RE: How To Scare a Vampire . . .? (NaNoWriMo)

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2 months ago

A few days ago, on my blog and on NaNoWriMo, I asked How To Scare a Vampire . . .? This is my farther thoughts on the matter.I've decided I want to base my vampires heavily on Dracula (the book & the Bela Lugosi movie - not the later newer versions which are changed quite a bit). With that in mind, I am now re-reading Dracula, which I haven't read in about 20 years, and finding a lot of stuff I forgot.For one thing, staking Dracula DOESN'T kill him in the book, it only stops him from rising...

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