Her hour come round at last

[starlady]

A very Happy Birthday to tammypierce!

I can't think of a single author whose works have had more influence on me as a reader, as a writer, and probably as a person too--here's hoping you have a birthday as awesome as your heroines.

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In other news, rachelmanija has an interesting essay on Ponyo at the Internet Review of Science Fiction. I think she's particularly good on discussing the parental figures in the movie, which apparently some people found problematic (I will admit immediately that I didn't notice any problems, but this is because I am not a parent), as well as on the movie versus the Anderson story.

And now to work.

Comments

[peoppenheimer]

You might be interested to know that Sharyn November's birthday is coming up, and that Tammy Pierce has written that she wants to be Sharyn November when she grows up.

[starlady]

That does interest me. Sharyn November seems pretty cool.

I'm wondering whether Firebird Books has survived the recent sturm und drang in the publishing industry, though--Wikipedia and its website don't seem to have any later data on it than mid-2008. :-/

[peoppenheimer]

Firebirds Soaring appeared in March. I'm not sure what has been happening since then. Should you hear anything new, please let me know. I don't want to ask Sharyn since she is going through a difficult series of dental implants.

the virtual sharyn november

[peoppenheimer]

Here is Sharyn's website.