Eclipsed by New Moon

I have finally finished my vampire series Bela Lugosi's First Date, and it is eclipsed (no pun intended) by the theatrical release of New Moon. I have been busting my hump to get these final pages to my editor (Gregory Hoffman) and now he says he can't revise them today because he, his 6 year old daughter and his 21 year old son have plans to see the midnight showing of New Moon.

Come on! I have written pages upon pages of Bela Lugosi in high school wanting to be an actor, but secretly knowing that he is an agent of the undead, and has a crush on non other than the ghoulish cheerleader!!! I have also planned out a fantastic board game where you play the role of any of your favorite characters (the Ghoulish Cheerleader "Gina," the Mummified Quarterback "Jake," the Mad Earth Scientist "Prof. Bumble," and of course "Bela Lugosi") and you roll a D6 (6 sided die) and move that many spaces and draw cards, and buy properties such as: B&O Graveyard Railroad, Water Works of Doom, Broadway Bat Cave, and so on. But now that my book's publication has been pushed, back your children will have to wait until fall of next year to read and play these delightful creations of mine.

Thanks for nothing, Stephanie Meyer. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to write a cross-over series where my characters kick the crap out of your characters, and my editor in this tale will not see your movie, but see "Shanghai Night" because it happens to be a good film, not a crappy book turned to crappy film.

Hmph!