In Which I State That Vampire is Not a Dirty Word

It's interesting how many people say things like I didn't write a vampire story so maybe you will read it. What is so bad about a vampire story? Isn't the execution, characters, plot, dialogue, craft, etc. what makes a story good or bad?

I also don't think any words are dirty. I used to think racial epithets were bad but I have come around to the Will Shetterly school of thinking on that one. One of the questions on this American Candidate questionnaire is what three subjects are taboo for conversation? So far I have the consistency of whatever came out of your nose and the plot of some TV show you watched. I haven't come up with a third just yet.