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[msagara]

... that there are, of course, authors who are considered midlist by the PTB, who are in fact making a reasonable living as writers. The gloomy spiral of doom about which one hears rather a lot is not by any means the only fate for a midlist writer.

That, and I think I want to be Tamora Pierce when I grow up.

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[sqrrlsrant.livejournal.com]

That, and I think I want to be Tamora Pierce when I grow up.

So, in Cast in Courtlight when Kaylin is meeting with Sanabalis-as-magic-teacher for the first time and she goes on her rant about why learning magic is useless is that a conscious nod to Alanna's speech in Pierce's Alanna: The First Adventure?

[msagara.livejournal.com]

Maybe very subconsciously -- I read the book a long time ago. It's more Kaylin's general appreciation for any education that does seem, to her mind, to be of practical use to the Hawks.