Boom.

[mrissa]

Naming characters has snuck up on me again. I was Not Writing a bit of Zodiac House, and Tabitha said, "If you give me a speech about being grateful for any magic powers at all, I will kick you. I just want that known." And then I knew why her name was Tabitha -- of course that's why -- my brain is doing secret homage. Secret Ellen Raskin homage.

Sometimes it bugs me that I'm the last one to spot these things. Mostly it just amuses me, though.

I think noodling around with a fun children's novel is perfectly well within the spirit of International Bonbons and Movie Magazines Month. But then, so would something a bit more focused and directed. Hmmm. I need to have a long look at a list or two, and then we will see. In the meantime, Tabitha has not had to kick anybody in several thousand words, and that's something, at least.

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of incognito Turtle Wexlers.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

She isn't Turtle, exactly. But there is a kinship.

[carbonel]

I'm afraid my first thought was Bewitched, not The Westing Game.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Happily, Bewitched will pretty much never be my first thought about anything.

[carbonel]

Bewitched was in its first run or early reruns, back when I was watching it. I thought Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen, and the nose twitch thing was adorable. The plots, of course, were just plain silly, but that almost didn't matter.