Mon, 1st Mar 2010
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Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
So last week I blogged about how much I really love Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (before delving into a too long; didn’t read post about gothic fiction) and mentioned somewhat facetiously that I would love to see the musical Der Glöckner von Notre Dames brought to Broadway.
After having done some research into it, I would now like to change the sentiment from “facetious” to “absofuckinglutely in earnest”. A few weeks ago, while watching Newsies for the umpteenth time with some friends, we mentioned how much we wanted to see Newsies on Broadway. I would like to see this on Broadway even more than that, that’s how much I want it.
I listened to the original Berlin cast recording so many times this past weekend that I now know the words for “sanctuary” and “monster” off the top of my head (zuflucht and scheusal respectively). Thoughts beneath the cut.
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Thu, 25th Feb 2010
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You know, back in the days before I started working in publishing, you really couldn’t get me to shut up online; I blogged with such frequency it was ridiculous. Now that I have actual substantive things to say, I can’t corral my undergrad expository paper-writing tendencies enough to distill my thoughts into short, byte-sized informative posts, so I often don’t bother. Not to mention I lack the time. So kudos to all the industry professionals like Rachelle Gardner, Nathan Bransford, and Kristin Nelson for blogging every day! (Although I haven’t yet read an editor who blogs everyday…maybe that in itself is quite telling…)
Anyway, I was going to review MAGIC UNDER GLASS, discuss storytelling and craft, dissect the idea of literary fiction with a commercial bent, and write about half a dozen other topics, but didn’t have time. So you know what? I’m going to blog about the first thing that comes to mind today.
Which is The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
And specifically the Disney version. Because I rewatched it last night. And I kind of love the movie and have developed a newfound appreciation for it.
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Thu, 11th Feb 2010
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Um, can we just talk about this for a second?
MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins
From the Scholastic Corporate Communications blog.
Do you hear that? That’s JJ squeeing from her desk in the Flatiron Building.
Tue, 12th Jan 2010
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I have (perhaps stupidly) committed myself to another blog, in which my roommate and I will document our progress as we train for the 2011 marathon. Last night Psychic Roommate and I completed our first run around the Reservoir in Central Park.
New post at Running Roommates!
Read about it here! It’s a good thing we’ve started training. There are 5lbs of post-holiday pudge I need to get rid of, 10lbs altogether I’d like to lose. Tonight I will do a nice, restorative yoga practice to recover. Running is really hard on the body! Doesn’t help I have one flat foot, loose ligaments in my shoulders, and one bum knee. I’m a young and decrepit, how sad.
But you know who isn’t young and decrepit and is instead young and awesome? Astrid Llewellyn from Diana Peterfreund’s RAMPANT. I read this novel months ago, but never got around to giving it a proper review. Hopefully White-Harp will be chiming in with her thoughts as well via vlog. (We are ambitious, White-Harp and me.) Review follows beneath the cut.
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Sun, 27th Dec 2009
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Last night I went to the 10 year reunion of my High Point Academy classmates and had an amazing time (but then again, we always did). I went to a small private school–36 of us in our graduating class–so in effect, these were kids with whom I grew up. For nostalgia’s sake, Mandi brought our 8th grade yearbook and I immediately turned to our “Remember When” page.
Remember when…Sarah didn’t use big words.
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Although I went by Sarah in those days; it could because I was the only Sarah in that class and was thus able to avoid sharing the name with another girl.
Looking at my Remember When, I suppose it came as no surprise to anyone that I now work in publishing. 
Speaking of which, I finally got around to reading FIRE by Kristin Cashore, the review for which follows beneath the cut.
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