" I just kept going... "Indeed. That's what it's all about.

The godmother of Vampire literature.

Her work has been soooooo important to me. Eternal Anne. She´s immortal now.

Thank you Anne. As a future Author, this is fantastic advice. I have always looked up to you. Your stories got me through terrible times in my life. They gave me strength and hope. I hope you know just how inspiring you truly are. You helped change the way people think. And ever since you helped me, I have always wanted to do the same for others. Thank you. If it weren't for your stories, I don't think I would of gotten through what I did.

Add a sexy cover? Man I bet these people were kicking themselves after the book took off! I'm glad you sticked to what you believed was right! Anne, I bet you wished there was spell check back then! :)

I love that she takes time to explain things and put in the details and walk us through it.. most of the time with people it's just them going "So I got an agent.". HOW?!? Thanks Anne Rice. R.i.p.

I really love Anne Rice. She seems to be such a lovely person, and an amazing writer. Her books always inspire me to write. And she has created a perfect vision of Vampires for me. She's amazing :)

i read Interview with a Vampire when i was thirteen. i will be ninteen in November and even now as im writing this i know that Interview with a Vampire irevocably changed the course of my life. Anne's writing introduced me to a wonderful world full of amazing ideas and concepts that i could never have imagined alone. i would like to thank you for that Anne.

Anne Rice is amazing. This talk she is giving us give us an insight that not many of us would have the opportunity would have otherwise Thank you Anne Where ever you are we love you

I LOVE interview with the Vampire's Lestat and Louis soooooo MUCH. ❤

Never seen this video before, it was a KZfaq suggestion! It's so nice to learn how the whole process to publish 'Interview with the Vampire' was... And now it's a major success as a TV adaptation ❤️🥹 The Vampire Chronicles have come a long way ❤️❤️❤️ I wish Anne Rice was here to see all that 💔😞

I love Anne's advice she is amazing!

Love Anne Rice!

Oh how I long to work with an editor such as yours. Thank you for this interview. It's offered me hope. Much respect.

Anne looks so perfectly lovely

Brilliant! Thank you for you views Anne.

This video made me appreciate you ever more !

If only she had written a book on fiction writing.

Editors and agents tend to rely on formulas and conventions. Most of them can't recognize when a story is just captivating and has a potential audience.

Interview with a Vampire! THATS THE TITLE!!!

Wonderful advice. Very helpful. Ty

thank you anne...it makes me see you as human after seeing this ( i know, you ARE human, but the ideas and romance that come from your head are unreal to me...unreal, surreal and SO powerful) good to know these things apply to you too

Thank you, Anne, for sharing this. Very enlightening.

Sexy cover??? Some people are really in the wrong jobs...

@Anne Rice What was the story Louie told that you took out?

This is the most interesting to me yet of your KZfaq posts. Tho I no longer have dreams of being a pro writer, I'm still curious about the details of how my favorite authors work. The length was good, too. Some of your short videos could be more effectively combined into meatier bites like this. I appreciate brevity as much as the next guy, but if you have three distinct thoughts on one book, for example, they are more easily consumed as one 4.5 min vid vs. three 1.5 min vids. Thank you!

I had to read Interview With The Vampire In my english class

Love you Anne!!!

I normally devour books in one or two sittings. I couldn't do that with Interview - it was just too dense conceptually. I put it down maybe half a dozen times to think and digest what I had just read before forging ahead. Learnt so many things about the world in its pages. This was a book that bit back... (pun intended).

Interview with A Vampire the OLD earth OR Interview with THE vampire mandela effect ? We shifted in the NEW earth.

I found " lnterveiw With The Vampire ' in a library, in 1975-76 maybe. It's was gripping if only of the idea. Later l learned that I shared something with the author , the community of Berkeley CA. So to back track ,she's going through revisions ,in 1974...means , she had written it in years prior. I mention this in social media , and there seem to be few hold overs from those days in Berkeley. I'd met her ( l believe ) on Telegraph Ave.working A Street peddler stand ( me). Which sold a large amount of decopauge , meticulously crafted under the tutalage on a person enigmatic - underground- charismatic...( Who had aspirations ,and was in with the people who've been brought to life ,of the movie " Blow". ) Our stand was set up always at the corner where the Waffle House - North Beach Leathers- Darvish ( indian Restaurant )... There was a known published writer seen on the street daily , he wore a cape , everyone knew about him , he had written a book called " True ( or maybe ' Real ' ) Magic ". Also l believe the Actor who became Luke Skywalker character was amongst us. Rock Stars were seen ,Jack Cassasdy for one would buy from us. After all it was the nieghborhood around one of the greatest schools in the USA. Someone l believe , was a model for Lestat then. If you read what Anne said about herself ,her life then......She had revealed in a bio writing ,of recently having struggles with alcohol ism....during the days leading up to the writing of " Interveiw.." This was Berkeley hippie culture days ( Anne remained preppy..exact same look she had exact same hairstyle ). So you would need to understand about what women then , would let themselves into.... of their ' Woman's perogative ' But this very Charismatic person ,was my older sister s boyfriend , and he would say , if you got to know him in intamacy ( Was a serious drug dealer ) " I am the Devil " He would say ; " lm not allowed in a church ..".. He resemble d James Coburn' , had same vocal inflection., and ...was a basic serious outlaw. Women literally threw themselves at him , but , he left a shadowy existence , what we used to call : Underground '.....he sold substances to famius Musicians. He came to wreck the relationship with my sister ,and l and he..for a breif period would go out to bars ....before 20 minutes would pass , some female patron was offered him ' take me home '... So , the only time in the day you could find him , was when he would drive to Berkeley to close the Decopauge stand , which meant packing 60 plaques into boxes. So one day , there is this preppy looking woman and she's acting as if she knows me somehow ,as if someone has told her about me...she is also waiting....for someone. So l saw photo of Anne first published photo , .. ..... ..looked like that preppy looking woman...........who was waiting around to catch Bruce...... ( Bruce Martin , was fit description of Lestat ......he knew every Cocaine Cowboy..operating around the bay area .. he fell into con- artistry..and the Feds caught up with him...) The decopauge street peddling was $$$ success...

Excellent.

i loved both :)

Notable Anne Rice...!!!

I'd like to audition for one of the Vampire roles in the Vampire Chronicles television show.

Other than spelling or sentence structure what are editors good for? G.

The only thing that bothered me about that book was Louis's transition into vampirism. His reticence and reluctance to BE a vampire wasn't believable. Lestat made it very clear what was involved in the exchange. Then, suddenly, Louis was like, 'I don't want to drain human life! Nooooooooo!" As far as the mutating of original work by copyeditors, yeah, they like doing that. Everyone's a critic in the literary world. You, her, me, them. Everyone.

Loved the novel. Hated the movie.