Birthright

The philosopher's stone is a legendary substance, allegedly capable of turning inexpensive metals into gold. It was sometimes believed to be an elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and possibly for achieving immortality. For a long time, it was the most sought-after goal in Western alchemy. In the view of spiritual alchemy, making the philosopher's stone would bring enlightenment upon the maker and conclude the Great Work. It is also known by several other names, such as 'materia prima.' The Stone in Alchemy Transmutation of Metals The concept apparently originated from the theories of the 8th century Islamic alchemist Geber. He analyzed each Aristotelian element in terms of four basic qualities of hotness, coldness, dryness, and moistness. Thus, fire was both hot and dry, earth cold and dry, water cold and moist, and air hot and moist. He further theorized that every metal was a combination of these four principles, two of them interior and two exterior. ...

I love audio books, especially when I am on my way to work and back. The driver's around me are so, so...irritating,annoying, rude, speed demons, and a few other words which I won't say on here because they are inappropriate, but you catch my drift. So I just place in a disk and away I am whisked into another world and if someone durkwad is on my tail, so be it, go around, I am not going to budge. But I've listened to one other than the one I am listening now (did that make sense?). The last one was about the Salem witch trials, but it was where a girl, a witch, finds out about herself and who she is related too. It takes you back and forth through time,it was very good! It was also a romance type book. The one I am reading now, is about witches, demons and vampires, etc., and both had the same ideas and issues. Both were about the Philosopher's stone (gee, that was in the Harry Potter books as well!), which got me to thinking...did this thing really exist in t...

I cried...here was a place that for as many times I have been to Starved Rock, I have never walked the trail to see it, but I had to this time. I saw pictures of it only and today I went and saw it. Six miles and 142 stairs later, I found it and out of sheer exhaustion, I cried. It was so beautiful and I wrote about this place in my novel and then, to actually see the place...wonderful!

Where he be, the soulless one, whose passion stirs my blood and lingers there within my heart, your touch when thee did part. I wait in vain for next we meet, in shadows dark and cold, then happily kiss thy lips when near, my love… my heart… come here.

The Clearing Cold and gray, the day wears on as I make my way toward the forest. “What was I thinking? I’m not going to find it there, yet they told me it’s the only way.” Talking out loud is the only way to keep from turning back and into the warmth of my home. Icy cold, the winds’ breath comes sweeping around my neck, sending shivers down my spine. I quicken my steps. Finally, it stands before me like a towering city, dark and foreboding. Beams of light cast their willowy arms through the canopy urging me in. I take a deep breath and make my way through the maze of black soldiers with arms outstretched toward heaven, as if they themselves beg for warmth. “How much farther is it!” I ask. “This is insane! If it’s not here I’ll see to it there’s hell to pay!” I press on. After a while, ahead in the clearing, it’s like seeing a whole new world, the kind you only hear about in stories told to children to excite their imaginations. It is glorious and sparkling like...

Well, the book cover I am designing for Vamplit has left me frustrated, so I backed off of it last night so I wouldn't do anymore damage, but instead I have came up with a great idea! I am writing a very short novel, sort of what Stephanie Meyer had done, and create my main male characters side of how he met up with my female main character, Candra. Sort of, his side of the story, letting readers know a little bit more about him and how he came into to play. I thought this would be a good..."appetizer" while they wait for the sequel to come out. Something to keep their interest going until then. It'll be simply titled "Kane". So far, its going loads smoother than my artwork.

The Great Archives determine that I have gone by the identity: Sorceress of Scandanavia Known in some parts of the world as: Leto of Bats and Shadows The Great Archives Record: Slipping amongst the shadows, flitting between dark places, always quiet. Get your own vampire name from The Vampire Name Generator! Found this awesome little site, Vampire name generator and had to try it out. I have to tell you, it's pretty much true to how I really am. The "flitting between dark places" is true, because I'd go downstairs to where my son is either playing games or working on his art work and I'd just stand there until he turns around and finds me, scaring him half to death. I'm known as "ninja mom" Pretty nifty name if I do say so myself and I am quiet. Try it yourselves! http://www.emmadavies.net/vampire/?firstname=sue&lastname=midlock&sex=0#a Infact, I'd like you all to post what your name is on my blog here! I shared mine, what...

It has finally made the infamous goal (I'm being dramatic now), but Birthright is now be purchased, online, at Barnes and Nobles for those who own a Nook! Yes! I was thrilled to see it there and felt so, author like? It doesn't take much for me to get excited and this definately made me excited! So, for those of you who have a Nook, go to this link and download my book! http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Birthright/Sue-Midliak/e/2940011280702/?itm=8&USRI=vamplit+publishing And, please give your review because they are very helpful! Happy reading!

