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Imagine, if you will, a small Japanese hatchback, hurtling down the streets of suburban Denver, packed to the gills with deathrock teenagers. Imagine your Humble Authoress half bursting with fun and excitement, fresh from Rocky Horror, and hearing on the car's stereo the Bauhaus album SWING THE HEARTACHE. Now imagine writing a 70 page novella in 24 hours. Now imagine that idea falling by the wayside, figuring it was done, off to college, new life, etc. -- and yet never quite dying, never quite going away. Now -- this is the hardest part -- imagine your Humble Authoress beginning to recover from the College Creative Writing Experience (tm) -- beginning to remember past works and admire them for their clarity, their audaciousness, their bravura. Imagine sitting in front of a computer and pecking away at an opening sentence for months. Imagine giving up and starting in the middle, only months later writing that opening sentence. "All the best tales begin with rain..." A little cheeseball for my tastes -- a little "dark and stormy night" -- but it serves its purpose. It gets the show on the road. And what a show. And what a road. And there have been few rest stops and most of them don't have coffee. things to whet your appetite for things sanguinary... The medical journal from which I got the original title of my book, "Vox sanguinis", is actually out there -- OhioLink proves it! Blood - The River of Life is a great psuedoscience site to get you in the mood. "American Medical Establishment does not look at live blood under the microscope, but "Live", under the darkfield microscope, BLOOD IS LIFE." I tell you, I'm getting seriously creeped out already. Vampyric Lore - Fact and Fiction What defines a sexual vampire? "The Page That Dripped Blood" is really... great! Vampire links, blood links, and lots of MIDI. |
