lilafowler
Sitting For The Johanssens
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 1, 2011 17:50:26 GMT -5
I believe something like that explanation was given in the biography of Ann written by Margot Becker R., the really ingratiating one that gushes on and on about how perfect Ann is.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 1, 2011 17:57:31 GMT -5
^That "masterpiece" is in my closet.
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Post by anzuhana on Jun 3, 2011 10:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 3, 2011 11:00:03 GMT -5
I found it! Thanks, Anzuhana.
Antares W. (13) asked:
Ann replied:
^If that is true, than she stinks as an editor. Either that or by "edited" she did a very quick skim. Of course, the other possibility is she didn't care since the books were making so much money anyway. If a storyline turned out a little far-fetched or thin in plot or Mary Anne's name was spelled "Mary Ann," who cares? Not worth "fixing." :/
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Post by anzuhana on Jun 3, 2011 11:28:08 GMT -5
I know, right. Some of the editing mistakes were so ridiculous that you actually wondered if anyone really edited the books.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 3, 2011 13:08:16 GMT -5
^Exactly. I still can't believe the "Ms. Taylor" in "Kristy and the Missing Child." On Page 65.
^That is all on one page, not even partly atop a second. No "excuse." That ranks right up there with the Perkins' cat "Rat Catcher" being a boy (his usual gender) in one sentence but in the next a "girl." I don't remember what book that was in, just a very early one.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jun 3, 2011 14:49:49 GMT -5
^I had to read that quote 4 times to figure out what was wrong with it. Was the principal supposed to be a guy or a girl? I don't even remember. I don't really consider typo-like mistakes to be in the same league as contradicting facts set up from book to book. Actually, I used to get kind of excited when I would find something wrong with the type in a book (any book, not just BSC). It made me feel gigundoly smart.  |
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 3, 2011 16:22:05 GMT -5
^Benjamin Taylor, was always male except in the above!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2011 12:09:57 GMT -5
I found it interesting that Mary Lou Kennedy, who was responsible for the best selling BSC book of all time (#34) only got one other book after that. Granted, "Dawn and the Older Boy" isn't exactly a work of literature, but you think they'd give her another try.  Why in the world was 34 the bestselling book of all time? My favorite was always #100. |
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Post by booboobrewer on Jul 1, 2011 12:36:43 GMT -5
The 30s were kind of peak BSC time. Not to mention a summertime/boy-filled book is going to get girls' attention.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 2, 2011 21:54:57 GMT -5
And I bet that it was so popular because it was a prequel to another already popular book, Boy-Crazy Stacey. And shy, sensitive Mary Anne has TOO MANY BOYS?! Whatever must that be about! *must go read*
... That kinda thing!
Although Mary Anne's permed hair is blegh on the cover. It's much better when they re-did it on the new style covers and made it less frizzy.
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Post by mistrali on Oct 9, 2013 17:21:25 GMT -5
I actually liked the Thacker books; not such a fan of the Lerangis ones. I hadn't realised Ann wrote so many of even the regular series books.
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Post by ashley868 on Dec 28, 2013 18:25:10 GMT -5
Interesting that Ann didn't write any of the mysteries.
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mallorypike
Sitting For The Papadakis's
If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Jan 13, 2014 23:06:14 GMT -5
When I was originally reading the BSC (you know, at like nine when you're SUPPOSED to?), I thought Ann wrote all the BSC books by herself. Imagine the disappointment I had when I did find out that the books were ghostwritten...
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Post by Honeybee on Jan 15, 2014 21:22:59 GMT -5
^ I thought, Ann M. Martin wrote all those books, until I read on this forum. That some of the books, been written by Ghost Hunter.
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