tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post9143981324268150593..comments2024-03-28T06:28:49.282+00:00Comments on Picture Book Den: From start to finish – the making of The Fairytale Hairdresser and Cinderella by Abie LongstaffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-23654797116137734342014-07-16T11:05:50.077+01:002014-07-16T11:05:50.077+01:00Enlightening and much food for thought as I start ...Enlightening and much food for thought as I start my new series with Random House. Ha! I think we share the same lovely editor!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586389256922524390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-87503871645045991352013-05-05T12:50:07.816+01:002013-05-05T12:50:07.816+01:00Abie, this is a lovely post and I'll recommend...Abie, this is a lovely post and I'll recommend it to people writing picture books (I'm doing a picture book evening class starting in just over a week's time). Like Paeony, I was interested to see you leaving the text out of the thumbnails. I guess they couldn't really be thumbnails with all the text but I try and get most of it in... next time, I'm going to try it your way. I think that would work well for me. (Have you tried using PowerPoint to do a really basic mockup of your book? Chitra Soundar recommends it. I'm planning to try that, too.) Great post. Thanks, Clare.Juliet Clare Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020801246132751659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-69874722833069831222012-11-27T14:15:32.609+00:002012-11-27T14:15:32.609+00:00Wow! A thousand thank-yous for sharing this proces...Wow! A thousand thank-yous for sharing this process! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-8738703947079487962012-10-29T12:18:08.159+00:002012-10-29T12:18:08.159+00:00Abie you are very brave sharing so much of the pro...Abie you are very brave sharing so much of the process. I don;t think I'd be brave enough to show my very first scribbles. I've never drawn out in rough the images for each page but do break down the story in a grid format. The images I carry in my head and can 'see' them as I read the words. Perhaps it is something I'll try next time. Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-47521926638441178572012-10-27T16:20:13.554+01:002012-10-27T16:20:13.554+01:00Everyone who is thinking of writing a picture book...Everyone who is thinking of writing a picture book should read this. It's a great lesson in how much behind-the-scenes thought goes on. Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-14399971386523905452012-10-26T19:25:33.312+01:002012-10-26T19:25:33.312+01:00How interesting, Abie - it's great to see '...How interesting, Abie - it's great to see 'behind the scenes'. I notice you don't include the text with your thumbnails - just ideas of the general plots. <br />Plus your discussion with the editor is revealing. A long time ago I wrote an early chapter book called 'Cinderella's Wedding' and I envisaged the horrid sisters being horrid but pretty (that's why I didn't call them 'ugly sisters'). In the illustrations they were really ugly which made for fun visual images that children enjoy, but I've always felt a little uncomfortable with that. Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-14492068639013663972012-10-26T16:30:12.933+01:002012-10-26T16:30:12.933+01:00Thanks for this Abie. I loved seeing your process ...Thanks for this Abie. I loved seeing your process (and weirdly enough it's exactly how my picture books have been created). I've had a series idea knocking 'round in my mind for quite a while and so was keen to read your comments about the stories being able to fit in with previous and future plots. Kerry Saadien-Raadhttp://www.kerrysraad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-33373903938301154802012-10-26T10:54:19.713+01:002012-10-26T10:54:19.713+01:00Thanks for highlighting the long process of crafti...Thanks for highlighting the long process of crafting a picture book and the interaction between the writer, editor and illustrator that takes place before the book appears on the shelves. The Fairytale Hairdresser is such a brilliant idea - have fun with book 3!Jane Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361379190770989657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-9110462014082037302012-10-26T09:26:15.692+01:002012-10-26T09:26:15.692+01:00Great post, Abie. It's lovely to see the progr...Great post, Abie. It's lovely to see the progression of the book from ideas to final images - and your notes etc. Thank you for sharing them in so much detail.Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.com