They were a fairly popular book series when they were first written 10 years before Bitten was published. Popular enough that IMO that both Joss Whedon and Stephenie Meyers were definitely influenced by the series. Two red haired best friend witches is just a little too much of a coincidence (let alone other similarities)and Twilight even copied an entire series of dialog from LJ Smith. The one where he says "What am I" and she balks and finally names him a vampire.
IMO it's possible that Armstrong never heard of TVD but I wouldn't rule it out.
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Date: 2013-05-12 09:06 pm (UTC)IMO it's possible that Armstrong never heard of TVD but I wouldn't rule it out.