It's an interesting phenomena to write about vampires, or others who are either immortal or live very long lives. They get to experience points in history I have no way of experiencing myself (except for reading books). They also have the time to travel to places that I have neither the time nor the money to travel to myself.
So as I reference the histories of my vampires, I have no choice but to rely on my own creativity, and the research I can conduct on my own.
Part of that research is to do what I can to meet people from other countries. I have met someone (through the Internet) from the country mapped above. If you read Jeremy's Kiss, then you know I have a character who is from there (but quite a few years ago). So talking this new friend I am getting some insights about what this character may be like. Of course I have to make it complicated by having him in a conversation with a vampire from Japan, one from early American, one from modern America, and one from mainland Europe (not sure if I said where the last one is from yet). So it's not like there is a single cultural issue going on here.
In the end, I have to find a way to blend these characters. They have certain rules I have applied to them, and still they need to be themselves in their own way.
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