Casting Interview with FITA Stage Play Director Christopher Bentivegna

The cast of the world premiere of Flowers in the Attic : The Stage Play has officially been announced ! And AtticSecrets , were given the exclusive two hours before the rest of the world thanks to director Christopher Bentivegna! This group of actors and actresses are making VCA history by being the first to…

Interview with Carmen – Creator of The V C Andrews Movie Page

Interview with Carmen By Neisha Chetty                                              Carmen, Lorraine and I have become close over the year bonding with the #DoughnutClub and creating so much fun on twitter. We’ve had some of the most insane moments that we will probably remember for the rest of our lives. One of which was Carmen tracking down…

Secret Brother

If one good thing has come out of this diary series , I d have to say its got us discussing again …seeming plot hole s left over in the original saga… Neiderman has put to good use the fans ideas posted on his VCA fan page and he did ask for the fans input…

Secret Brother

If one good thing has come out of this diary series , I d have to say its got us discussing again …seeming plot hole s left over in the original saga… Neiderman has put to good use the fans ideas posted on his VCA fan page and he did ask for the fans input…

A Familiar Tale

Clifton L Parker – Virginia’s Grandfather Virginia states part of her writing was “semi autobiographical”  but I believe she used her family history as inspiration too : Take her maternal grandfather for example : Clifton L Parker was born 19th November 1879 – the fifth of six children to Ephraim H Parker and Buenavista L…

My Sweet Audrina : The Movie

Teatimes and Cucumber Sandwiches and Plenty of Vodka Laced Tea with Lorraine Elgar and Neisha Chetty.  Everybodys abuzz with The My Sweet Audrina Movie that started filming in Vancouver this month – and AtticSecrets is right there quivering in anticipation ! So in honour of all things Audrina , Neisha Chetty and Lorraine Elgar hosted…

Angel, Saint, Devils Spawn ….

“Angel, saint, Devil’s spawn, good or evil, you’ve got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if you die first, then it won’t be long before I follow.” Christopher – Potw AtticSecrets, Jennifer Clark , always gives us the most compelling quotations from VCA’s works and brings…

Secret Brother Teaser

Tuesday sees the release of the third and final installment of the Diary series: Secret Brother Neiderman is teasing fans prior to its release with this cryptic message : If you put the endings of Secrets of Foxworth, Echoes of Dollanganger and Secret Brother together you ‘ll have the whole story …….. Ok , so…

Artistic inspiration

This week in Attic Secrets its been a celebration of creativity ……… As you may know VCA herself was a talented artist before finding fame as an author and her fans too share the same passion and talent ……. Member Corina has been sharing her beautiful artwork from her own VCA blog – this picture…

A Masterpiece of Prose

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. ” Alan Moore V for Vendetta. I once read a blog entitled ” VCA s masterpiece of something thrives on manure “ Harsh. Indeed, for what is actually an insightful look at Virginia’s work, It is marred by the fact that for all…

Shall the Clay …..?

“No way back to recall the way, because I threw out all the why’s. ” Lyrics from “the Scarlet Thing in you” by Peter Murphy  Virginia Andrews was intrigued by the why’s, she was basically obsessed with it … She wrote and designed The Dollanganger series as part of a BIG puzzle left for us…

Solving the Whitefern Murders

The prisms, the rocking chair, the cupola and the wind chimes …… Trying to solve the Whitefern murders.. Okay, no doubt, this is one of the creepiest books I’ve ever read. The one puzzle that keeps gnawing at my brain… was it Sylvia or Vera who dunnit ?  Virginia gave us plenty of “evasions no…