It's that time again, the time when I've just finished a theatre production, returned to my home base, and started to catch up on everything that halted when I hit tech week. This blog usually gets thrown underneath everything else, but I've learned that prewriting is an important part of keeping up with my self-appointed schedule (which I've kept up for seven months and counting, a personal record!) Now I'm in the process of getting posts saved up in time for my next big project.
I'd meant to post a review of the Season 2 premiere of Resurrection today. I didn't get to watch this episode Sunday night due to closing out my show, so I went to ABC's website to watch it last night. Unfortunately the network has decided that only those with a cable provider may sign in to watch online, and ours (Time Warner) isn't an option.
Even worse, the ABC website cheerfully reassured me that I should be able to watch the episode even without signing in for up to a week after the episode aired, all while blocking me from watching it. I am not impressed with ABC's new online viewing policy, and have expressed my frustration to them via Twitter, Google Plus, and email.
As they say on TV, stay tuned. I'll hopefully get my Resurrection fix soon, and I'll be sure to share my thoughts on the episode and my quest to watch it online here on the blog.
In other news, I found out yesterday that I completely forgot about the birthdays of two friends last week. While I'm composing my belated congratulations to them, I thought I'd share another anniversary that passed me by, relating to one of my favorite childhood heroines.
As quoted on the W. W. Norton & Company tumblr, something very important happened on September 26, 1929:
"We very much like your title The Secret of the Old Clock," wrote L. F. Reed of Grosset & Dunlap to Edward Stratemeyer about his latest idea for a girl detective series. However, Reed didn’t like most of the names Stratemeyer suggested for his teen heroine: "Stella Strong," "Nell Cody," and "Diana Dare." He preferred "Nancy Drew." Stratemeyer already had a thirty-year track record of creating series like the Rover Boys, Tom Swift, and, most recently, the Hardy Boys, so he confidently put the new sleuth in the hands of a young journalist named Mildred Wirt, and beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock, Wirt wrote nearly all of the first twenty-five Nancy Drew books published under the pen name of Carolyn Keene.
As they say, history was made. I devoured Nancy Drew as a girl, and one of my earliest online communities was the original fan website forum. There was a round robin mystery writing section which accepted open prompts, and I remember being thrilled when one my submissions was chosen.
So happy 85th birthday, Nancy Drew: may you stay ever young, smart, and ready to tackle any mystery that should come your way.
