tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post5717203735839144270..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: How many of your favourite bookscatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-26587322520071973202012-08-13T11:30:49.527+09:302012-08-13T11:30:49.527+09:30A five year old Claire! How very daring of you! :)...A five year old Claire! How very daring of you! :) I can imagine that there are still some very competent fictional five year old children out there - and I would like to meet them.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-65787088912274841402012-08-12T16:06:34.729+09:302012-08-12T16:06:34.729+09:30Hi Cat! In the Night Rainbow I've left a five ...Hi Cat! In the Night Rainbow I've left a five year old alone (with her little sister). Such a great thing about fiction, you can do that and nobody gets sued. Removing the adults shows the young character for what it really is, without rules and all the things children have to do even when they don't want to. Ignore the naysayers and free the children!Claire Kinghttp://www.claire-king.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-30458080102599077362012-08-12T14:08:35.904+09:302012-08-12T14:08:35.904+09:30Oh Nicole I still read a lot of YA and middle grad...Oh Nicole I still read a lot of YA and middle grade and picture books - I need to. I need to know what is going on out there!<br />Sue - it was a children's librarian I was talking to, not a publisher. Still, I found her comments rather disconcerting! She obviously found in non-PC for a middle grade book.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-76863819404758648382012-08-12T13:41:39.926+09:302012-08-12T13:41:39.926+09:30This is the first time I've heard of publisher...This is the first time I've heard of publisher's not wanting a book where you get rid of the adults immediately. I thought that was the first rule of the adventure story and I have seen plenty of those around in modern fiction. Keep reading. And write what you want. There ARE publishers who will buy it.the only thing I would suggest is that if you write a story set in a school you check with at least a couple of teachers under what circumstances kids might be left alone, because it's a sad fact that the school gets the pants sued off it if you leave kids unsupervised and something happens. And I have read recent novels in which kids are left without supervision during a school dance, something that wouldn't happen in any school I have worked in. It may be a simple matter of creating an emergency in which the teacher has to leave or the idiots who want to do something stupid lure the teacher away or whatever. It can be done. Use your imagination.;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-15772834053213997282012-08-12T10:48:22.310+09:302012-08-12T10:48:22.310+09:30this is why I don't read current YA books - fa...this is why I don't read current YA books - far too PC. It's fiction - I get so very sick of people touting on as if every single fiction book will be regarded as an instruction manual. Most of my favourite kids books have a big lack of adults. It's part of the fantasy for kids, to be able to make their own decisions and to learn from the consequences that result, be they good or bad. And if your story rocks, then self-publish it. There are plenty of like-minded people who are searching for books like that.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648307410383451558noreply@blogger.com