Being Human on SyFy--- It's Not the Same

As it turns out, the Being Human show being promoed on SyFy is not the same series as the BBC Being Human. For info on the SyFy show, here are two links:
SyFy: Being Human
Wikipedia: Being Human (US TV series)

I don't know how I feel about this. Can you imagine a British version of Star Trek, or an American version of Doctor Who? It would be hard for me to adjust to either one. But I guess I can give this new show a chance. It's scheduled to begin on Jan. 17, 2011 in the US.

For those wanting to see the proper Being Human series from the BBC, it's available on DVD (Being Human: Season Two) or as 'video on demand' --- downloads of episodes (Being Human, Episode 1)

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A History of the New England Vampire

This is my latest article written for Associated Content. I seem to be on a vampire kick lately....

We think of vampire folklore as something that emerges from Eastern Europe, yet there was an outbreak of suspected vampirism in the United States during the nineteenth century. The New England vampires are as much a part of the folklore of the region as Lizzie Borden and her ax, though the name 'vampire' was not used for the phenomenon at the time. Read more....

Note: I'm not allowed to post the whole article here because Associated Content owns it. Or me. I'm not sure which.

Have You Planned Your Nanowrimo Novel Yet?

If November is National Novel Writing Month, October must be National Novel Planning and Outlining Month. For comparison purposes I am giving an indication of how MY planning is going.

The novel will be in the 'contemporary fantasy' genre, set in a town not too dissimilar to one near me. The fantasy elements will include magic of various types (thaumaturgy, magic, sorcery/sourcery). There will also be supernatural creatures--- two distinct, different varieties of vampires with different abilities and weaknesses, one female gaki, and one artifact-spirit (tsukumo-gami) who is a 100 year old Japanese tea-kettle who has become alive and can take the form of a young boy (probably a young Japanese boy, possibly Korean, maybe with odd hair color that matches his tea-kettle form).

I have other character ideas but they are not firmly fixed yet, a few strong ideas for scenes from near the beginning of the story, but the bigger picture is still very dim.

The most immediate planning need (for today and tomorrow) is roughing out the rules for my supernatural creatures and magic. My main villain with be a vampire, of the stronger of the two vampire types. I think he will be a Dracula-type vampire, but I think I will also have to have him able to be active during the day, at least for some of the daylight hours--- perhaps just the later afternoon. Otherwise he'll only be able to interact with the normal world during the winter months, during the rest of the year he won't be active during the hours when stuff happens.

Also need to work on the villain's motives and actions--- what does he want to do that the other characters have to stop? What are his weaknesses, what countermeasures can be taken? And what are his good points, if any?
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Question for Readers: If you are planning a Nano novel, or any novel, right now, how are you coming? What is your novel going to be about? What aspects of planning are you working on at the moment? Let's compare notes!