Ask A Vampire

Happy Tuesday All,

They're everywhere. Movies, TV, books, mythology. Some come out at night, some are around constantly. Some hate sunlight, some don't mind it.

Vampires. They've been a part of stories for a long time. From Bram Stoker to Stephenie Myers (and a bunch of authors in between and after Myers). Some people are fascinated by them, some are afraid of them and some don't care either way.

But what if you could sit and talk with them? What would you say? What would you ask them? What do you think they'd tell you.

So my question to you today is this...if you could spend time with a vampire and ask them anything you wanted, which vampire would you want to talk to and what would you ask?

Have A Terrific Tuesday!

Solo Or Jones?

Happy Monday All,

My husband is a great guy. He's also got a sense of adventure and loves great movie lines with equally great delivery. So it's no surprise to me that he's a big fan of Harrison Ford's depictions of Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, The Last Crusade, Crystal Skull) and Han Solo (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi).

There's many similarities between Indiana Jones and Han Solo. Not just that they were both played by the same actor, but great lines with equal delivery, and sense of adventure.

Either one is handy in a jam. Han's got his blaster and Indiana is ready with his whip to to lay the smack down on the bad guys.

So, if were going on a dangerous adventure, which character would you want as your traveling companion, Indiana Jones or Han Solo?

Have A Monumental Monday!

Don't Forget To Wear Green!

Happy Friday All,

In honor of the fact Saturday (tomorrow) is St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd post in green colored font.

When I was a kid we had a couple of Irish ladies stay with us. It was a lot of fun. There was a few years where we got to ride in the St. Patrick's Day parade with them. It was fun.

There's a lot of legends centering around St. Patrick--one of the most popular is that he drove the snakes out of Ireland. Whatever St. Patrick did or did not do, I think for the most part, people agree he was a real person.

Of course, tradition has it that it's a day to wear green, and celebrate all things Irish. So, I wish you all a happy St. Patrick's Day and a safe weekend.

Have A Fantastical Friday!

Fangs Or Fur?

Happy Thursday All,

Near the end of this month Kerrelyn Sparks will have a new release out and in April C.C. Hunter will, too. Both of these authors write paranormals (Kerrelyn writes Paranormal Romance and C.C. writes YA Paranormal).

I got to thinking about all that and decided to get you, my dear readers, involved in a discussion:

If you could choose which type of being your significant other was, would you choose werewolf or vampire?

In some stories, werewolves can turn into their wolf self anytime they please and in others, only during the full moon. In almost every case they have extra powers of some nature. Sometimes it's just extra strength, sometimes it's other things.

Vampires have a myriad of traits, depending on which author you read. In some books they have speed, strength, and hearing. In some stories, vampires never sleep, in other stories they sleep during the day. In some stories any kind of silver hurts vampires, and they burn up in the sun, in others silver and sunlight don't do anything to them.

In a lot of stories there are good werewolves and vampires that try to protect humans and bad werewolves and vampires that try to hurt humans.

Keeping all these things in mind, which one would you choose? (And if you already have a significant other, if you could choose which type of being they were, would you choose vampire or werewolf?)

Have A Thrilling Thursday!

Getting Rid Of The Echo

Happy Wednesday All,

Okay, I'm late posting this, and I apologize. But, I'm here, now.

There's a funny thing about ideas. Sometimes it's so hard to come up with something before hand. When you have to force an idea, it seems like it gets stubborn. You push, you pull, beg, plead, bargain...and nothing happens.

Then you sit down and suddenly ideas pop out of nowhere and it's all you can do to keep up.

That's the way it is with this blog a lot of the time. People ask me "How do you come up with ideas for your blog?" The truth is, sometimes I don't come up with anything until I start typing. Other times, an idea pops in and I write it down for whatever date I think it will fit.

I have a notebook that I started keeping this year. In it I write the day of the week and the date. Then I write down any blogging idea for that day. Some things I already know--for example, official book reviews. I know that later this month I'll be posting one, I know that next month sometime I have one (in fact, I'm working on finishing reading that book for April's official book review). Other times I have no idea until that day.

Blogging, like anything, is an exercise. The more you do it, the more you know what to expect. Sometimes it means it gets easier, sometimes it means it gets harder--especially when you start worrying about repeating yourself. However, like anything else, blogging doesn't get easier if you have a blog and you avoid it. Once you decide to blog, you owe your followers to post as often as you can--or at least as often as you say you will post.

I know lately I've been falling off the wagon on that. I am extremely sorry. Last week I was sick, and another time I had family in town. However, now I'm going to cut the excuses and work harder at providing a post for you Monday through Friday (I don't post on weekends, Holidays (like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter), and some days that are Holy in my faith). I'm not promising I'll be perfect at it, but I will do my best to have less "empty" days.

So, this is me, making an effort...and hopefully I can breathe new life into this blog, again.

Have A Witty Wednesday!

Watch Out For The Wolf!

Happy Monday All,

Golly! That is one mid-week through weekend I do not hope to repeat. My family came down with a stomach bug (seemed like some kind of stomach flu) and I don't wish it on anyone. We're doing much better, and I'm working on getting back to 100 percent feeling like my well self instead of my sick self, but I'm much better than I was.

I hope the rest of you have been staying well.



Sunday was my weekly watching of Once Upon A Time and the theme was Red Riding Hood, which was pretty interesting in and of itself, but the night before my husband and I had watched the movie of Red Riding Hood that came out awhile back, so it feels like I had a very Red Riding Hood weekend.

So in the spirit of that, I thought I'd also mention another retelling, in the form of a YA novel, called Scarlet Moon by Debbie Viguié which I have read more than once. It's a great retelling. Very inspiring and creative.

In the TV show it played with the idea that Red would be a wolf, and in the movie, someone else. In the book, it's yet someone else.


However, in the original story, "the big, bad wolf" isn't any person, but rather a talking wolf Red Riding Hood meets in the woods on the way to Grandmother's house. A good cautionary tale about not talking to strangers, but as evident by the show, Once Upon A Time and the movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and the book, Scarlet Moon, there's plenty of elements and ideas for someone to play with and reinterpret the story.

For myself, any of my regular readers know I love fairy tales. I find them inspiring, and I generally like most retellings. Rarely do I not like a retelling and sometimes I like the retelling better than the original.

In the case of Red Riding Hood, I felt the retellings offered some depth and ideas not found in the original tale. Things to spark the imagination and inspiration.

So, what do you think of Red Riding Hood and its retellings?

Have A Magnificent Monday!

Being MIA...

Happy Thursday All,

I'm not posting much these past couple of days (not sure about Friday, yet), the reason is I caught the illness offspring had. I'm doing better today--slowly improving and hoping to add more food. It's some sort of viral stomach bug and I don't wish it on anyone. It's not fun.

Offspring is much better and my husband has won the Husband Of The Year award for his help this past Sunday when Offspring came down with it, and then his help yesterday and today when I came down with it. I'm very blessed and lucky to have a husband with a strong stomach--mine isn't--and he cleans up yucky stuff without batting an eyelash.

Other than that I've been taking it easy. Today I'm still sort of weak, but trying to see if I can spend more time out of the bed (back is killing me from being so much in the bed). Yesterday I didn't do much besides sleep, eat a few crackers, drink some fluid, talk to a couple of people on the phone and go to the bathroom. Today I'm able to eat some crackers and sit on the couch. I'm hoping to stay awake a bit more today so that I sleep better tonight.

But I am getting better and I expect to be much better tomorrow. So, if I don't get to post on Friday, hope everyone has a nice weekend!

Have A Tip-Top Thursday!