Comments on: Once upon a time…(and win a free book!) http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67708 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:02:03 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67708 Thanks for this post, Sophie. My parents had a thick encyclopedic text on the Greek myths when I was growing up. I spent some time in an English class dissecting some of them for fun. And, oh, Perseus. When Clash of the Titans (film) came out, I watched it at least 2-3 dozen times with a friend. I had plenty of fairy tales to read as a child, too. I used to gravitate toward the lesser-known tales like Red Rose (instead of Snow White). But I've never heard of Toads and Diamonds! Great stuff. Thanks for this post, Sophie. My parents had a thick encyclopedic text on the Greek myths when I was growing up. I spent some time in an English class dissecting some of them for fun. And, oh, Perseus. When Clash of the Titans (film) came out, I watched it at least 2-3 dozen times with a friend.

I had plenty of fairy tales to read as a child, too. I used to gravitate toward the lesser-known tales like Red Rose (instead of Snow White). But I’ve never heard of Toads and Diamonds!

Great stuff.

]]> by: celeber http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67680 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:26:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67680 I love this story. Medusa is the wicked Gorgon. I love this story. Medusa is the wicked Gorgon.

]]> by: Morgan http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67662 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:42:33 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67662 Medusa....Loved the movie as well. Morgan Medusa….Loved the movie as well.

Morgan

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67659 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67659 As a kid, I read an illustrated fairy tale book over and over...Dick Whittington was my favorite, though I don't know why now. I still love books based on fairy tales and myths. A writer can retell a beauty and the beast story hundreds of times and it still seems fresh. As a kid, I read an illustrated fairy tale book over and over…Dick Whittington was my favorite, though I don’t know why now. I still love books based on fairy tales and myths. A writer can retell a beauty and the beast story hundreds of times and it still seems fresh.

]]> by: Jeff Wetherington http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67656 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:48 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67656 One of my favorite mythological stories. It was Medusa, of course. One of my favorite mythological stories. It was Medusa, of course.

]]> by: Riley http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67655 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:29 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67655 medusa medusa

]]> by: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67651 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:53:40 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/16/once-upon-a-timeand-win-a-free-book/#comment-67651 Wonderful post, Sophie! I was strongly influenced in childhood by Andrew Lang's illustrated collections, the Pink Fairy Book, the Red Fairy Book etc, which drew from a wide range of cultures. The tropes of myth, legend and fairy tale build themselves into my work almost without my thinking about it, and I put that down to a lifetime of loving those stories, which have so much wisdom in them. Wonderful post, Sophie! I was strongly influenced in childhood by Andrew Lang’s illustrated collections, the Pink Fairy Book, the Red Fairy Book etc, which drew from a wide range of cultures. The tropes of myth, legend and fairy tale build themselves into my work almost without my thinking about it, and I put that down to a lifetime of loving those stories, which have so much wisdom in them.

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