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Are you a ...?Published authorWhat genre do you primarily write in?Other non-fictionIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?Other non-fictionAre your reading habits ...?OtherWho is your favourite author(s)?Don't have oneAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)Don't have oneWhat are your working habits when you write?Perfectly balancedAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Ten times? Why so little?Your ultimate writing ambition?Make readers glad they read my book.Your worst habit?Not dressing carefully...Your opinion on the books industry?Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get throughWhere do you write?At homeWhat else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?I have 'only' written academic books so far. I want to see if I can do anything else
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by Vanessa 8 months agoHow are the penguins? Did you see the trailer for mr poppers penguins? Knew there was a story in penguins for children... :) -
by curlykats 1 year agoGood luck with the submission, have written some thoughts on my experience on my blog -
by Tinofloss 1 year agoYour sketches are really good - they deserve to be featured in your books! :) I think you can make it into a children's story since it's got animals. Kids (as I know) and young adult (that's currently singular because I seem to be the only one among my peers who still like animal stories!) will love it.
Or you may consider tackling more serious stuff (penguins remind me of global warming...) in a children's story. This sort of stuff receives grownup readership well.
Why your agents should be more open-minded:
Saint-Exupéry illustrated The Little Prince himself
An illustrated version of Dracula was reprinted in the US in 2008 and sold quite well (hmm...better than Wordworth's demi-pocket book edition :p)
Lots of children's moral stories/fairy tales have illustrations. -
by Vanessa 1 year agoMike, I was dreaming about your penguin last night and thinking up a story ... should I try to write it, would you let me?? i was thinking of writing from the penguins point of view, what do you think??
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by Vanessa 1 year agoLove the synopsis on the penguin story. My seven year old and eight year old would love this kind of story if it is child friendly. I can imagine that it could easily be adapted as a children's ...if you do I'll get them to look it over. Both love books and read voraciously, especially beast quest, Harry potter, Cressida cow ell, etc...
