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07-26-2007, 10:40 AM
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How is a "geeky" girl (I'm taking that to mean "socially awkward") going to receive an invitation to sorority membership? The sororities interview prospective members to see if they will fit in with the general culture of that group.
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07-26-2007, 10:44 AM
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How is a "geeky" girl (I'm taking that to mean "socially awkward") going to receive an invitation to sorority membership? The sororities interview prospective members to see if they will fit in.
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Her name is Jenny Smith, and there are 5 other Jenny Smiths rushing. One is the state homecoming queen, a varsity cheerleader, blonde, petite, and has a twin that just joined at a private school not far away. They really want that Jenny Smith but they bid the Geek instead.
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07-26-2007, 10:45 AM
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Her name is Jenny Smith, and there are 5 other Jenny Smiths rushing. One is the state homecoming queen, a varsity cheerleader, blonde, petite, and has a twin that just joined at a private school not far away. They really want that Jenny Smith but they bid the Geek instead.
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07-26-2007, 10:52 AM
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Her name is Jenny Smith, and there are 5 other Jenny Smiths rushing. One is the state homecoming queen, a varsity cheerleader, blonde, petite, and has a twin that just joined at a private school not far away. They really want that Jenny Smith but they bid the Geek instead.
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Ohhh, I see what you did there.... 
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07-26-2007, 11:06 AM
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Thanks to all of you who have given helpful suggestions. I really love the idea of her claiming to be a legacy of a founder. Of course, she is going to get busted in the end and this would make her fall a little harder.
As a writer I like to challenge myself by writing about subjects/experiences that I haven't personally experienced. While I will never know the intense bond that sorority members share, my hope is that I am a skilled enough writer that I can portray it genuinely enough for my reader. This isn't my first book, when it is complete it will be my fourth. My publisher gears my books toward 11 + up and even though I could fudge everything, I would like the experiences to be as realistic as possible.
As for the Meri Sugarman books, which I love, I think the author does a pretty good job creating a unique sorority(although obviously not realistic), especially since they are all written by a man.
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07-26-2007, 01:58 PM
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Her name is Jenny Smith, and there are 5 other Jenny Smiths rushing. One is the state homecoming queen, a varsity cheerleader, blonde, petite, and has a twin that just joined at a private school not far away. They really want that Jenny Smith but they bid the Geek instead.
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That really happened with one of the sororities on my campus! There were two girls with the same name and they reallyreallyreally wanted one of them but bid the other instead. We got the one they wanted and, looking back, I wish they had gotten her!
This way back before myspace and facebook, though (hell, it was before the Internet, ok?!?!  ), so I'm not sure if that could happen today.
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07-26-2007, 02:35 PM
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I might have posted this before, but I know two girls from college who were from the same town (with only one HS), had gone to school together since kindergarten and had the same first, last and middle names. They grew up being "Nancy Pink" and "Nancy Blue", later one had short hair and the other long, so they were "Nancy long" and "Nancy short" and finally pledged different houses in college. I wonder how you know you got the right one? I guess by social security numbers back in the day before computer rush?!
My maiden name was also common, and there were at least 4 girls, including me, with the same first and last name when I was in college. Only one was greek, but she was in one of the sororities that I preffed. Luckily I got my first choice, but people would call and say...do I have the Kappa or the Gamma Phi?
The bad part of having a common name before the computer age...one was kind of slutty, one never paid her bills...so I always got LOTS of interesting phone calls!
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07-26-2007, 07:22 PM
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We had a girl who had the same name as someone else who rushed/pledged in the same year, and every semester, the GL office would give us grades for the wrong one.
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07-26-2007, 08:49 PM
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That really happened with one of the sororities on my campus! There were two girls with the same name and they reallyreallyreally wanted one of them but bid the other instead. We got the one they wanted and, looking back, I wish they had gotten her!
This way back before myspace and facebook, though (hell, it was before the Internet, ok?!?! ), so I'm not sure if that could happen today. |
Hmmm... I think I know which sorority that was! I think I know which PNM that was!! 
(thanx for the siggy, Sweet KR!)
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07-28-2007, 11:26 PM
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So you wrote Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Twisted Sisters, Between Dark and Light, and Firebug?? **Had time to play on amazon ; )
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07-30-2007, 08:51 PM
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Yes, I wrote Revenge of the Homecoming Queen and Twisted Sisters. The other two books were written by another Stephanie Hale in England, I think.
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07-31-2007, 08:42 AM
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Revenge of the Homecoming Queen
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Book Description (Amazon.com)
All that matters is what's inside...as long as there's a tiara on the outside.
The flawless Aspen Brooks was born to be Homecoming Queen. Naturally she's dating the most popular guy in school, and she's blessed with stunning good looks, excellent style, and mega brains. She's got the crown in the bag.
So why is the tiara being placed on the skanky head of cheerleader Angel Ives? The confusion only grows after ultra-dork Rand Bachrach is crowned king. To Aspen's shock and horror, Angel actually accuses her of being behind this. Whatevs!
But then something goes terribly, terribly wrong. Strange things start happening--even stranger than Angel beating Aspen. Now someone's leaving her threatening messages and slashing her tires. She's sure it's that beyotch Angel doing these things. And if Angel wants war, by Dooney & Bourke she'll get one.
Whatevs? Beyotch?
And is anyone else DYING that the main character's name is ASPEN?
RITY?? Srsly.
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