Ah, for the sweet, horrible half-mornings when you could count on opening Live Journal and find a thousand posts from those who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall . . . "

I'm not making one, although a few of you have done so.

I like this Publisher's Weekly article that tells about the process of making one particular graphic novel: Process Mania: The Making of Jonathan Case's 'The New Deal'.

As I reminded a student while marking up her paper about Cinderella variants, the prince was inviting all eligible women from the countryside to his ball, not edible women. Spell-check can mess you up!

A few days ago, I was anticipating teaching a course this fall that would be themed around vampires, werewolves and zombies. A couple of days ago, a trip to the library reminded me that the vampire literature, alone, is vast. For that reason, I will be sticking with vampires, only. With that in mind, I carried home a backpack full of anthologies, ( Read more... )