T-Bone _ Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 And I always knew that [spoiler]Snape was a good[/spoiler] guy. No wonder he was [spoiler]so unpleasant[/spoiler]. Being a [spoiler]double agent[/spoiler] is stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1339066' date='Jul 23 2007, 07:24 PM']It's no big shock that Harry lived. Rowling has said that she knew how she wanted the series to end, back when she started writing. Other than someone like me, who starts a *children's book* with the plan to have the main character die a horrible death at the end?[/quote] Well.... I actually had a local publisher (Waldman Press) offer to publish a children's story that I wrote. I met with them and they loved the book. All except for the ending. Where, the protagonist was killed by a mob of angry children. I tried to rewrite the ending but it just didn't work. So we never published Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow of Shame Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='hot stuff' post='1342961' date='Jul 28 2007, 10:23 AM']Well.... I actually had a local publisher (Waldman Press) offer to publish a children's story that I wrote. I met with them and they loved the book. All except for the ending. Where, the protagonist was killed by a mob of angry children. I tried to rewrite the ending but it just didn't work. So we never published[/quote] That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343095' date='Jul 28 2007, 01:21 PM']That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone....[/quote] Either that or he's lacking a bit in the creative writing department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343095' date='Jul 28 2007, 12:21 PM']That must have been one heck of a book if you couldn't come up with an alternative ending to substitute for children succumbing to mob rule and murdering someone....[/quote] The metaphor was weakened with the alternate endings. The publisher agreed that the original ending was the best, he just didn't feel comfortable publishing it that way. I tried to go with the Grimm's argument but he wasn't buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='StThomasMore' post='1343160' date='Jul 28 2007, 04:06 PM']are you serious?[/quote] Yes and no Yes I'm serious about my children's book no I'm not Sirius Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Do you think your book would have been widely read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 [quote name='hot stuff' post='1343175' date='Jul 28 2007, 05:19 PM']Yes and no Yes I'm serious about my children's book no I'm not Sirius Black[/quote] Too bad. I liked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow of Shame Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 [quote name='hot stuff' post='1343157' date='Jul 28 2007, 06:51 PM']The publisher agreed that the original ending was the best,[/quote] That's interesting. It's understandable why it didn't get published, though. You could always try for a smaller independent publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 [quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1343218' date='Jul 28 2007, 06:54 PM']That's interesting. It's understandable why it didn't get published, though. You could always try for a smaller independent publisher.[/quote] Its actually not as violent as it sounds out of context. And I'm not sure I could find a publisher smaller than Waldman. Good folks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 You should post the book in a pdf file or something on PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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