Diversifying fairytales
Nov. 3rd, 2010 04:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhian_crockettI'm really interested in "diversified fairytales", by which I mean retellings of traditional stories which give a place to characters not generally included (or not positively included). Examples of this would be my own Happy Ever Afters, which is a version of Sleeping Beauty in which a servant-girl kisses the princess, and Malinda Lo's Ash, which is an LGBT retelling of Cinderella. I'm sure there are other retold fairytales out there: Disney's The Princess and the Frog might count, given that the princess is a person of colour -- I haven't seen it, though. Other ideas might be to include characters with disabilities, non-neurotypical people, people who don't fit into the gender binary...
In any case, I'm really interested in seeing more of this kind of thing. I would love to put together some kind of anthology, perhaps as an ebook and as a 'print on demand' type thing. Problem is, I haven't the least idea of how to do it, and I don't have many people interested in submitting.
So, I turn to you, internet! Please, bring your friends. Retweet. Reblog. Pass it around. Pass the link to authors who would support such an endeavour, and might send me some help! Share what you know. Help me figure out how to do this. If you think you know exactly what to do, talk to me -- maybe we can do this together.
(I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared by the idea of leading such a project. Be gentle with me.)
In any case, I'm really interested in seeing more of this kind of thing. I would love to put together some kind of anthology, perhaps as an ebook and as a 'print on demand' type thing. Problem is, I haven't the least idea of how to do it, and I don't have many people interested in submitting.
So, I turn to you, internet! Please, bring your friends. Retweet. Reblog. Pass it around. Pass the link to authors who would support such an endeavour, and might send me some help! Share what you know. Help me figure out how to do this. If you think you know exactly what to do, talk to me -- maybe we can do this together.
(I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared by the idea of leading such a project. Be gentle with me.)
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:22 am (UTC)Also, if you're brainstorming ideas for distribution once it comes that time, there is a mobi-pocket creator program floating about somewhere (and I'm sure there'd be one for epub, too). Openoffice.org is an easy way to create PDFs from text files. lulu.com print on demand without being one of those dodgy vanity publishers that require a fee and minim number of books in the original order - they don't allow fanfiction, but you'd probably be safe with fairytales.
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Date: 2010-11-07 02:41 pm (UTC)That's useful to know -- I want to look into Lulu, but hadn't got chance yet. I think fairytales are fine: retellings are published as novels all the time (Robin McKinley, Malinda Lo, etc).