First of all, last week I was complaining about my NaNo. Well, I temporary employed a new Muse, and she is working out so much better than my old one. I may need to keep her on the payroll permanently. I might actually finish my WIP next week. *fingers crossed*

( I died for you...for this town )

Before I begin the recap, I just want to say right here, right now, NaNoWriMo is kicking my arse. Hard. I suck with deadlines--except for when I was in school. I don't why I do, I just do. It's not even an "OMG! I must finish!!! Arghhhhhh!!!!!" and then I stress out and not get anything done. I just cannot meet a deadline. So, yeah, NaNoWriMo is ( Read more... )

Now that I've had a week to reflect on the "shocking twist" of last week's episode, this is the conclusion I've come to: It did deliver for those viewers who haven't read the books. Admittedly, all those that have read all four books in The Vampire Diaries know what the deal is. We know the story arch for every character--even if their television ( Read more... )

I'm going for the vampire trifecta this week. The previous installments of my vampire frenzy are down below ( Read more... )

I think I suffered a vampire overdose last weekend. Saturday morning I saw Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (mostly because of John C. Reilly), and then that evening I watched Shadow of the Vampire, which is the "story" behind the filming of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. I ended the weekend with Sunday night's viewing of Nosferatu. I went to bed ( Read more... )

I read The Fury, Book 3 in The Vampire Diaries, a couple days ago. I found no mention of a pocket watch, so still stumped on that front. Reading the book has me a little freaked out about Matthew Davis being cast as Alaric Saltzman. I do not see it. I am scared. Also making me scared is how far they can continue the television series. I see three ( Read more... )

I looked forward to this week's Vampire Diaries as a distraction. I ended up cutting another 5,000 words from my querying manuscript, which brought it under the 100,000 word mark. Yikes! I do not want to do that again. So, writing this recap was a nice relief. Even considering how depressing this episode was...

( I figure if you're going to dump me, you should at least know who you're dumping )

This recap is brought to you today by listening to Emilie Autumn's Unlaced side of Laced/Unlaced. Mmmm...metal violin. I needed it if VD is going to consistently act the way it is. Going into the fourth week, I've decided this: The show isn't bad, but it ain't great. I consider Doctor Who and Showtime's Dexter to be great shows, amongst others. ( Read more... )

And so this is how it's going to be, Vampire Diaries? You are going to be awesome one week and then not so much the next? Okay, maybe I'm judging you too harshly. Perhaps the wow factor of Supernatural right afterwards dulled your shine. It's not your fault that Supernatural had an awesome revelation (one I had been praying would happen since last ( Read more... )

I nursed my vampire overdose by reading another vampire YA novel. This time it was Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Apart from being sick of the word "vampire" showing up in these titles, I've found another gripe:

5. Stop giving vampires mystic powers! I don't want to read another vampire who can see the future, control elements, heal people, ( Read more... )