I hadn't checked my author email until now and found this email from the webmaster of Novels Online, telling me that she posted Birthright and it's free coupon download. http://online-novels.blogspot.com/2006/05/recent-additions-temp.html Saturday, May 7, 2011 Birthright by Sue Mydliak LIMITED TIME The price of this novel is regularly $1.99 to download, but it is FREE on Smashwords by entering coupon code BH93C at the time of checkout. When Candra Rosewood returns to Utica she's already missed her parents funeral and everything she thought about her family turns out to be a lie. When Kane turns up unannounced on her doorstep, Candra, fights her strange need for him. Is he somehow involved in her parents’ death? Is the mysterious Mr Bennet a friend or foe, and can she trust him when he says she's descended from powerful vampires. Birthright is a novel that opens the door on family secrets. Both Kane and Candra are locked into a shared past neither of them can esca...

You would think that being at work, at a middle school would not be an ideal place to write, but it is! My muse seems to be in the mood to write, although at times tends to be difficult and the flow of ideas, words, seem to get stuck, but whatever difficulties I have been experiencing, I now have the first chapter written! So, to give you a treat to what is to happen, I will let you see the first paragraph, but if you haven't read Birthright, my suggestion to you is...read it. I never thought that killing a person would make me feel...complete, but when I smelled his blood, that warm rust scent, I had to smile. I had no compassion for the man,a man who hid the truth from me until it was too late. He ruined my life and tried to end it. I only regret that I didn't do it sooner, but then, I couldn't, not before this. It would have seemed appalling. I will be amiss on Facebook, now that I have started the next book, The Legacy. You can catch me on here for updates an...

What should be expected from the interaction between vampirism and pregnancy depends on what characteristics one chooses for the vampiric infection, and may also be affected by one's suppositions as to whether a fetus should be considered human and/or alive. As an entity with a firm attachment to its hide in an intact condition, I hasten to add that these musings represent the purest speculation. No true wanderers of the night have any cause for outrage, regardless of their position in the choice/life/whatever street riot. The strains of vampirism tend to run along a continuum from biology to possession. The more mystical variants should be just as likely as other forms of magic to act on individual selves and lives, whose definition may become important. Biological Models: Some types of vampirism, of which the infections described by P.N. Elrod or Lee Killough may be considered typical, operate very much like conventional diseases. Among humans, some pathogens cross the placent...

Gypsies believed there were types of vampires called Mules. The Mule, although dead men, aren't the corpses of their prior bodies. Instead they wander around in new bodies that are exact duplicates. The Mule, although they don't drink blood, would occasionally reappear to their tribe and ask for their wives. The resulting offspring were given reserved names. The Gypsies of Novopazarski Zandzak and Stari Ras called these children Vampijerovic and would name them Lampijerovic. The Orthodox Gypsies of Kosovo-Metohija called them Vampiric (little vampire) and would name the boys Vampir and the girls Vampirera. The Moslem Gypsies believed that a woman should not resist the sexual assault of a vampire. She may scream but everyone else had to sit still and allow it to continue. The children of such attacks were called a Dhampir and believed to have the power to see vampires and destroy them. Others could see vampires by having the Dhampir hand his shirt to them and looking through...

This isn't about vampires, romance or wolves, boring I know, but in this case...not so. I was doing some reflecting, of things that I had gone through, and things that are happening around me...death. Many good friends of mine are going through tough times,although I can't name, names, because...well, just because. But what is happening to them, I, myself, have experienced...death, cancer. Cancer so many times I can't count. Anyway, I was watching "Vampire Diaries" and Elena lost her only parent she had left, Jen. Yes, its just a t.v. show, but seeing Elena cry, not externally, but internally...it just got me remembering the loss of my own parents. Where am I going with this you ask? I write best when I am mad or upset and so I wrote this little poem. It just came to me as I was washing dishes and I had to get it down on paper and out to the void here on my computer. My father dear had shed one tear when I his child did walk... Then he did she...

A dhampir is a being that is half-vampire and half-human, born from a vampire father and a human mother. In some beliefs, the vampire father is the deceased husband of the widowed mother. Dhampirs, in comparison with normal human beings, are unusually adept at killing vampires. The word "dhampir" is associated with folklore of the Roma people of the Balkans. In the Balkans it is believed that vampires have a great desire for women, so a vampire will return to have intercourse with his wife or with a woman he was attracted to in life. Throughout the area the term dhampir refers to the offspring of a vampire and a human; terms for such a being that are used in various subregions include vampijerović, vampirić ("little vampire"), and lampijerović; in some regions the child is named "Vampir" if a boy and "Vampiresa" if a girl, or "Dhampir" if a boy and "Dhampiresa" if a girl. In other areas it is believed that the offspring of a...