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Nocturne Infernum

Nocturne Infernum

In this alternate Memphis, vampires are a dark underclass whose bite offers pleasure and pain in one sweet kiss.

2015

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Elizabeth Donald

The pink elephant at the Oscars

Oscar night is Hollywood’s biggest moment of the year, and immediately there will be a cacophony of “awards don’t matter” and “it’s just a…

7 min readMar 11, 2024

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The pink elephant at the Oscars

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Your obituary, brought to you by robots

A funny thing happened on my way to the newsroom.

5 min readMar 5, 2024

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Your obituary, brought to you by robots

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Pearl-clutching at the restroom door

A man and a woman were having dinner with friends at a Nashville restaurant, and decided to visit the restroom. Both of them entered the…

7 min readFeb 20, 2024

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Pearl-clutching at the restroom door

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The snake rule, or words we keep in newsrooms for no good reason

To this day, almost no one in a modern newsroom knows what a pica pole is, with the exception of myself and a few veterans old enough to…

5 min readJan 22, 2024

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The snake rule, or words we keep in newsrooms for no good reason

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The White Star Line wineglass

Writers are superstitious creatures; do not mess with our rituals.

5 min readJan 15, 2024

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The White Star Line wineglass

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To be a writer, one must also read

I’m always amazed by writers who insist they don’t have time to read, or even boast that they refuse to read, so as to not sully their…

4 min readJan 8, 2024

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To be a writer, one must also read

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The 2023rd top-ten list you’ll see this week

If you ever have a project or major initiative to announce, do it between Christmas and New Year. We. Are. Bored.

9 min readJan 1, 2024

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The 2023rd top-ten list you’ll see this week

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Person of the Year, and who it should have been

It’s hard for me to argue about Taylor Swift as Person of the Year, but I’m going to do it anyway, carefully tiptoeing to the microphone in…

6 min readDec 26, 2023

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Person of the Year, and who it should have been

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Elizabeth Donald

Bookworld: A tough gig for writers

Every five years, the Authors Guild does a survey that attempts to do in a scientific fashion what #PublishingPaidMe did in a viral…

4 min readNov 3, 2023

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Bookworld: A tough gig for writers

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The books that scare me

It probably sounds weird coming from a horror author, but I’m really hard to scare.

13 min readOct 30, 2023

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The books that scare me

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Elizabeth Donald

Elizabeth Donald

Book Author

Journalist for more than 25 years, freelance writer, editor, photographer, and fiction author. Subscribe at patreon.com/edonald or visit donaldmedia.com.

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