, and in places, torn completely away; her breasts fell from her laced bodice, flaccid and drooping to the sides of her lifeless body. Her legs were at a strange angle, and her skirts bunched up into a ball at her waist. I could see, even from where I was standing, that she was dead. Martha's eyes were open, staring into nothingness and devoid of life, but it was her throat that caught my attention, it gaped open, and it looked like what I imagined, the huge black cavern of hell to look like.’

    Read the 'Vampire' series and discover the true story of vampirism.

    Praise for Vampire - In the Beginning:

    Loved it I would recommend this book to anyone!! I really thoroughly enjoyed this book!! Amazing author gunna find more books!! - Lauren Potts

    Short and sweet, but enjoyable. Sets up the story for the next book. Looking forward to the next book, good author , descriptive writing throughout. - Liz Gilson

    Wonderfully written, I didnt want to put it down. I had to know what was going to happen next ! I really enjoyed Vampire. - Janet Caban

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharmain Marie Mitchell
    Release dateAug 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301333745
    Vampire: In the Beginning
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    Charmain Marie Mitchell

    Hi, I'm Charmain Marie Mitchell, I'm 40 years old, and live on the south coast of England. I have very many years of experience in writing articles, personal projects, and ghostwriting projects. Creative writing is my passion, I feel that nothing in the world can compare to a well written creative extract of writing. Words can inspire people, make them laugh, make them cry, make them feel wonder and excitement. How wonderful is it to know that you have caused such emotions and that you will live forever in your own words! I really hope you enjoy my stories, and I hope that you will offer some feeback and reviews (good or bad). Bye for now, Charmain.

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    • 4/5
      The story was imaginative and well presented. However, the writing is in dire need of a good editor. The grammar mistakes, punctuation errors (many question marks at the end of statements), and unnecessary tense changes were distracting. That said, this is a budding author who is cerainly worth reading.
    • 2/5
      This had the makings of a decent enough story, but bad writing let it down.

      I struggle to stay immersed when I see things like missing apostrophes, incorrectly used phrases (“must of” instead of “must have”, for example), commas everywhere except where they should be... things like that.

      I know those things don’t bother some people, but they bother me. It’s a real shame.

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    Vampire - Charmain Marie Mitchell

    Vampire - In the Beginning

    ©Copyright Charmain Marie Mitchell 2013

    Smashwords Edition

    Vampire - in the beginning, is the property of the author Charmain Marie Mitchell, and cannot be sold, copied, distributed, shared, in whole or part without the knowledge and permission of the above author.

    Publisher: CMMpublishing, Petersfield, UK, GU32 3NF

    First published in the UK, US, & worldwide 2013

    Edition One

    ISBN-13:

    978-1491279205

    ISBN-10:

    1491279206

    About the author

    Having run a successful Garden Centre then a Floristry Business, Charmain Mitchell never really had time to concentrate on her passion for writing.

    Throughout her life, Charmain has wanted to become an author, but family and business commitments stood in the way and her writing consisted of a few short stories on the rare occasion that she had time to write them.

    In late 2012, a freak accident finally allowed time for Charmain to indulge in her passion for writing. She says of this "Then a few weeks ago I fell over whilst trying to catch chickens and ended up breaking my ankle! Quite a comical way to break your ankle - I know; especially when I have kept horses for the majority of my life and have never yet broken any bones where they are concerned!

    Suddenly I had six clear weeks in which I wouldn't be able to move very well? Help! How was I going to cope with doing zilch for that long? Then I thought maybe I should do a bit of writing, and that is what I did, and the strange thing is, is that I haven't been able to stop since!"

    She says of her writing

    "I love writing, it is truly my passion!  I love the way that through words I can make people think and feel differently, feel passion, sometimes pain, and get totally lost in my words.  I love the fact that a brilliant writer will live forever, and will in some way influence generations to come.  Is it not marvelous that we can still look back to writing from over two thousand years ago and believe in it and still learn from it?

    The human imagination is a wondrous thing, it creates and then brings to life stories on a screen, and sometimes we believe in these stories so much that they become our passion.  I'm talking about for instance: the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Star wars etc...  I think we actually forget sometimes that all of these stories were started with a simple idea on a piece of paper, and they grew to be something that some of us forget started from the author's imagination".

    Charmain Mitchell lives in a semi-rural village on the south coast of the UK with her 4 children, husband, 2 cats, and countless chickens.

    Chapter one

    2013

    Life can be great, it is vital, but life can also be depressing, and more often than not miserable and pointless! I think this is true of a human life, perhaps a life that usually spans about 70 or so years. Imagine then, if you will, living for nearly 500 hundred years, imagine the misery, sadness, and above all else, the sheer tenacity it takes to survive that long. If you can imagine the hell I'm describing; you can - just maybe - imagine my life – the life of a vampire!

    Oh I'm sure it's not the life of every vampire, but it is how I see my life, and now suddenly everything I thought was worth living for is gone. My light in a very dark world is dim, the vital part of my life is gone, and the reason for my existence no longer exists.

    Perhaps I should start by way of an introduction; my name is Gwendolyn Leigh, Gwen for short. I was born in a tiny village called Hayes on the outskirts of London, England. Over time Hayes become part of the larger suburbs of London, but when I made my entrance into the world, it was, but a small community and more than three days walking distance from the capital.

    I was born in the early hours, one day in early June in the year 1522, I don’t know the exact date of my birth, my parents didn’t know, and so it is obvious that I would never know of it. My mother would tell me,

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