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A belated Happy 2012 to one and all!

Hope it will be a dynamic and exciting year for you with many happy memories. We’ve already enjoyed an indelible occasion as our daughter Jessi married Mike Clough on the afternoon of February 4 (see picture at left).  Lovely ceremony and reception!  Our son Chris weds Cori in October -- it’s a big year for nuptials.

Work News:

1.  Two Rondo nominations:

  • My Island of Lost Souls DVD commentary, released last fall, has received a Rondo Award nomination for Best Commentary of 2011
  • My article on The Mad Genius in Monsters from the Vault magazine #28 has received a Rondo nomination for Best Article.

    Check out the ballot at the Classic Horror Film Board for more information – and to cast your votes OFFICIAL-BALLOT---TENTH-ANNUAL-RONDO-HATTON-CLASSIC-HORR. 

2.  The Island of Lost Souls commentary has continued to receive fine reviews, such as this one from Criterion Corner:  “...film historian Gregory Mank’s track is a rare treat. His knowledge is vast (often spinning into a discussion of other films of the era) and spiritedly recounted with a flair for the dramatic...Listening to Mank, I found myself wishing for the first time that Island of Lost Souls was longer.” 

3.  The Very Witching Time of Night is truly almost finished.  Plenty of new, offbeat information has arrived in the past few months, as well as some rare and terrific pictures.  Publication will probably be late summer.  This book has been great fun to research and write and, as with most of my books, I’ll be sorry to see it finished.

4.  As soon as that book wraps up it’ll be full speed ahead on Hollywood Ripper: The Rise and Fall of Laird Cregar.  There was a very exciting breakthrough in the research for that book early this year -- but I’ll save that news for later! I’m super-enthused about the book and am eager to dive into the brilliant actor’s remarkable story.

5.  The novels continue to undergo adjustments -- by early summer, they should be ready for another pounding at agents’ doors. They really do improve as time goes on, so hopefully will be worth the wait!

It’s been great receiving email messages from many of you.  Please keep them coming and don’t feel offended if a reply doesn’t follow quickly -- Barbara and I always seem to be super-busy, but we’re always eager to hear from friends.
All the best and more news will follow soon!


Greg