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Probably around October, around the series' ten-year anniversary. I did post a follow-up about the reaction to this piece. Do you work in Hollywood? https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/more-the-horror-of-dracula-lessons

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It was really nice to see someone go through it so step by step like that and be honest. I try to give aspiring TV and film writers the harsh truth about the business all the time, but this is so detailed I'm going to forward to people.

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It's one of the reasons I write these stories. Some of it is probably creative exorcism, but mostly, nobody told me this stuff when I was coming up. Now that I'm established, suddenly everyone has these stories. It's backward.

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Yeah. And comics. Comics are much more fun, generally. Even with all their own problems.

But like, I knew who you were talking about, and who The Fixer was, because I had a pilot at NBC at that same time.

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I now understand who you are. Is it possible to contact you off this chain? I have access to my subscribers' emails, but can't work out what yours is.

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It's your most recent signup today, my name with some numbers behind it. Private email.

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