PS–I’m will get a copy of this book about Anna Held. Looks most excellent!
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Eve, one critique from someone who has no knowledge of the subject coming up
(cover looks excellent!!)
…printing the copy now)
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Eve –
Would you ask your publisher if the book will be available in Europe in Stars and Stripes bookstores? FPO addresses don’t cut it for most on-line book stores.
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sorry if this isnt very good, its my first attempt at critiqueing something like this
here goes…
It is the mark of a good writer to be able to show a new subject to someone and help them understand the points at play in the events.
I myself had never hears of Anna Held before reading this. I now realise that my ignorance has been my loss. The passage made me think that held was a remarkable woman, well ahead of her time, who both understood the power of the media and knew how to use it. While it is undeniable that Ziegfeld was a major factor in the promotion of her career, it is determinable from the quotes attributed to held in the piece, she knew where her career was going, and more importantly, how to get there.
In the reading of this passage, it is hard for the reader not to realise the remarkable similarity between the Era of Ziegfeld and Held, and todays modern showbiz world and press. How the promoters can take any event and cast a good spin on it, and how the press and fans are ready to accept these stories are just as relevant in todays society as they were in Held’s.
The imagery used by Eve really helped me to imagine New York in the 1890’s. I believe that to be the major point of the passage. Eve passively sets the scenario for a thoroughly interesting take on Held’s life.
I look forward to the full story.
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Oooh—thanks, all!
Chief—I will E my publisher and ask about Stars & Stripes bookstores.
Cristi—Vamp is still available through amazon.com, though my Jean Harlow book, which came out in '91, is out of print. Some Barnes & Nobles still carry it in paperback, though.
John—Oooh, thanks! You and Wally can write the cover quotes for my next book! I really love the “time travel” aspect of writing; I really want readers to feel like they’re in NY in the 1890s, which is why I talk about what the city looked, sounded and even smelled like then. I also talk about clothing; not only what it looked like, but how it felt to wear it.
That’s why I find it hard to write two books on the same time & place; I’ve already done Hollywood in the 1930s, NY and Hollywood in the 1910s, and now Paris and New York from 1890–1918. So for the next two books, I’ll probably be doing London in the 1940s–50s, then Hollwwood in the 1920s.
By the way; those typos in the on-line chapter had BETTER NOT show up in the printed book . . .
Platinum Girl may be out of print, but it’s still available via the Barnes & Noble website. They have the hardcover copy for under twenty dollars.