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Melissa Anelli
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...but I am consistently attacked by varying social media. If I write something here should I blog it? Should I also put it on Tumblr and cross reference it on Facebook, and if I tweet should I tweet to this, or to my blog, or my facebook post? Which should be the central post and which should be the methods I use to direct people to the central post? Or should certain types of posts go in cert...
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“...she wasn't reading Deathly Hallows at all. Her book wasn't orange but rose and water and sand, and featured a kid on a broomstick and white unicorn. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. She didn't notice me staring at her.
'Oh, I envy you,' I thought, but was smiling for her. She had just begun.”
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
'Oh, I envy you,' I thought, but was smiling for her. She had just begun.”
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
“Harry Potter has actually been a very intimate phenomenon, the story of small groups of people acting in ways they shouldn't, doing things they usually wouldn't, and making the kind of history that, without Harry, they pretty much couldn't.”
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
“What does she (J. K. Rowling) hope people will take with them about this time?
“When all the fuss and hoopla dies away, and when all the press commentary dies away, I think it will be seen that this phenomenon was generated, in the first instance, by kids loving a book. A book went on shelves, and a few people loved it. When all of the smoke and lights die away, that’s what you’ll be left with.
“And that’s the most wonderful thought for an author.”
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
“When all the fuss and hoopla dies away, and when all the press commentary dies away, I think it will be seen that this phenomenon was generated, in the first instance, by kids loving a book. A book went on shelves, and a few people loved it. When all of the smoke and lights die away, that’s what you’ll be left with.
“And that’s the most wonderful thought for an author.”
― Melissa Anelli, Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
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“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
― William Shakespeare
― William Shakespeare
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
“E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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Oct 17, 2009 02:54pm
you totally don't use this site enough. you should! i wanna see what you're reading! unless you actually keep this page up to date but have only read 1 book in your life...i'd be surprised though :S
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I know you really liked the "Lightning Thief" (I think you posted a vlog about it or something). I read it, I loved it, and now I'm wondering if you read the other 4 books and if you enjoyed those as much?
Thanks for accepting my friend request (: I've listened to Pottercast religiously for about two years now, and I loved Harry A History. 
I've been meaning to tell you how much I loved your book. Honestly, I owned it for a few months before I actually started to read it. I thought the book was going to be dry but I've listened to pottercast for a while and I enjoy the fandom so I thought I should read it. I began reading it and found myself totally relating to your story: Your arguments with your mother, your hatred of a meaningless job where you are treated like dirt. I loved learning inside details of the life in the middle of the fandom. I loved your interview with Jo and your interview with Laura Malory. I feel like I relived September 11, 2001 with you. Thank you for writing a great book. Maybe someday I'll use it as inspiration to pursue what I love and get out of my rut.
