Wandering Writer

Here I am again to give you guys a glimpse into my head. A daunting idea, isn't it? I realize life's many intricacies have kept me from writing regularly, but alas, it has not all been unpleasant. Lately, I read "The Queen of the Damned", book three in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. As I have been more and more fascinated with her inclusive, intimate, and thought-provoking style, this book did not disappoint me. On the contrary, the further I read her work, the hungrier I become! This is due, in large part, to her very human characters. While the Brat Prince Lestat, Armand, Louis, Marius, and all the rest may be vampires -- a classic archetype of the "horror" genre -- I do not consider this cast unapproachable. Ms. Rice asks tough questions about the nature of man, the spiritual, the secular, and the biggest inquiry of all: Why are we here? Forgive me, I know that is a broad statement, raising more questions in its wake. What I mean to say is, L