Dear Dark Rose,

What's so addictive about Vampires? Depends on the Vampire! I certainly immersed myself in Anne Rice's books when I was a teenager and I have to say I spent more time thinking about Lestat than any real person for a little while. Sound familiar? Your feelings about Edward Cullen are perfectly normal and it's fine to fantasize about him as long as you don't get the actor and the character mixed up and start stalking poor Robert Pattinson who is beginning to look like he is getting enough of that sort of thing already.  

From Heathcliff to Edward Cullen, the idea of the romantic brooding and misunderstood hero is compelling. A friend of mine joked that Twilight is like Jane Austen with Vampires in it, and certainly it captures peoples imagination in a powerful way. 

Fictional characters are just that, fictional. They do not exist in the real world, they aren't real in any sense. Fictional characters are so attractive because they are not complete.

You don't know them the same way that you know a real person.
They never get tired, they never get hungry or cranky with you.
You fill in the blanks with what you would like them to be like and therefore they can be more ideal than any real person.  

But if it is something that is sparking your imagination and making you want to experiment with your writing, more power to you! Use Stephenie Meyer as your inspiration and listen to your creative side.  Try to find your own voice in your writing. 

Keep what's good, discard what's over done, pretentious or cliche. 
Look for the real heart of your story and begin there.

Keep your black laced boots on the ground but do allow your imagination to soar. Who knows, you might become the next Anne Rice or Stephenie Meyer!