Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio

I'm writing today not about Shakespeare, so the quote seems a little odd I guess. Aside from it's said by Hamlet as he sits in a graveyard holding a skull. So perhaps it applies. ;)

Something interesting is happening. I've always been a hack writer over the years, and have about a dozen screenplays that are half written. So needless to say I know how to complete a sentence; but don't judge this blog entry, I sometimes need an editor!

Recently I've been asked by a good friend of mine -- an extremely knowledgable and well-known scholar of vampire literature --  to contribute to his upcoming book.  I can't say yet exactly what the book is about, but knowing what's out there relating to this subject, I anticipate the book will be very well-received.  Once it goes to publication, I will elaborate.

This, in turn, has led to another opportunity -- there's a good chance that I may be contributing to a revised edition of a very well-known book, due to come out sometime next year.  Again, I can't say much just yet, but I'll blog about it again when more details can be released.

Now, based on the research I am doing for the first book (and, as it happens, related research for the second), it's been suggested to me that I expand what I'm doing, complete my own book on the (very specific) subject, and shop it around to publishers.   Although I believe the audience for my book will be a lot more narrow, honestly, there's nothing out there quite like it.  Which makes me believe that there's a need for a book specific to this research.

So for the next few months, I'll be researching and writing.  And maybe I'll even get back to those screenplays... ;)

And for those who are interested, my only brush with literary fame so far was the design I did for the cover of Elizabeth Miller's book Reflections on Dracula: Ten Essays.   A great book, I recommend you get a hold of a copy if you can.