Hello.  I have been writing off and on since I was 15 years old.  I like mostly Dark Fantasy/ Horror, but I can get into sci-fi and main-stream fantasy too.  I took a few by-mail Writing courses.  My Writing Mentor was William Greenleaf, a published paperback writer in the 80's, I learned a great deal from him.  I have a few published articles and one published dark poem, called "The Bath"  I started a web page to post a Vampire Horror Novel that I started dreaming up almost a year ago.  I thought about what a vampire story might be like if Stephen King, Ann Rice, and Brian Lumley's skills were put into blender and mulched into a spicy dipping sauce for a party.  Just for fun.  I'll see how it goes.