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Jana Oliver- Interesting Facts

-'My ultimate goal was a contract with one of the major publishing houses and that came to fruition in April 2009 when I signed with St. Martin’s Press.'

- Wrote Time Rovers Series

- Her Demon Trappers Series in the UK as well as in America.

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Would You Have Thought?

When I was younger I use to love watching this show, Hey Arnold! I know!!! This show was so much fun! For those deprived and weren’t exposed to Hey Arnold, it was about this kid named Arnold. However, he had a strange look to him; to put it bluntly he had a football shaped head. That little fact was what made him different. It didn’t really cause anything to be different but it was a point that Helga liked to emphasize. However, this tough girl front is just that, a front. In actuality she loves Arnold but doesn’t know how to tell him. That brings me to my comparison. Minny reminds me of Helga! For those who have read the book and seen the show (would be uncommon) you can see this to be likely if you just think of some of their characteristics.

An apparent characteristic that I think they share is their ability to get angry easily. Anger is the mask that they both hide behind. They believe that they can use their anger to intimidate people and have their way. The flaw to that is that their anger can sometimes cause them problems. In Minny’s case her anger causes her to lose jobs and makes people hesitant to hire her in the first place. Helga’s anger blocks her true feelings for Arnold which then causes them to not be together.

Another thing that makes them alike is their stubbornness. They want it their way always. This, in turn, leads to their need for control. Helga wants to control her friends and Minny wants to control the women that she works for.

However, the difference between Minny and Helga is the change that occurs in Minny. She learns to show that she cares and tries to control her anger. Even though in the Hey Arnold movie Helga confesses her love for Arnold, she tells him to forget it and goes back to being mean and nasty.

 

Liars

I think that when it comes to books being non-fiction, it should be completely true.  If it wants to be considered a non-fiction there should be no fiction, hence the title of NON-fiction.  If it isn’t true then I’m sorry to break it to you but its fiction! There is nothing wrong with being fiction. I don’t see the big deal if it’s a fiction. If it doesn’t work as a fiction then oh well. Don’t change it to a non-fiction if it isn’t a non-fiction. If you get caught in your lie I think that would be worse for you. Believe it or not…people don’t usually like to be lied to. I know, I know crazy concept!  Trust me it would be better for you if you write a book that doesn’t sell as well but is true to its genre then if you put it as a non-fiction knowing that it isn’t!

No matter which way you twist it, if it’s not completely true then it’s a lie!! Wow I wish I could use there thinking when I get caught in a lie by my mom. I can see how it would work out:

Mom: Did you go out when I told you not too?

Me: No…(shifty eyes)

Mom: You’re lying to me!

Me: Mom, it’s ok. I only sort of lied to you.

Mom:…….Your grounded for the rest of your life!

Me: That’s not fair!! I only embellished a little bit. Gosh it worked for Frey! I bet it’s because he had the support of Oprah!

Yea, it would not be a good day in the Hagerty household. Don’t even get me started on Mortenson!! He was wrong on every sort of level! For one he lied to people, which you can see isn’t too high on my list. And second he is cheating innocent kids and people out of money and an education!! Who does he think he is that he can even do that? He is selfish. I’m just going to leave that there because he isn’t worth it.

I’m into the new but I don’t think that we should remove the boundaries between different genres. I’m not too into being organized but I think that would be chaos. There is a reason that someone thought of that system and I think that we should keep it the way it is. It allows you to like certain books more then others because they fit together.