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Writing the Novel - A Reading Journal

Posted by Daphne on March 29th, 2007 — Posted in Good Reading

Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print by Lawrence Block

One of our requirements for school is to write five reading journals each semester. Here is a portion of one of this semester’s journals.

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Harry Potter On Good Paper

Posted by Daphne on March 22nd, 2007 — Posted in Good Reading

Check out this interesting article about the upcoming Harry Potter book. Scholastic has agreed to print Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on paper that has a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer waste fiber. That’s great news!

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Travel Podcasts

Posted by Daphne on March 14th, 2007 — Posted in Friends

A friend of mine, Ray Bartlett, writes for Lonely Planet, and is now doing podcasts for them as well. His first podcast, Sapporo Snow Festival (under “Ice Sculpting Heats Up”) was just recently posted on their website. Yay!

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Vampires Everywhere

Posted by Daphne on March 11th, 2007 — Posted in Legacy of Blood

Did you know vampires are fascinated by counting? Or that plants such as hawthorn or a branch of wild rose will repel them? I didn’t either, but as part of researching vampires for my novel, I learned quite a few things I didn’t know before. Something else I didn’t know was that Dracula wasn’t the first novel written about vampires; just the most famous.

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Mike Rosenberg on The Naked Vine

Posted by Daphne on March 8th, 2007 — Posted in Friends

A good friend of mine, Mike Rosenberg, has a blog called The Naked Vine, where he expounds on a variety of affordable wines. He’s doing such a great job, the Cincinnati Weekly wrote an article about Mike and the Naked Vine. Hooray for Mike! I have yet to get over the thrill of seeing my friends in print (and I hope I never will).

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Disease Transmission

Posted by Daphne on March 2nd, 2007 — Posted in Legacy of Blood, Pandemics

A few days ago I wrote about some research I’d done about pandemics. At the same time, I also learned about disease transmission. Those flu pandemics that hit fast and burned out after several months were all airborne pathogens (diseases). We’re all familiar with airborne disease - it’s why we cover our noses when we sneeze or our mouths when we cough. The disease spreads into the air through our coughing and sneezing and then other people breathe it in and are infected.

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