{"id":89,"date":"2010-08-12T13:35:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T12:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenessexblog.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2024-11-21T01:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T01:06:47","slug":"harker-breaks-silence-feiler-speaks-up-nypost-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Harker breaks silence; Feiler speaks up; NYPost weighs in."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In honor of the official publication date of Dracula in Love, the vampire\u2019s muse has broken her century-long silence in an exclusive interview with Fangoria Magazine. Read what the once quintessential Victorian virgin has to say about 21st century rehab, Internet porn, and her nostalgia for velvet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EXCLUSIVE: MINA HARKER SPEAKS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, one of America\u2019s top mortal voices, the esteemed Bruce Feiler, New York Times columnist, peripatetic historian, and repeated New York Times Bestseller list offender, has posted his thoughts about Dracula in Love on Amazon:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dracula-in-Love-Karen-Essex-audiobook\/dp\/B004EDP298\/\">Read The Review<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"1742\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873.jpeg 522w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0873-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0875.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"1752\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0875.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0875.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0875-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0875-400x225.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just when I thought mortal life could not get much better, the New York Post named Dracula in Love Required Reading: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dicW7L\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/dicW7L<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you, intrepid reader, want to know the whole truth AND make my day, please order your copy of Dracula in Love (and copies for family and friends so they won\u2019t feel left out) at your choice of bookseller:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dracula-Love-Karen-Essex\/dp\/0385528914\/\">Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/dracula-in-love-karen-essex\/1100055549?ean=9780767931229\">Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dracula-in-Love-Karen-Essex-audiobook\/dp\/B004EDP298\">Audiobook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope you\u2019re enjoying our dwindling days of summer. See below for GIVEAWAYS, ETC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever yours\u2014<br>\nKaren<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INTERVIEWS, GIVEAWAYS &amp; POSTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Til midnight August 15th PST, click the \u201cLike\u201d button on the \u201cDracula in Love by Karen Essex\u201d Facebook page and automatically be entered to win a signed copy of your choice of my backlisted books (except Bettie Page. Sorry!). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Dracula-in-Love-By-Karen-Essex\/124181927628332\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Dracula-in-Love-By-Karen-Essex\/124181927628332<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 10th \u2014 I join Vicki Leon (How to Mellify a Corpse) on her blog:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vickileon.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/vickileon.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured interview in August edition of Bookpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/dracula-in-love-karen-essex\/7110961?ean=9780767931229\">https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/dracula-in-love-karen-essex\/7110961?ean=9780767931229<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured Q&amp;A in The Nervous Breakdown, with Juliet author Anne Fortier supplying the Qs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenervousbreakdown.com\/\">http:\/\/www.thenervousbreakdown.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 11th \u2013 \u201cWhy I Love Vampires\u201d post on Historical Tapestry: <a href=\"http:\/\/historicaltapestry.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/historicaltapestry.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Til August 21st \u2013 THREE BOOK GIVEAWAY at Passages to the Past. Enter here:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.passagestothepast.com\/2010\/08\/3-copy-giveaway-dracula-in-love-by.html\">http:\/\/www.passagestothepast.com\/2010\/08\/3-copy-giveaway-dracula-in-love-by.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Friday the 13th Q&amp;A + Giveaway at Patricia\u2019s Vampire Notes: <a href=\"http:\/\/patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 15th \u2013 Essay for Publisher\u2019s Weekly: \u201cNo Sex, Please, We\u2019re Literary.\u201d<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/\">http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of the official publication date of Dracula in Love, the vampire\u2019s muse has broken her century-long silence in an exclusive interview with Fangoria Magazine. 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