An Exceptional Young Woman--ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
So, in the downtime between stories, here, I wanted to publish my "side notes" so to speak. Just sort of some trivia from the story An Exceptional Young Woman if you're interested.
Alden and Geoffrey are not my characters. They appeared in the episode Reunion.
The same goes for Duncan.
Claire and Diana, however: totally mine. :)
Dean Carter was named in recognition of Lynda Carter, the actress who played Wonder Woman in The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. Not-so-coincidentally, she also played Chloe’s mother on Smallville.
In spite of popular belief, no I did not intend for Diana to be Wonder Woman. I just really love that name, and her outward appearance was total coincidence.
The Jerry Shuster Scholarship was named in recognition of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.
Mr. Christopher was modeled after Christopher Reeve (the actor who played Superman in Superman I-IV), whom I admire very much as an actor and a man. His colleague, Mr. Williams (the Excelsior Academy Drama teacher) was named for Robin Williams, who attended Julliard with Christopher Reeves, another very, deeply talented man and a good friend, who helped Christopher Reeves through his recovery from his horse-back riding accident, which led to paralysis, and eventually the formation of the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
I didn’t write The Tempest or A Streetcar Named Desire, but I revere those who did.
The play The Tempest was selected for two reasons: First, that Miranda’s first reaction upon seeing Ferdinand, essentially boils down to “wow.” Second, that Ferdinand (and everyone else) are stranded on an island.
Chapter 11’s Agent Tobias Fornell was my little hat-tipping allusion to the show NCIS, which I love.
Alden and Geoffrey are not my characters. They appeared in the episode Reunion.
The same goes for Duncan.
Claire and Diana, however: totally mine. :)
Dean Carter was named in recognition of Lynda Carter, the actress who played Wonder Woman in The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. Not-so-coincidentally, she also played Chloe’s mother on Smallville.
In spite of popular belief, no I did not intend for Diana to be Wonder Woman. I just really love that name, and her outward appearance was total coincidence.
The Jerry Shuster Scholarship was named in recognition of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.
Mr. Christopher was modeled after Christopher Reeve (the actor who played Superman in Superman I-IV), whom I admire very much as an actor and a man. His colleague, Mr. Williams (the Excelsior Academy Drama teacher) was named for Robin Williams, who attended Julliard with Christopher Reeves, another very, deeply talented man and a good friend, who helped Christopher Reeves through his recovery from his horse-back riding accident, which led to paralysis, and eventually the formation of the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
I didn’t write The Tempest or A Streetcar Named Desire, but I revere those who did.
The play The Tempest was selected for two reasons: First, that Miranda’s first reaction upon seeing Ferdinand, essentially boils down to “wow.” Second, that Ferdinand (and everyone else) are stranded on an island.
Chapter 11’s Agent Tobias Fornell was my little hat-tipping allusion to the show NCIS, which I love.