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Living in a Fairytale World (topic) Hi Everyone I just wanted to invite anyone who loves fairytales to come read my blog and join my group on Facebook! Do you ever find yourself wishing you lived in a fairytale rather than the real world? Well, in a way, I think we already do. My blog ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/20/09 08:45:55 |
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Three fairytales about swans, shadows and sleeping princes. (topic) I'm looking for three fairytales, the first wo were published in the same book - which I lost the name of: The first tale is about a lonely woman who befriends people-less shadows, so many that her house seems always filled with people and when she goes ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/20/09 05:31:05 |
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Re: darker adult themes in fairytales (reply) You're probably thinking of Henson's "Jack and The Beanstalk: The Real Story." And speaking of Henson there's his Storyteller series. I'm also reminded of the 2005 Brother's Grimm movie. |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/19/09 21:21:03 |
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Re: darker adult themes in fairytales (reply) For films, lots are both fairytale and dark: Snow WHite a Tale of Terror Pan's Labyrinth there's a recent Jack and the Beanstalk miniseries. And The 10th Kingdom. Return to Oz Coraline Plus the Snow White Blood Red series of short stories puts dark ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/19/09 15:39:17 |
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Re: fairy tales or myths with flowers, specifically lillies, roses, sunflowers, tulips (reply) I'm having images of Eliza in Andersen's the wild swans--toads turn to poppies when they touch her because she's so good. And all the Toads and diamonds girls, with flowers falling from their lips (and some fractured versions of that in the Snow White ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/19/09 15:32:54 |
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Tanith Lee (topic) I am currently working on a paper on fairy tale retellings done by Tanith Lee. I was browsing the internet, looking for sources like transcripts of speeches, but seem to be coming up short. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could access articles, ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/18/09 13:38:19 |
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Re: Help Identifying a Fairy Tale Childrens Book (reply) Unfortunately there's thousands of these collections out there. The stories are public domain (although specific printings may be copyrighted) so just about every children's publisher seems to put a book out of these at some time. While it's easy enough ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/16/09 14:03:58 |
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Help Identifying a Fairy Tale Childrens Book (topic) I'm looking for a book my wife has as a child. It was a compilation of numerous fairy tales. I know that it at least had these but there were more: Ugly Duckling Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin Elves and the Shoemaker Puss in Boots or Puss n' Boots ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/16/09 08:34:48 |
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Re: publishing advice for new writers? (reply) Thank you both for your helpful information! Alice, I certainly don't plan to let any presses see this before it's just as good as I can make it. If by some marvelous means it does become a book, I'll certainly let the boards know. ~Kristi |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/13/09 21:49:04 |
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Re: publishing advice for new writers? (reply) Hi kristiw, Before discussing agents and editors, you need to consider honing the manuscript. I highly recommend finding other writers to read your drafts and provide feedback. If this is a YA or younger book, consider joining SCBWI (the Society of ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/13/09 10:41:33 |
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Re: publishing advice for new writers? (reply) I normally suggest people try Agentquery.com, although the site's down right now. An agent tries to sell your manuscript to publishers. An editor suggests modifications to the manuscript to make it suitable for publishing. Typically, the editor is ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/13/09 05:30:39 |
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publishing advice for new writers? (topic) Hi friends, I know there are a few authors that frequent the site, so I thought I'd ask for a little guidance. I'm writing a novel adaptation of East of the Sun, West of the Moon (more closely based on the Romanian version, the Enchanted Pig, relocated ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/12/09 20:40:26 |
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Re: Dissertation help on The Princess and The Frog (reply) For as much flak as Disney will catch from cultural studies critics and theorists for what I'm sure will be a film containing a few broad stereotypes and even more gross oversimplifications about voodou, most seven year old girls are neither critics nor ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/12/09 20:15:35 |
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Re: Fairy Tales and Plagiarism (reply) Thanks. I knew plagiarism wasn't the word I was looking for but my brain shut down when I wrote that. lol That tells me exactly what I wanted to know. ) Chellie |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/12/09 08:27:11 |
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Re: dissertation project: fairy tales that should be published? (reply) For something less extreme, go to the logo up top and click on it to get the Sur La Lune fairy tale site. It contains public-domain fairy tale collections -- a wide variety, many of which are widely unknown -- and you can pick stories from them. Or ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/11/09 18:13:26 |
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Re: dissertation project: fairy tales that should be published? (reply) Most fairy tales are probably "underdog" fairy tales since about the only ones really well known are the ones done by Disney. There is a range of degrees when it comes to how well know various fairy tales are. There are the Disney tales that everyone ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/11/09 15:10:47 |
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Re: Fairy Tales and Plagiarism (reply) I think you may be confusing plagiarism with copyright. Copyright applies to rights of ownership over the material. Plagiarism is to take another's written work and pass it off as your own. Copyright tends to apply to the work as a whole while plagiarism ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/11/09 15:06:45 |
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Fairy Tales and Plagiarism (topic) I've always wondered how different versions of the same fairy tale are not plagiarism. Is this because they have been revised enough so they can be considered different even though they are still mostly the same? Or since it is a fairy tale there is no ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/11/09 14:22:58 |
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dissertation project: fairy tales that should be published? (topic) Hello, I am a MA publishing student and at the moment trying to come up with ideas for my major project. One of the ideas is to design a collection of about 4-5 fairy tales and add some nice illustrations. Now I know there are tons of collections out ... |
Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions | 11/11/09 13:04:20 |
