I've never read any vampire books, but I've seen all of Buffy and Angel which I figure should give me genre background enough.
So I'm thinking I'm actually going to go through with this. That doesn't mean I actually will, since I never go through with anything, but it's my current plan. I have a theme and a few characters and relationships set up in my notes, and a few scenes and passages written, but don't yet have a plot per se.