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Vampire Diaries Episode Recap – 2.2
Episode 2.2 – “Brave New World”
As we start the second episode of the season, Caroline wakes up in the hospital, trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Her memory seems a little fuzzy but one thing seems clear; she’s craving blood big time! I can’t help but think the poor girl must be confused as hell considering she has no idea about the existence of vampires at all. (Until her memories start coming back of course) A little sneaky sleight of the hand and she’s sipping on blood like there’s no tomorrow and officially making the transition to vampire. Is it just me or is Caroline really hungry in this episode? Maybe it’s just the transition thing?
Cut to the next day as Elena and Bonnie are feverishly trying to put together the school carnival. (How come my high school never did anything as cool as that? Oh right, because I didn’t go to high school on TV…) Elena is bound and determined to do “human stuff or else I’m gonna go crazy”.
Stefan gives Jeremy a crash course on Vampire 101; how to kill vampires and repel them… dangerous information for a teen who was almost killed by one to have. But it’s nice to hear the cocky laugh from Stefan as he lets Jeremy know in no uncertain terms that he’s not the least bit afraid of Jeremy having that knowledge. I have to say, I’m liking this new Stefan… Grr, keep it coming baby!
Elena is firmly in denial, not wanting to discuss Damon at all. But this is not quite the rage I imagined after Damon almost killed her brother… in fact, is it just me or is everyone pretty accepting of Damon’s little temper tantrum the night before? Even Jeremy?
Crazy Weekend!
Holy crap what a crazy weekend! Yesterday I woke up on a mission and started the day with my 3k quota on the book by 10am. Good start, right? Then it was 2k for a Vampire Diaries episode recap (found posted below), then it was 3k of the next chapter for one of my Vampire Diaries fan fics “Wake Me When The Sun Goes Down.” I even managed to squeeze in some side writing with a friend.
So then I go back to add a little more work on the novel, and it hits me… I’m definitely not in love with the direction things are going. It’s going alright, but I haven’t had as much faith in the romantic lead as in my last two books. Fewer of those moments when I’m done writing a scene and just go “Wow, that came out cool!”
After talking things over with my hubby, I decided to change the entire 2nd half of the book, including who the romantic lead is, because the original just wasn’t working for me. Long story short, I ended up losing a few thousand words. Yikes! It’s like finding a mistake in knitting a sweater and having to rip out a ton of what you’ve just worked on! But, through some hard work I’ve managed to regain what I lost, including my 3k quota for today as well as about a thousand to spare. phew!
So now I’ve got a little time to catch my breath and maybe work on a little fan fic before the season finale of True Blood comes on tonight! I will be taking notes, because I plan on attempting at least one True Blood fanfic in October.
Vampire Diaries Episode Recap – 2.1
Episode 2.1 – The Return
Season two starts out with a bang, jumping right back into where it left off with John getting butchered in the kitchen, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy! Elena rushes in to help stop the bleeding and call 911. Nice little bit of suspense there with Katherine still lurking in the house and Elena going to investigate with the bloody butcher knife in her hand. What happened to putting pressure on those wounds Elena?
Seeing the front door slam mysteriously shut, Elena races upstairs to check on Jeremy who it turns out has not turned into a vampire but is just as moody as ever. Stefan shows up to check in on his girl, and snap a little bit of sense into Jeremy who looks like he could happily slit his wrists right about now.
Bonnie shows up at the hospital and clues into the fact that her handy dandy vampire spotting device caused Tyler to crash his car and now Caroline is in critical condition in the hospital. Feeling a little bit of responsibility there Bon?
Damon shows up at the hospital, acting very sympathetic to the Sheriff’s worries about her daughter Caroline. Is it just me or did he seem genuinely concerned? Going way beyond just trying to keep a helpful face in front of the council with a comforting hug? The sheriff is too broken up about her daughter to worry about much else, but does tell Damon about Mayor Lockwood being killed in the vampire raid since he was affected by the Gilbert device that was only supposed to make vampires go haywire. She insists that he must have been something else because she’s known him her entire life and his family has always been part of the council. Yeah but so have the Salvatores… not exactly a winning argument there Liz.
Ah Vampire Diaries, You Cruel Mistress!
I have just watched the season premiere of Vampire Diaries and all I can say is Holy Crap they packed a powerful punch this episode! I know you’re probably all reeling with me about the big wedge that’s been driven between Damon and Elena now and it kills me that they took that direction, but I can understand it from the show’s perspective. I guess we’ll just have to continue to get our Delena fix from fanfics. When did I turn into a fangirl? *sigh*
I’m thinking about posting a recap of the Vampire Diaries episodes this season. I’ve never tried that before and part of me thinks it might be a new sign of insanity on my part to take on another writing project, but part of me thinks it might be kinda fun. I’ll think it over this weekend and try it out, see if it ends up being fun or just crazy time consuming. 
The book continues to chug along, just hit the 36k mark. Woot!
Oh Fanfic How I Love You!
This weekend should prove to be a fan-fic-a-palooza as I try to wrap up my first Vampire Diaries fic One Is the Loneliest Number in time to start the new book in September. This is a bittersweet ending for me because I’ve had enormous fun writing it and the reader response has been fantastic. At last check I had over 400 reviews total and over 14,000 hits this month alone coming from people all over the world. (Who knew they followed Vampire Diaries in Morocco? How cool is that?)
It’s been a really fun ride, but all good things must come to an end. I’m not ready to completely end my love affair with fanfic. I’ll be continuing the other fic Wake Me When the Sun Goes Down as an outlet to blow off steam while writing Angel of Mercy and I fully intend to pick up in October with the sequel to Roadtrip. If I can find the time I want to get to some True Blood fanfics too but that might have to wait till December, since I’ll be writing the sequel to Angel of Mercy for NaNoWriMo in November. (Where does the time go?) I’ve also got other seeds of ideas for other fanfics out there but for now I’m just jotting them down to get to at a later date.
Of course the best laid plans might go astray if I get that call from an agent and need to work on revisions on one of the first two books I’ve got. Right now I’ve got 3 agents who have requested partial manuscripts of Moonsong for review and 1 publisher that expressed interest on the full manuscript. I have 1 agent who has asked to review Pretty Witches All in a Row exclusively and I just shipped her off the full manuscript last week. So if anyone out there is reading this, keep your toes crossed for me! (I’d never ask you to cross fingers, that’d get in the way of typing!)
