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CWGranny
Registered User
(8/17/04 7:27 am)
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Questions for an article
I am working on an article on fairy tale/folk tale retellings for children's magazines. I have already quizzed Aaron Shepard (who was a big help) but I want to include more writers if possible and what better place to come than here?
Has anyone here sold a fairy tale/folktale retelling (not an original story) to a children's magazine and would be willing to tell me a bit about it? I would be tremendously grateful.
Jan Fields
editor@kidmagwriters.com
www.kidmagwriters.com
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Terri
Windling
Registered User
(8/17/04 8:34 am)
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Re: Questions for an article
Jan, are you limiting this to just children's magazines,
or do retold fairy tales for children's anthologies count? (I've
edited two collections of the latter for Simon & Schuster.)
Edited by: Terri Windling at: 8/17/04 8:34 am
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janeyolen
Registered User
(8/17/04 9:59 am)
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Re: Questions for an article
Not for children's magazines, but for anthologies, collections, single picture books...
Jane Yolen
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CWGranny
Registered User
(8/17/04 10:06 am)
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Re: Questions for an article
Although our eMagazine focuses *just* on magazine writing, basically retelling folk tales and fairy tales is probably similar in magazines and children's books. (Least ways, Aaron said he doesn't do anything any differently)
I teach magazine writing and I know many of my students want to sell retellings or twisted stories -- but they don't really know how to go about it. Twisted fairy tales are a bit of a tough (actually a virtually impossible) sale to children's magazines (except sometimes in poetry form), but retellings are not. However, writers underestimate the research required to do a retelling and sell it. So I am looking for those who have done it (most preferably in magazines, but anthologies would be good also) who can offer insight on what is required to do it well, how much of yourself you can bring to the retelling while still being "true" to the story (I am not sure, but I suspect there may actually be more leeway in books for this than in magazines.) and what motivates those who take on this challenging publishing area.
So...yes, I would be happy to receive quotes from those published in anthologies as well. (I do run on...sorry about that).
Jan
editor@kidmagwriters
www.kidmagwriters.com
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