Comments on: The unusual places we turn to for help http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/08/the-unusual-places-we-turn-to-for-help/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Linda Spaulding http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/08/the-unusual-places-we-turn-to-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-34772 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:32:38 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7901#comment-34772 I had to smile at the idea of The Metamorphosis character, in contrast with asking for help from Dr. Seuss. It’s a nice twist and great thought provoker.
I have many children’s stories, seasonal and other; I know excellent artists, illustrators, and writers. I posted my You Tube link on your Twitter page, but will also leave it here. (The first recording was hilarious, but just couldn’t get the story out with the hopping kids all around me.)

]]> By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/08/the-unusual-places-we-turn-to-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-34770 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:59:13 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7901#comment-34770 Interesting topic.

Of course, all stories are simply taking something trite and putting a new spin on it. These examples seem to really go “all out”, don’t they?

In general, I shy away from reading this kind of tale. To be successful at it, you have to be an expert on the real (or fictional) characters you’re going to mix. Too often, the writer has not bothered to make himself an expert, and so the characters don’t speak or behave “in character” — or they act “out of character” in a way that is unbelievable.

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