Question of the Week – January 18, 2009
Are you a writer by profession?
I have done many things so far in my life; I have been a school master, having taught Health and Physical Education, for twenty two years. In addition I have participated in the sport of Modern Pentathlon as an athlete and a coach at the World Championship and Olympic level. I currently teach fly-fishing, CPR and First Aid, head up a volunteer unit for the local Sheriff’s Office, and am the Executive Director of a land conservation organization. So working on this novel is another interesting chapter in my life. His notes show that Bram was meticulous in his research and attention for detail in preparation for writing Dracula. He learned of all the train schedules, local tides and weather patterns so historically the details in Dracula would be accurate. He handled his job as manager of the Lyceum Theater in London in the same way. When the troop traveled Bram was responsible for all the plans and arrangements. I share this Stoker gene and it serves me well in my organizational efforts in the varied things I am involved with. This novel/ movie project is very exciting to me, I am involved with a very experienced team of people, a researcher and Victorian history buff, Alex Gallant, Ian Holt the Dracula scholar and screenwriter, and Ken Atchity our literary manager film producer.
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I can’t wait to read the book knowing who all is behind the scenes making it a reality!
I can’t wait for this to hit the shelves! I also have a question I’d like to ask Mr. Stoker: With this new novel lined up for a film adaptation, are there any actors in particular that you could see as the titular character? If so, who are they?
James,
Thank you for your interest! Let me just say that right now we’re still working on the final editing from the publishers. Our literary manager is shopping around the script and considering directors and actors (all top secret at the moment). But for fun, let me get my co-author’s opinions on this to start a meaningful discussion. Ian is the screenwriter and film buff in the team.
Give us a few days and we’ll get back to you.
Dacre
Having just read the excerpt on your website, I noticed something peculiar. Mina states in her letter that Dracula could be killed by the light of the sun. This is peculiar because Dracula is often the shining example of a vampire who could freely walk about during the day in the original novel. After all, this trait was invented by Nosferatu in 1922, when audiences misinterpreted the death of the vampire, which was intended to be the sacrifice of Mina Harker, not the light of dawn. I haven’t read the book yet, obviously, so I don’t know how important this trait may be, but was this intentional?
I’m really looking forward to the return of the king of Vampires himself, so that hopefully, he’ll put one Mr. Cullen in his place.
J