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> I hear that the ones that contain the hair of a unicorn work the
> best.
Becca wrote...
>> I favor the ones with phoenix feather,
I'd have to agree with Becca. I almost sent a response to Luann saying as
much, but then thought that I might have been remembering the details
incorrectly.
Incidentally, I loved those H.P. books. I read them all straight through
(having waited until the fourth one was just about to be published before I
even started the first. Don't ask why, I guess I did not pay much attention
to the initial hub-ub.)
Anyway, talk about a good writer. It is hard for me to imagine being able to
write a story that takes so much imagination, yet alone do it so well.
Rowlings is a wonderfully entertaining woman with a great talent for reeling
in the reader. I recently picked up a magazine in the doctor's office that
had an article about 50 amazing moms. Rowlings was listed along with her
story. I did not know that she was a single, unemployed, homeless mother
when she wrote the first H.P. book. She wrote in cafes while her daughter
slept in the stroller beside her. Having once been a single, unemployed,
mother/technical writer, I know how scarey that can be (and I at least had a
house). TO be able to write such a fun story while facing/living in such
adversity gets a tip from my hat. I don't aspire to be a novelist, but I
still find ROwlings' story an inspiring one.
Kathi Jan DeGuzman
Senior Technical Writer
Kathi -dot- Deguzman -at- nextel -dot- com <mailto:Kathi -dot- Deguzman -at- nextel -dot- com>
When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask,
"Compared to what?" ~ Sidney J. Harris
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