How does it sound to write 50,000 in just one month? That’s what National Novel Writing Month is all about. To get ordinary people to become novelists.
We had many FLVS students participate in NaNoWriMo this year! Click the play button below to hear about their experiences!
Here are some resources featured in the podcast:
Vampire Literature has been around for about 200 years, starting in the early 1800′s in England. Now it is hugely popular, Twighlight, Anne Rice, and others. Not to mention all vampires running around in TV and movies.
In this Halloween edition of the Podcast, we will look at Vampire Lit. Stefanie Sarros offers a book review, my brother talks about where vampires come from in the first place, and Mrs. Peters takes a look at Teen Vamps.
Here are some more resources and reading if you’re interested in more!
The Penguin Book of Vampires - An excellent anthology that contains important bits of vampire literature from the first known published story (in 1819) till today.
The Vampire: A Casebook - According to my brother’s professor of the Vampire class he took, this is the best book available on the actual folklore and practices from places that actually believe vampires exist. It’s very interesting and the folk beliefs themselves are frequently more insane than anything you would read in a novel.
Varney the Vampire – Varney was the first semi-popular vampire figure. Varney was featured in a penny dreadful series. Penny Dreadfuls were kinds of short stories and serials published in the late 1800′s in England. They were called this because they only cost a penny, and the stories and writing were usually dreadfull.
Dracula by Bram Stoker – The first novel to really catapult the vampire into popularity, and to set down the idea of the modern vampire as we know it. The story actually moves through letters, newspaper articles, and diaries, so it’s a very different way to take a story in.
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice – Note that Anne Rice is pretty explicit in language, sex, and violence. There are several books in the series, starting with Interview with a Vampire, which was a hugely successful movie.
Twightlight Series by Stephenie Meyer – Hugely popular series, the fourth book just came out, and the film of the first book is due out this November.
House of Night Series by PC Cast – Hogwarts a la Vampires. Both Cast and Meyer offer books that are not over graphic or use language. This series is quickly gaining popularity.
Searching online for information for school can be frustrating. But we have the answers! Librarian Aaron Schmidt sat down to talk with us about the Do’s and Don’t's of researching online. He also talked with us about being a librarian today and the future of libraries.
There is some great information that will help you with 3.03C and 6.04C! You can also find more information under How To Research Online.
Aaron Schmidt is the director of the North Plains Public Libarary in North Plains, OR. He does technology consulting for libraries and speaks at library conferences around the country. You can find him at his blog, Walking Paper.
Books have been made into films since the beginning. Do you like film adaptations of books, or think they should be left alone?
Click on the play button below to listen to our first episode of The English Inquisitor Podcast!
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