tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post5207118762300330572..comments2024-03-26T07:24:43.732+00:00Comments on Words&Pictures: Catching a publisher’s eye; hopeless task or hope for the future?Candy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-60666750608315332962013-05-15T19:47:13.679+01:002013-05-15T19:47:13.679+01:00Fabulous!
I love the way you involve the children ...Fabulous!<br />I love the way you involve the children in your posts, Celia.Jan Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335419896028312596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-49699947738870227152013-05-15T18:34:18.134+01:002013-05-15T18:34:18.134+01:00Thank you! Glad you liked it :)Thank you! Glad you liked it :)Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-54209641647573827432013-05-15T18:03:51.701+01:002013-05-15T18:03:51.701+01:00V enjoyable!V enjoyable!edddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09847496793979301659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-2446701443637447372013-05-15T15:47:37.151+01:002013-05-15T15:47:37.151+01:00Hi Terri, erm, yes I see what you mean...I think. ...Hi Terri, erm, yes I see what you mean...I think. Sometimes the 'not obviously powerful' ones are the ones that get you thinking about why they work. Or am I just talking out of the top of my head...or worse? Blah blah blah. You can tell I've been writing school reports most of the day!Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-63501162655496192752013-05-15T15:42:44.589+01:002013-05-15T15:42:44.589+01:00I know the feeling, Donna - sometimes (or often if...I know the feeling, Donna - sometimes (or often if I'm honest) it bears not a shred of resemblance to the one I started with. Thanks for commenting, Donna - good to see you here.Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-62161737888843902132013-05-15T15:13:36.007+01:002013-05-15T15:13:36.007+01:00Wonderful post, Celia! First lines are so powerful...Wonderful post, Celia! First lines are so powerful, even when they're not!Terri Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01128748951796407341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-6961640884325976022013-05-15T15:10:01.141+01:002013-05-15T15:10:01.141+01:00Great post, Celia! I spend more time on the first ...Great post, Celia! I spend more time on the first page of a novel than any other, I reckon. And even then I go back and rewrite it a few dozen times! DxDonna Douglashttp://donnadouglas.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-15423249446651060222013-05-15T13:00:46.406+01:002013-05-15T13:00:46.406+01:00Yes, I love getting first hand tips like this - it...Yes, I love getting first hand tips like this - it's hard to keep up with what's around and it really helps when you get ones like this to have a go at. Talking of knives, I love Philip (one L or 2??) Pullman's The Subtle Knife too, very thought provoking. Thanks for commenting, Sally.Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-16144428633716531242013-05-15T11:58:02.740+01:002013-05-15T11:58:02.740+01:00Great article, and i agree with Sue, the graveyard...Great article, and i agree with Sue, the graveyard books first line is great. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759992873045228788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-84081342547146159122013-05-15T11:34:36.506+01:002013-05-15T11:34:36.506+01:00Wow, that's an amazing opening, will try to ge...Wow, that's an amazing opening, will try to get this for the class! Thanks for the FB follow - my Twitter account says it's not functioning right now so will follow you back there when it stops having a tantrum. Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-19469428937863047212013-05-15T11:29:44.979+01:002013-05-15T11:29:44.979+01:00Oh, they would definitely be up for that! They lov...Oh, they would definitely be up for that! They love reading, love competitions and are always impressed by anyone with a blog so you're onto a winner there... Celia J Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-17219815508438216282013-05-15T10:27:34.854+01:002013-05-15T10:27:34.854+01:00Thanks Celia - great post! I love this opening:
&q...Thanks Celia - great post! I love this opening:<br />"CHAPTER ONE How Nobody Came To The Graveyard. THERE WAS A HAND IN the darkness, and it held a knife." First double-page spread to 'The Graveyard Book' by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (Chris Riddell also illustrated it equally brilliantly). I'll never grow out of reading books with illustrations. <br /><br />I had to read on. Fear and intrigue kept me reading. What was a knife doing in a children's story? (I hadn't read Knife Of Never Letting Go yet & Graveyard book is aimed at younger readers). Where could such a sinister opening possibly go from here? The dark art of Dave McKean is perfect for the first pages - a hand thrusting a knife towards the text and over the page a character walking upstairs, the knife hand ahead of him out of the frame - a cloth in his left hand. Great story telling. Brilliant pairing. Oddly - I feel safe in their hands! <br /><br />Great tips - I'll look you up on facebook and twitter<br /><br />Sue Eveshttp://www.sueeves.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-72828116590226621302013-05-15T09:28:55.030+01:002013-05-15T09:28:55.030+01:00Celia, great competition tips and encouragement to...Celia, great competition tips and encouragement to have a go with Undiscovered Voices - thank you.<br />Your class are great - I wonder if they'd be up for competition judging? I've been mulling an idea for a while...<br />Jan Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335419896028312596noreply@blogger.com