Vampire Vocab

Have you ever had a really weird dream that you totally don’t understand? They’re great short story fodder! If I ever have a weird dream, I might post it under the title Odd Dreams, so look out, because it’s about to get really freaky. I’ll start with last nights dream.   i wandered through the [...]

Comparing  Zen and the Art of Vampires By Katie Macalister to other, better, vampire books I’ve read is like comparing a guinea pig to a lion. The origons of this book are dismal: the O’hare airport, I couldn’t stand how intense Ironside by Holly Black was at that moment, so I head down to the [...]

Today I decided to interview Kakashi, My beloved laptop. Kakashi has been my laptop for almost a year now and is very neat, clean, and attractive. Anyway, I named after the love of my life at the beginning of the year (these things change. If I had gotton him these days, he would be a [...]

How to describe Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead? It’s a Fantabulous book  (Fantastic and fabulous combined)! I’ll start with the basics: The protagonist is Rose Hathaway, half-vampire guardian of Lissa Dragomir. After running away for three years, the pair is forcefully returned to the Academy where Rose will learn to fight the Strigoi, the evil [...]

Today’s word is… Adamantly! The definition is: Ad-a mant  Adjective Unyielding in attitude or opinion despite all urgings. Today’s excerpt is from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, in a conversation between Rose and Lissa on page 187, “They Know.” “Know what?’ “About us. About how you…youknow, how I fed you when we were gone.” She [...]

You might have noticed that I haven’t blogged for a long time, and I am oozing contrition due to that development. The reason: moving houses. I only just managed to unearth Kakashi (my laptop) from his resting place between a large feather pillow and a rubber alligator and a pair of faux fur lined mittens. [...]

Today’s word is… Nosferatu! The definition is… Nosferatu (noun) a hideously ugly vampire Etymology: Slavonic nosfur-atu I was surprised that this word existed. Is there really a such thing as an ugly vampire? It’s like an imaginary number: it might be out there, but we haven’t found it. Anyway, my reference. From One foot in [...]

I’m so proud of Alice-marie. She’s writing a book! So I’m just taking this space to do “writing prompts” like you get when your teacher wants you to write about something specific. Sometimes, to find a really good idea, something has to really strike you, like true love. Does anybody believe in love at first [...]