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September is Vampire Month for Me

As I mentioned earlier, I’m doing NanoWriMo the year. My novel is going to involve vampires. I just read the Twilight Saga this summer. Whatever I do write, my main character isn’t going to be an annoying no-personality blob.

During September I’m going to be doing vampire research. This will also eventually go on my dark-creatures.com website (not up yet). I own at least 4 vampire “non-fiction” books already. I have a show on vampires saved on the DVR (along with Bram Stoker’s Dracula). And I took The New Annotated Dracula out of the library today.

I’ve been “into” vampires since before it was trendy. I remember when I was in 11th grade, sitting in the lunch room reading a book on vampires I had bought (the only book on vampires the store had). The girls I was sitting with probably thought I was quite weird.

During October, I’ll be outlining my novel. I didn’t do this last time and it may be a part of why I gave up after a week. And possibly doing more vampire research on TV, as it is Halloween month.

The Dresden Files

Joe has been trying for several years to get me to read the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher (Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)). I put it off because I’m always hesitant about reading author’s I’ve never read before (this is partly why I reread all my books 20 million times). It has plenty of the things I like: magic, vampires, faery creatures, other unhuman beings, sarcastic humor, and a tall dark-haired man. So once I finally started reading them a few weeks ago, I loved them. I’ve been plowing through them. There’s currently 12 out in the series and I’m on number 8.

If you like the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show, you’ll probably like these books also. The guy who plays Spike (James Marsters) actually does the audio versions (at least some…not sure if he does them all). I would love to listen to him read these.

Really, these books are great! Read them!

BSC

Recently I’ve been rereading the BSC books in order, minus the super specials and mysteries (I’m going to read those in their own order). I’m up to somewhere in the Friends Forever series part of it. I’m still missing some of those and a few from the main series (and some mysteries). As much as I enjoy reading them, the inconsistencies stick out more when you read them in order. Normally I read them randomly or all the Mallory books or something like that. It annoyed me especially how in one book Ethan was 16, then in the next book he was 15 again (Ethan is Stacey’s boyfriend in some of the books). Also, I’ve discovered Mary Ann is really annoying. I mean, really annoying.

An Update

It’s been 7 years and 25 days since my first weblog post. Crazy.

I went to a book-signing last Wednesday. Maria V. Snyder. She wrote Poison Study and Magic Study, with an upcoming Fire Study. You should read these books. Really.

I’ve been doing a lot of watercolor painting lately. And playing Pokemon Pearl. I started reading the Wheel of Time series and started wearing my Aes Sedai ring again.

I’m taking herbal and mineral supplements and going to a chiropractor twice a week.

We’re likely getting one, possibly two, kittens in a few weeks.

Work is still work but working with WordPress makes work a little less like work.

I can’t walk very far without my left knee shifting out of place very painfully and causing my leg to give out. It is not very fun.

The cancellations of Veronica Mars and Drive? Not cool.

Amazing Novel

Everyone must read Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. Or listen to it, as I did at work. I loved it so much that I listened to it a second time as soon as I was finished. It’s part of a trilogy, the second of which is due out in October.
I can’t claim it’s an amazing piece of literature, but there was something about it. I still can’t stop thinking about that book and the characters.

BSC

Today my BSC books arrived! I was very happy. I haven’t read most of them before, as the local libraries didn’t have that many.

After buying those 44 books, I only need 19 more. 10 in the regular series, 4 regular mysteries, 4 friends forever, and one of the other books.