But I couldn't help but get pulled away from the task at hand while hanging on every word, however seemingly trivial (apparently she really liked train sets) that this author whom I've loved since a young teenager wrote in her own scrawling handwriting. My intent was to conduct research on her writing of the "Lives of the Mayfair Witches," series, which I managed to do. Throughout her career, Rice kept extensive journals chronicling her private life, her pre-manuscript musings on each of her novels, and her business dealings - jotting down frustrations over editor notes, royalties and takeaways from conversations regarding yet another failed studio script based on her work - amidst side commentary on the episodes of "Kojak" and "Miami Vice" that she enjoyed watching on such and such night.Īfter Rice's death in 2021, these journals, along with her novel drafts and a treasure trove of fan correspondence, were put into the care of Tulane University, which painstakingly archived it all into a collection that may be viewed by the public for the first time ever, by appointment.Įarlier this week I spent four hours at the archive, and only made it through one box of journals.
Once Anne Rice began to gain notoriety as an author after the 1976 release of her debut novel, " Interview with the Vampire," it wasn't long before big name production companies began circling, clamoring for the rights to her work so that it could be adapted for TV and film. The following contains minor spoilers for the first episode of AMC's "Mayfair Witches."
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