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Grammar Girl and the Vampire Queen

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Grammar Girl’s most recent podcast, “Vampires Have Grammar Questions Too,” features a couple of grammar questions literally spoken by characters from Mary Janice Davidson’s Queen Betsy series of novels.

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Dracula’s Dust

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Yesterday I finished my reread of Dracula. Just to reiterate:

This time I approached it as 19th-century invasion literature.
I’m reading it as research for an upcoming poem and an in-progress rpg.
I’ve been somewhat underwhelmed by Stoker’s writing.

If you’re curious about any of those points, please see the earlier posts on the subject.
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