J. Matthew Saunders

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Writer of urban and historical fantasy as well as a little horror, a graphic designer, runner, history geek, fan of the Celtic fiddle. http://jmsaunders.com
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Movies#MCU #StarWars
Other Interests#history #linguistics #folklore #fitness
Veni Veni Emmanuel

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My favorite genre of Christmas music is "This song is completely 100% about the birth of Christ there are absolutely no references to any pre-Christian winter soltice celebrations why would you think that?" #christmas #christmasmusic #christmassongs
More #aiart from #nightcafestudio of the characters from my Daughters of Shadow and Blood trilogy. Elizabeth is pleased to make your acquaintance. You should run. #writer #writing #writingcommunity #dracula #bridesofdracula #vampire #vampires
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is another one of my favorite carols. I love this arrangement, and I love the juxtaposition of Christian and pagan imagery in the video, and I mean, it's Annie Lennox. #christmas #christmassongs #godrestyemerrygentlemen #annielennox https://youtu.be/ZlsJD8RlhbI
Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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Still playing around on #nightcafestudio for character sketches from my Daughters of Shadow and Blood trilogy. Elena will not help you find your way home. #dracula #bridesofdracula #vampires #vampire #gothichorror #writing #writer #writingcommunity
"Carol of the Bells" is my favorite Christmas carol. I knew it was based on a Ukrainian New Year's carol, and that it was sung in the spring, since that's when New Year's used to be, but I never knew the original words until I stumbled across this video. I wanted to share this beautiful arrangement, especially with everything going on. She sings in English first and then Ukrainian. #carolofthebells #christmas #christmassongs #shchedryk #Щедрик #ukraine #ukrainian #Україна https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqeJ38DThVc
Shchedryk / Щедрик. Carol of the Bells. Original Ukrainian Version with English and Ukrainian Lyrics

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I played around with #nightcafestudio to make images of the Brides of Dracula from my Daughters of Shadow and Blood trilogy. Meet Yasamin, or rather, hope you don't.

#dracula #bridesofdracula #vampire #vampires #writer #writingcommunity #gothichorror #writing #aiart

"My Favorite Things" is not a Christmas song. There. I said it. #christmas #christmassongs
And in Spanish it’s “champú” which looks like it should be French but is in fact not. #linguistics #language #spanish
German borrowed the English word, too. “Das Shampoo.” But an alternative term is “das Haarwaschmittel” which basically just translates as “hair washing substance” and that’s all you really need to know about German. #linguistics #language #german