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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jul 15, 2014 5:23:52 GMT -5
Why would Ann Martin write two chapters almost the same in two different books? I would've thought "The Baby-Sitters Remember" would've been written by a ghostwriter, since it rehashes the first job with the Rodowskys from "Logan Likes Mary Anne", but adds and deletes some things, since it's from Logan's POV. Weird, huh?
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Post by animationaddict on Jan 2, 2015 17:31:53 GMT -5
Is there an easy, specifc way to find what ghostwriter wrote which book (besides using the list)?
In my time on bsc-snark, all I've learned is that Ellen Miles abuses parentheses, Lerangis throws a lot of weird references and onomatopoeia in, and Suzanne Weyn and Nola Thacker seem to write a lot of the "after school special"-esque books. Also, Suzanne tends to be wittier (I guess) and a lot of Nola's books are a hot mess.
When I found out that Suzanne Weyn was one of the ghostwriters, I screamed internally. She wrote one of my favorite books (Distant Waves).
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Post by greer on Jan 2, 2015 17:57:04 GMT -5
The person acknowledged at the beginning of the book is the ghostwriter... Not sure what you're looking for in terms of an easy way to tell.
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Post by animationaddict on Jan 2, 2015 20:15:48 GMT -5
That was very helpful, actually. I didn't know where to find it before, so I was wondering. I don't have many of the books anymore. In fact, I only have one that was written by the ghosties. But yeah, it helped. So thanks!
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jan 29, 2015 12:08:08 GMT -5
I can't believe that it's been almost 6 years since I made my part of this list. Time flies!
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Post by andrew on Nov 15, 2020 12:06:35 GMT -5
I liked how Lerangis generally wrote Mary Anne, Logan and Kristy and his Stacey was also good.
Miles was pretty good with all of the characters but her best by far was Claudia, Stacey also good, and her worst was Mary Anne she too often didn't seem quite in character.
Weyn also did well with at least most of the characters though she did write 2 of the worst back-to-back (Stacey's Lie and Mallory Pike, #1 Fan), also a lot of good ones.
I thought Claudia's Big Party had a different style and that was the only regular series book Vicki Berger Erwin wrote, and only two others, though Mary Anne and the Haunted Bookstore wasn't exceptional she could have been given more chances.
Though the ghost writers had some strengths, Dawn and Kristy probably suffered the most with them.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 18, 2020 13:57:54 GMT -5
Peter Lerangis was the big onomatopoeia author - he gave us the infamous HARRUMPH. He also can get snarky, especially with Claudia's dialogue. And I think it fits her perfectly.
Nola Thacker I believe is the one that likes to throw in references to past books, like to show she did her homework and read the old ones.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Nov 22, 2020 17:30:55 GMT -5
Peter Lerangis was the big onomatopoeia author - he gave us the infamous HARRUMPH. He also can get snarky, especially with Claudia's dialogue. And I think it fits her perfectly. Nola Thacker I believe is the one that likes to throw in references to past books, like to show she did her homework and read the old ones. Nola Thacker did a great job with the books she wrote for that reason. |
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 23, 2020 12:50:40 GMT -5
Peter Lerangis was the big onomatopoeia author - he gave us the infamous HARRUMPH. He also can get snarky, especially with Claudia's dialogue. And I think it fits her perfectly. Nola Thacker I believe is the one that likes to throw in references to past books, like to show she did her homework and read the old ones. Nola Thacker did a great job with the books she wrote for that reason. Except in Mary Anne and Camp BSC when she got one of the previous books wrong - it was Mallory and the Ghost Cat, not Dawn! But that's ok, it's good to see she did her research. |
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 24, 2020 23:33:24 GMT -5
Peter had such a memorable writing style. Very nostalgic.
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Post by oldmeanie on May 16, 2022 23:09:04 GMT -5
Peter Lerangis is very hit or miss for me. I find the onomatopoeia a bit annoying to read, especially when it involves baby-sitting. But he also wrote Stacey vs. the BSC and Stacey and the Bad Girls, two books I could read again and again. He also writes Sunny and Ducky very well (in my opinion). I think maybe his style just doesn't fit each character and often comes across as over the top.
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Post by oldhickory on May 17, 2022 9:07:46 GMT -5
I agree with you. His style is wacky and overdramatic so it works really well for Stacey's bad girl phase. The BSC was extra wacky and Stacey was extra dramatic. However he also wrote a lot of books around #100, where things start being too ridiculous to believe.
I'm surprised to see that the mystery series was almost entirely penned by the same author. They have a really distinct feel and that kind of explains why. It's cool to see one author see a series through to completion. Two other authors both wrote two mysteries each - Nola Thacker with Middle School Vandal and Mystery Train, and Vicki Berger Irwin with Mystery in the Painting and Haunted Bookstore. All of those are very good mystery books! Nola also wrote three of the four super mysteries.
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Post by oldmeanie on May 18, 2022 15:19:59 GMT -5
There's definitely a large quality dip after #100 (although I think it was gradual for awhile anyway).
Hmm. I didn't like the mysteries much aside from the first 10, the SMs, and Haunted Masquerade (I think the first 10 were more grounded and had very important plot points like Mary Anne's first mystery). I guess Ellen Miles is also kind of hit and miss for me.
I'm surprised Jeanne Betancourt wasn't more prominent... I remember seeing her name more often. I think her style is actually kind of similar to Ann's. I just read SM Haunted House and it didn't feel as much like a later series book to me.
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Post by livvy on May 20, 2022 18:50:10 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. Interesting! Where do you find out information like that, about which book was the best selling? Ann says herself that number 34 was her best selling. I know this an old post. Plus you can find out who writes which book at the back page where the acknowledgment is. |
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Post by livvy on May 20, 2022 18:50:49 GMT -5
No Peter did. Says so in the acknowledgment. |
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