A Long Winter's Book
It was an odd winter here in Minnesota. We only had two significant snowfall events and about a week of arctic weather. The frozen tundra ain't what it used to be. Nonetheless, I had planned on catching up on my reading as I am wont to do. I guess I kinda caught up, but only in that I got through two of the books on the stack. Normally I'd have gone through a dozen, but these were a little different. Dracula by Bram Stoker. One of the legendary horror stories of all time. Reading it was a struggle! It's not that it was so long, but rather it's difficult reading. You need to commit to Dracula . It's written as a series of letters and journal entries and the like, rather than a traditional book. 5-10 pages a night was about all my addled brain could manage. That being said, his approach was unique and the letters make the reader paint their own picture of what's happening. In writing, the phrase, "Show, don't tell," is very common. Don't tell ...
