http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog The Official Blog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:13:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dracula: The Un-Dead, by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt has been nominated as a finalist in the Best First Novel category for the 2010 Thriller Awards. The winner will be announced at ThrillerFest being held July 7-10 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City—a four day event for thriller ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2010/01/28/draculathe-un-dead-nominated-for-thriller-award/% Fly to Ottawa the Capital city of Canada to be a presenter at the Ottawa International Writers Festival Oct 25-26. This was a very impressive gathering of writers from across Canada, authors were invited from Scotland, England, and the US. The festival consisted of a wide variety of methods of ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/12/28/canadian-tour/% Jenne, Belle, & I flew to Madrid on November 16th, and were greeted by lovely, warm weather possibly arranged by publisher and editor, Patricia Escalona from Roca Editorial. Roca put us up in the beautifully renovated Hotel de las Letras, a popular spot for many of Madrid’s publishers ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/12/28/madrid-barcelona/% On Halloween I flew home to Aiken for a few days of R&R before my next trip to Europe. I was also able to accommodate requests for telephone and email interviews from Brazil, Argentina, and Germany, countries I have not made plans to visit.  After a restful week, I left on ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/12/15/amsterdam-and-milan-travel-log/% Media Studies by Charlie Thomason Book Review: “Dracula: The Un-Dead,” the official sequel by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt December 14, 2009 at 11:27 am Even though Bram Stoker’s Dracula now rests peacefully in the public domain, the fact that his estate would approve an official sequel should tell you something right away ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/12/14/another-awesome-review/% Paris Launch of Dracula the Un-Dead October 14- 20, 2009   The degree of excitement generated in France by Dracula l’Immortel was both evident, and impressive to Ian and me when we landed in Paris. Our French publisher Michel Lafon went all out, producing a wonderful edition of our book, as well as ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/12/14/paris-launch/% Sequel to original 'Dracula' is well worth a 112-year wait BY Carol Memmott, USA TODAY Count Dracula, the grand-daddy of all vampires, is back, vengeance coursing through his veins, in a frighteningly good novel written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew. The timing couldn't be better. Fans can't stop gushing over vampires. Stephenie Meyer, Charlaine ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/10/22/usa-today-loves-dracula-the-un-dead-another-rave-review/% Dacre and I are celebrating and promoting the release of DRACULA THE UN-DEAD in Paris where our publisher is Michel Lafon and the title here is: DRACULA L'IMMORTEL! Today was a VERY AMAZING DAY! Dacre and I did a book signing at Virgin Atlantic Megastore and saw an at least 4 ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/10/17/dracula-limmortel/% Dublin Leg The Dublin “tour” was much the same as in London, including three days of nonstop interviews, except this time live national TV was included in the schedule. I had a spot on the television morning show, Ireland AM, and about 20 minutes on the very popular Gerry Ryan ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/10/15/dublin-launch/% London Leg Jenne and I drove the first leg of our trip to London, hoping to avoid a weather delay similar to our experience in May, when our trip to Dublin was postponed for 24 hours. In May, a thunderstorm in Atlanta, GA prevented our plane’s take-off from Columbia, SC, so ... http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/10/12/london-launch/%