I was watching the show "Being Human"when it all started. The show is found on the SciFi channel but I've watched the U.K. version of it and really liked it. One of the main characters is a werewolf. I love werewolves, but like vampires I think they are overdone.
Okay, so yes they are "overdone" but there is a reason they are so prevalent. They just work. Our culture has always been interested in the fantastic. The stories of vampires and werewolves go back for decades, centuries even. And with each new story I think, "not again" before I eagerly sit down to watch or read.
So I jumped on the bandwagon. Sort of.
Werecats.
Okay, so it's not exactly an original idea. I certainly didn't invent the idea of a human shifted into a cat. Thanks to the True Blood series "shifters" are a thing brought to the limelight. Then there are shows like "Teen Wolf" or "The Vampire Diaries", which bring the problems of being supernatural into high school.
But where is the representation for the middle-school age range? And what about werecats?
I was more than intrigued.
Like most of my ideas I let the concept marinate in my mind for a bit before I brought the characters to life. I'm now proud to say I'm well into developing the story of Felix. A precocious eleven year old turned werecat.
I'm having tons of fun getting to know him and I can't wait to find out where his story will take me.
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