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For Lovers and Writers of Fairy tales, bloggers, books, novels, and articles. Witches to fairies, evil queens to kindly kings, frog princes and sleeping beauties, these tales are truly meant to be shared with young and old alike.

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Fairytales Fantasy Writers
Fairy tales have enchanted readers, listeners and viewers for ages. However we are introduced to these stories, be it by a picture book, a movie adaptation or a story time at home or school, fairy tales are inherently magical and feed the imagination. Writing your own fairy tale can be a great exercise for your imagination whether you're age 5 or 105.
Fairy Tales and Fairy Tale Parodies
• A fractured fairy tale rearranges traditional fairy tale elements into new stories with updated themes. The Princess Bride, a classic book and movie, is an example of a fractured fairy tale. A fairy tale parody also takes traditional fairy tale elements and rearranges them into a new story, but does so while poking fun at the fairy tale genre. Shrek, the popular movie, can be seen as a fairy tale parody.
Write from the Villain's Point of View
• Take a classic fairy tale, and write it from the villain's point of view. Every character has a story. Before she was shoved into an oven, what was the witch in Hansel and Gretel thinking? Did she have a reason for wanting to eat the two children? When Gregory Maguire wrote his now famous novel Wicked, he wanted to know what the Wicked Witch's story was in The Wizard of Oz.
After Ever After
• What happens after the heroine marries the prince, after the dragon's been slain, after the kingdom's been saved? Try writing a sequel to a traditional fairy tale to explore what happens after the happily ever after. Examples of fairy tale sequels include Michelle Davidson Argyle's Cinderella sequel Cinders or the sequels to Shrek.
Shifting Time and Place
• Take a traditional fairy tale, and set it in an interesting historical period or in the present day. You can set it anywhere in the world! Disney used this method for its 2009 film "The Princess and the Frog." Taking the traditional fairy tale of this title, they set it in New Orleans during the Jazz Age. This gave the traditional tale a new and unique atmosphere.

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Comment by Creative Mind on June 5, 2013 at 6:35pm: Read the ending of a special series that continues to inspire the reader to take one step further- to broaden his horizons and read literature and poetry, irish mythology, and hear great songs (this series is the reason I started listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival) and-why not?- paint Mag Mell's marvelous landscapes (even though I failed miserably..)

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Comment by Creative Mind on May 13, 2013 at 6:10pm: Are you a fan of doctor Who?? Or are you a new one to the series?

Either way you should definately read Doctor Who-The forgotten

http://creativemind2210.blogspot.gr/2013/05/doctor-who-forgotten.html

Author Comment by Christine Corretti, Ph.D. on May 2, 2013 at 2:44pm: by the way, if you have a fairy tale you'd like me to pin on my Pinterest board

"Children's and Young Adult Literature" I'd love to do this for you.

Please send a message to my Inbox. In exchange, please get the word around that I illustrate children's books on the side and also make custom art illustrations. thanks!! here's my Pinterest url: http://pinterest.com/chcorretti/

Here's King Big Bear at his coronation feast:

Author Comment by Christine Corretti, Ph.D. on May 2, 2013 at 2:35pm: I'm new to the group and would like to introduce myself. The bear you see (literally) sitting as my profile picture is the titular character of my fairy tale A Father's Wish: the Tale of King Big Bear the Fat. I have a website for my art (much of which is fairy tale oriented) and literature: please visit http://www.chroniclesofkingbigbear.com/

This is the cover of my book:

Comment by Creative Mind on May 1, 2013 at 10:12am: In my opinion, Blood of Eden is one of the best series about vampires (the other one is All Souls trilogy...)

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Comment by Rocket Science Productions on April 19, 2013 at 5:39pm: Tips on getting your book reviewed

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Comment by Creative Mind on April 17, 2013 at 4:15pm: New review: Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations

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Comment by Creative Mind on April 8, 2013 at 5:11pm: My latest review: The Legend of Zelda- Hyrule Historia

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Comment by Creative Mind on March 27, 2013 at 6:08pm: REVIEW: The Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks - I really liked this one!

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Comment by Creative Mind on March 14, 2013 at 6:28pm: wanted to read Terry Brooks for a long time... And now I am hooked by Shannara and its heroes! :D

Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks