An Email I Received From My Greatest Inspiration Ever-Anne Rice

I'm sure that you have all read or at least seen movies based on the amazing works of this woman. She has suffered the loss of her beloved husband, which I am sure has contributed to her ability to reach the dark side in her creative process. Even still, now she has gotten in touch with her own Catholic spirituality. This has led her in a whole new creative direction. Two later novels, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, reveal a returning to spirituality that anyone must admire, no matter their religious persuasion. Both of these novels leave the reader hungry for the release of her new work Angel Time, which was just released October 27. A defining moment in my life, was when I received the following email from Anne as a reply to one of my fan emaiIs. I was honored and humbled to receive such encouragement from such a literary great. Please read:

DAVID, this is a beautiful letter and deeply appreciated here. I love with my heart my gay readers, who have been faithful to me through every phase of my career, keeping my vampire novels alive during years when they might have left the shelves and never letting me down when it comes to profound moral response. As you probably know my son, Christopher Rice, is gay, a gay activist and gay novelist. I am immensely proud of him, and as a Christian and a Christian writer I never fail to mention this when the opportunity comes. David, I think all religions are changing in their attitudes to gays now. Christianity always has an embarassingly hard time with "new information" whether it is about the stars and the planets or about psychology or reproduction. But eventually Christians go back to Scripture, and to the Lord for new creative solutions, which are not "relative" but deeply truthful. I greatly admire your strength and conviction. God bless you and keep you. Anne Ric!