This link is for a New York Times article from 1986 in which it was coming clear that Halloween was becoming the big business holiday that we know and love today. It's an interesting read, to see insight of Halloween from a time when I was just a wee tyke. During this time I was worried about my McDonald's pumpkin pail not being large enough for trick or treating. I was nine years old. I had real problems then.  This is the year that would see the first notch on the timeline which would give rise to stores like Halloween Adventure and Spirit Halloween to exist, and destinations like Universal's Halloween Horror Nights opened for their inaugural show. HHN is still going strong to this day at Universal Studios. And here's this little time capsule  courtesy of WEDF. And if you want to watch something a bit longer, here's Elvira and her Halloween Special from Salem, Mass.

As I begin writing another project, I started to realize how much UNIQUE means to me. To be honest, it means everything. While I'm stoked about this script project, this novel and the series has my soul within it. My thoughts, actions, hopes and aspirations are in each page, and I still have that deep confidence inside my gut that just knows that I'm going to see this thing published. And as I continue to query agents, I'm going to use this hiatus on UNIQUE to develop my craft in another writing genre, the film script. I've recently written an article for submission at the New York Times, but apparently it was declined for publication. No biggie, I'm going to write something else. And possibly for other papers, as well. My goal is to have something small published before classes resume in early February.