Yes, the Dana Girls also came out of the Stratemeyer Syndicate [link] I've been fascinated by Edward Stratemeyer, the Henry Ford of children's books, for years. The syndicate's books had many ghostwriters, but Stratemeyer wrote more than 1,300 of them, enough to make him one of the more prolific writers ever. I read once that his habit was to start a book on Monday and finish it on Friday.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Sep 10, 2013 9:56:10 am PDT #21373 of 28372
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Amy - Sep 10, 2013 9:58:09 am PDT #21374 of 28372
Because books.
Oh, man. If only.
sumi - Sep 10, 2013 10:03:19 am PDT #21375 of 28372
Art Crawl!!!
Wow.
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2013 10:07:06 am PDT #21376 of 28372
brillig
I need to find copies of the ones that were current when I was a kid. They kept updating them for the current generation of kids.
Beverly - Sep 10, 2013 12:00:52 pm PDT #21377 of 28372
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Be careful with your childhood-current copies, Connie. I did that with the 1940s and earlier era Nancy Drews my aunt sent me, the original blue cloth bindings with orange lettering and silhouette of Nancy on the spines. I was unable to keep those books, and later on, I collected, at not a trifling expense, several titles in antiques malls before I actually sat down to an indulgent afternoon of reminiscence, and was very quickly appalled.
I should have expected the casual racism, but the classism was something I had never even noticed as a child. I suppose I was vicariously thrilled that an adolescent Nancy customarily spoke in a dismissive and disrespecting manner to the adult housekeeper. But as an adult I was horribly disappointed, and my fond memories of the books were ruined.
I eventually turned the books over to a friend with an ebay store. I don't think I ever received any money for the sales, and I'm okay with that. It's one of the few occasions when I felt a book-burning might be justified.
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2013 12:09:26 pm PDT #21378 of 28372
brillig
I've got a 40s-era Dana Girls, and that stuff is in there. I need to check to see if the ones I read are 50s/60s. I'll see if I can find one to test read.
Polter-Cow - Sep 12, 2013 8:58:36 am PDT #21379 of 28372
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For fans of Seanan McGuire's Toby Daye series, John Rogers just announced he's optioned it.
It took five Tweets for someone to suggest Beth Riesgraf as Toby.
Strix - Sep 12, 2013 11:11:16 am PDT #21380 of 28372
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That is utterly awesome!
Calli - Sep 12, 2013 11:52:47 am PDT #21381 of 28372
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That is great! I hope it happens. And I think Riesgraf would make a terrific Toby.
Polter-Cow - Sep 12, 2013 11:58:29 am PDT #21382 of 28372
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So does Seanan. She's a huge Leverage fan.
Also, she's going on her very first book tour! Only West Coast for now, though.