A fact from The Fifth Doll appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Charlie N. Holmberg's idea for The Fifth Doll began with a writing exercise to develop a system of magic for a household item?
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... that Charlie N. Holmberg wrote The Fifth Doll after developing a system of magic for Russian nesting dolls? Source: "she came across her set of Russian nesting dolls. Thinking about a magic system involving these dolls inspired Holmberg — and she decided to keep that idea to herself. She floated it by her agent the next week and her agent loved it, and before long her editor was asking for a synopsis." ([1])
ALT1:... that Charlie N. Holmberg's idea for The Fifth Doll began with a writing exercise to develop a system of magic for a household item? Source: "she wandered around her house writing down random objects like salt, thread, utensils, and planned to give each of her students one of these objects to write a magic system about. Then, she came across her set of Russian nesting dolls. Thinking about a magic system involving these dolls inspired Holmberg — and she decided to keep that idea to herself. She floated it by her agent the next week and her agent loved it, and before long her editor was asking for a synopsis." ([2])
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and well sourced. Earwig is not picking up any copyvio and qpq has been provided. Since both hooks are really interesting and cited, this one looks ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 01:49, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Reply