<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652524554640616186</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:52:23.665-07:00</updated><category term='vlad'/><category term='dracula'/><category term='vlad tepes'/><category term='tepes'/><category term='novel'/><category term='writing'/><category term='novelist'/><title type='text'>The Dracula Lament</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://draculalament.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6652524554640616186/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://draculalament.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kristina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420504838408620703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652524554640616186.post-3910780559701882670</id><published>2009-05-04T20:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T21:06:27.331-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dracula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vlad tepes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='novelist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tepes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vlad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='novel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>My first day blogging!</title><content type='html'>Hi All!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first day blogging and I'm not really sure how disciplined I'll be about it.  I want to keep an ongoing account of the struggles and excitement of writing my very first novel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story has been floating around in my head the past 20 years.  About 10 months ago I came to the conclusion that any story that is that &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;persistent&lt;/span&gt; deserves to be recorded for posterity. &lt;br /&gt;I am not a published author and obviously this is my first work although I was a bit of a celebrity a few years back in the erotic &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;fan fiction&lt;/span&gt; circuit.  if you don't know what erotic &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;fan fiction&lt;/span&gt; is DON"T ASK!!!  &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;LOL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As someone who always danced to the beat of her own drummer (in her own head)   It makes perfect sense to me that the lead character of my ultra-erotic romance would be none other than Vlad the Impaler!  Yes folks, the real Dracula like you've never read about him before!  (And let's face it, how many of us have read about the real Vlad III???)  Although my novel is historically based, I fill it with fanciful notions and it will have a supernatural ending.  I'm not writing a history text book but erotic fiction based on a historical character!  I love all the characters dearly and they have been a part of my life for so long, I feel like they're family!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I plan to add updates on my progress and information often as &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;real&lt;/span&gt; life obligations like family and work will allow.  I look forward to making some blog friends, and welcome comments and feedback.  just don't tell me Vlad is a sick choice for a romantic lead i already KNOW that!  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciao &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;bella&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6652524554640616186-3910780559701882670?l=draculalament.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://draculalament.blogspot.com/feeds/3910780559701882670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://draculalament.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-first-day-blogging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6652524554640616186/posts/default/3910780559701882670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6652524554640616186/posts/default/3910780559701882670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://draculalament.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-first-day-blogging.html' title='My first day blogging!'/><author><name>kristina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420504838408620703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
