Abstract: Delivered!
Sep. 29th, 2007 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alanajoliOn my desk is The Greek Myths: Complete Edition by Robert Graves. On its way here from the library is The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (as I, alas, don't have a copy of my own). In my purse are articles about heroes and modernity (or the heroic in modernity, as one of the authors believes that democracy cancels out the need for actual heroes and instead praises the heroic in ordinary people).
And away in my e-mail went my abstract to Dr. Jes Battis as an application for inclusion in A Dragon Wrecked My Prom. Wish me luck! (If I had anything to give away right now, I'd offer a prize for anyone who figured out what teen hero I've chosen for my essay given the resources mentioned above.)
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Complete tangent: I love the people at School Library Journal. They send me such awesome books. Granted, some are less awesome after reading than others, but all of them are awesome in concept. I get books about mythology, martial arts, comics, and teen fantasy. Being a reviewer rocks! I love that the editors are totally in tune with the types of books I'd be likely to pick up for myself--it seems like such a good plan to send books to people who are actually likely to appreciate them, rather than sending them out to an already reluctant audience.
And away in my e-mail went my abstract to Dr. Jes Battis as an application for inclusion in A Dragon Wrecked My Prom. Wish me luck! (If I had anything to give away right now, I'd offer a prize for anyone who figured out what teen hero I've chosen for my essay given the resources mentioned above.)
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Complete tangent: I love the people at School Library Journal. They send me such awesome books. Granted, some are less awesome after reading than others, but all of them are awesome in concept. I get books about mythology, martial arts, comics, and teen fantasy. Being a reviewer rocks! I love that the editors are totally in tune with the types of books I'd be likely to pick up for myself--it seems like such a good plan to send books to people who are actually likely to appreciate them, rather than sending them out to an already reluctant audience.
