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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:55, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
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Carol Brightman
... that when Carol Brightman published her novel Sweet Chaos, it was occasionally mislisted as Fat Trip, causing it to be marketed as a diet book?Carol Brightman, 80, Dies; Profiled a Notable Writer and a Notable Band "In 1999 she wrote a frustration-filled essay for the paper’s Book Review about the consequences when her Grateful Dead book was misidentified by some book-listing services under an early, rejected title, “Fat Trip,” a phrase Jerry Garcia, the band’s frontman, used to describe something odd or unexpected."
Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:05, 30 April 2020 (UTC).
Interesting bio, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is cute, but wouldn't it be fairer to her to say what the book was about, than what it was not? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, I think this might sound better: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- ALT1
... that when Carol Brightman published a novel about the Grateful Dead, it was occasionally listed under a different name? - ALT1a
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration to write a novel about the Grateful Dead because her younger sister worked as their lighting director and literary agent? - ALT1b
... that although Carol Brightman's novel Sweet Chaos was about the Grateful Dead, it also examined exterior factors which led to the band's popularity, including the Free Speech Movement, Vietnam, the Cuban Revolution, and the Weatherman?'Chaos' best describes Greateful Dead's long, strange trip - ALT2
... that author Carol Brightman co-founded a periodical titled Viet-Report during the Vietnam War to fight against misinformation? - ALT3
... that Carol Brightman received the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Biography/Autobiography Award for her biography Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World?
- ALT1
- Gerda Arendt, I think this might sound better: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: "novel" generally refers to fictional works. The biographies and other works by Brightman do not appear to be fictitious or imaginary, and the hooks should not mislead. --Animalparty! (talk) 03:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, both. The offer is generous, so I struck two just to make life easier for a prep builder. ALT1b is simply too long, otherwise a good idea. I'd actually like the book title Sweet Chaos in a hook. Per the comment, why not just say "book" instead of "novel"? In ALT3, the name of the prize should be shortened, not made longer. - Let's find one hook! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt would the following be alright? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:08, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- ALT1ab... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos because her younger sister worked as the Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent?
- ALT1ba
....that although Carol Brightman's book Sweet Chaos was about the Grateful Dead, it also examined exterior factors which led to the band's popularity? - ALT3a ... that Carol Brightman received the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for her biography Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World?
Thank you for the offers, two taken ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, both. The offer is generous, so I struck two just to make life easier for a prep builder. ALT1b is simply too long, otherwise a good idea. I'd actually like the book title Sweet Chaos in a hook. Per the comment, why not just say "book" instead of "novel"? In ALT3, the name of the prize should be shortened, not made longer. - Let's find one hook! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
