Who Made You, Nancy Drew?: Fascinating LJ/blog post on Nancy Drew and her continuing influence. (I'll echo neadods in the "Those aren't old" in discussing the 60s/70s era yellow editions that I remember so fondly when I was growing up. I always knew Carolyn Keene wasn't "real" in the sense of being a pseudonym. Annoyed me no end, but still I accepted it. ( Read more... )

Thanks to ye olde used book store, I now have a reading copy of "Uhura's Song" again. I am happy.

The pile of old Nancy Drew hardcovers looked dangerous. Fortunately they were on the floor. Otherwise I might looked more closely.

spark_daily: Daily John/Elizabeth drabble community. In spite of the fact they're my main ship on SGA, I haven't written all that much with this couple.

For Nancy Drew fans, Research Buzz posted a link for the Mildred Wirt Benson Archive at the University of Iowa about one of the early writers behind "Carolyn Keene". Lots of book covers, papers, and other ( Read more... )

Warner Brothers has released the four original Nancy Drew movies with Bonita Granville on a two dvd set. These also recently aired on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Only the first and last movies are actually based on the books. Thrilling Days of Yesteryear had a lengthy review.

aj has a fairly glowing review of the new movie with Emma Roberts. ( Read more... )

So you could say I've been revisiting my childhood by rediscovering my interest in Nancy Drew. Like a good canon girl, I started at the very beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock. This canon has an inherent problem. In the 1950s, the Stratemeyer Syndicate revised a number of the early books, partly to update them (i.e. Nancy's blue roadster ( Read more... )

Stuff to do: ordinarymoments is due soonish, so I guess I should look through my notes and take a crack at it again. The character is one I can handle, but the prompts are harder to use than I initially thought. Or maybe it's just my general annoyance with things SGA is trickling into my writing? Do I go with the post-Sunday angst? My writing snark is slightly ( Read more... )