From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:56:59 -0500

I read somewhere, once, when I was working at a bookstore, that Stine has a
'stable' of writers constantly churning out stories. The ones he likes, he puts his name on and publishes. It's supposedly a great type of internship/writers workshop, but not much recognition for the true creator of the work.

Also, the Thoroughbred series of books, although created and credited to Joanna Campbell, is written by several different authors, as is the Saddle Club (the difference is that Thoroughbred credits the authors. Saddle club gets a 'thanks to ________ for contributing to this work" notation).


>From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock at snet.net>
>To: Subscribers ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Nancy Drew and her creators
>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:49:03 -0500
>
>On Nov 28, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Ryan, Pat wrote:
>

> >
>It makes me quiver a little to hear Stine and Rowling mentioned in the
>same sentence, because I believe they are worlds apart.
>
>Stine has certainly enjoyed enormous popularity, but for very different
>reasons. A formula series is just that - books written to a formula.
>And once set up as a formula, the books can be plotted in outline and
>given to anyone to flesh out, as is often the case with formula series
>that run to dozens, even hundreds of titles.
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