another small but satisfying sale, and off she goes...

[lagilman]

In addition to "Blow Job Red," Podcaster SFZine has also made an offer for "Exposure." I love this story, so am pleased it will get yet another outing [to date, it's appeared in BLOOD MUSE (Donald I Fine), BLOOD THIRST (Oxford), and STREETS OF BLOOD (Cumberland House)].

Yeah, it's a vampire story. *grin* Michael J Westin, Vampire-as-photographer. It's also the story that got me irate e-mails from people protesting that I "didn't understand vampires" and "was getting it all wrong." Um, if you say so....

The follow-up story, "His Essential Nature," (Dreams of Decadence, and reprinted in their Best of anthology) had Westin and his vampire-killing buddy hunting down a rogue vampire in the streets of Manhattan, while Westin's also balancing The Suburban Dream, and impending parenthood. Yeah, I got vampires all wrong. But the stories seem to have done all right for themselves....

I should check in and see what he's up to these days. I know there's at least one more story in the old boy yet....

It's 9 degrees outside. I'm just mentioning that in passing.

Meanwhile, I am off to DC, for a weekend House Party/Working Vacation at Holly House with neadods, while 0eris0 minds the cats. It's a commentary of some sort when your luggage for five days consists of three days worth of clothing, two manuscripts, a laptop, a box of DVDs and two bottles of wine...

Expect frequent but possibly incoherent road-trip blogging.

Comments

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Yay on getting more "Exposure." *ahem*

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

It's also the story that got me irate e-mails from people protesting that I "didn't understand vampires" and "was getting it all wrong."

Out of those e-mails how many of them said you were wrong because they were actually vampires and therefore had the authority to actually say that you were wrong?

[lagilman]

I tended not to read that far past "You clearly don't know the truth..."

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Yeah...
...some people's kids...

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

Michael Westin? The spy from Burn Notice is actually a vampire? Doesn't explain how he can survive in sunny Miami, but it does add a *really* interesting dimension to that story. ;>

[lagilman]

Considering my story came out in 1995, I'd say they're the ones who need to worry about backstory, yeah....

[fishku09.livejournal.com]

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