Ancient Blood: Cinematic Inspirations

I have a shameful confession to make: my novel started off life as a screenplay and . . . many of the works that inspired its creation were movies! I know, I feel terrible, but I’m glad to finally get it off my chest.

Ancient Blood: A Study in Archetypes

Like most of us, I [believed] that Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula represented the original vampire of myth and legend. It was only later as I read more novels, more folklore . . . that I discovered how wrong we all were!

Vampire Picture Mystery—Solved!

Last year, while looking for a relevant picture to include in my September 22, 2013 blog post about the connection between vampires and sleep paralysis, I came across this impressive artwork in Google Images

Being a Vampyre: My Perspective

I am a housewife and a retired IT consultant . . . People often ask if we are related to the famed Vlad “Dracula” III, Viovode of Walachia . . . The alignment of Vlad with vampires is an insulting prospect to a Romanian.

The Day I Met Anne Rice

. . . when I was in high school I . . . picked up a copy of “The Vampire Lestat” and immediately fell in love with her characters, New Orleans, and the entire ambiance of the vampire world she so brilliantly portrayed.