Inspiration from the Search Strings

Aug 24, 2009 08:06


I've mentioned in a couple of previous entries how I sometimes check the search strings that bring people to my website.  It's a rather interesting activity, that I don't do often enough.  I stopped checking my website stats frequently, because at present, once I get past what seems to be terrific numbers, I realize that the high number of hits are ( Read more... )

heroine, website, scribbler's guide, hero

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sartorias August 24 2009, 19:55:49 UTC
I think it's more complicated than that . . .

will have to update my own links--looks like my post that mentioned the book is way down in my own LJ and gets few visitors any more.

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scribblerworks August 24 2009, 20:19:10 UTC
Oh, I agree it's complicated. But worth looking at.

The search string set off a train of thought, and I haven't really reached any conclusions on it yet. It's just that it wouldn't have occured to me that heroism might be different now (in character, at least) than in the past. So, I'd be interested in some reactions. :-)

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nthdraft August 25 2009, 06:46:48 UTC
um yeah :-) the hero(ine)'s journey stuff is kind of why I friended you (well that and I like what you post on Colleen Doran's blog). "what makes a hero" is one of the side themes of my current project.

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scribblerworks August 25 2009, 17:42:20 UTC
And happy to have you here! (Readers are always good. ;-) )

Because the search strings for stuff on "heroines" keep coming up, I've been thinking about what to write regarding it. There are a number of things I could do. I'll have to reread my posts here, and my old Mythopoesis column first. And then I think I'll write up a paper/article to post on the website, since if I do a serious job, it's likely to be longer than I like for an LJ post.

I did write a paper dealing with the matter of the traditional heroine in The Silmarillion years ago, but... well, I haven't wanted to put any of my Tolkien scholarship online. Mainly because I think I could make a book of it eventually, and putting it online would undercut that.

But doing something on the traditional heroine in other stories, I could do that. It would be practice for next year's Mythcon -- the theme for that is "War in Heaven", and I feel sure I can get at least one paper idea out of that concept! :D

Ah! Recreational scholarship! Haven't done that in a while.

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