I like Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince which shows generosity can be its own reward. I also like the fact that with tales like The Little Match Girl were coming up with exposing civic issues well ahead of Charles Dickens. I would like my novels to be enjoyed for what they are but if any of them encourages those reading them to appreciate their families more (on the grounds my underlying theme is to show how important families are), then I'd ge glad.
I love writing fairytales. There are certain traditions to draw on, of course, but there's room for scary characters, heroic characters, fairy godmothers and witches and wizards. There's room for rivalry between differing groups and, occasionally, friendships that aren't meant to happen because the realm disapproves. There's room for humour. You can tell a fairytale "straight". You can twist the ending. Fairytales can give moral guidance, can urge you to fight evil. I tend to end up at the 2000 words mark.
I like Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince which shows generosity can be its own reward. I also like the fact that with tales like The Little Match Girl were coming up with exposing civic issues well ahead of Charles Dickens. I would like my novels to be enjoyed for what they are but if any of them encourages those reading them to appreciate their families more (on the grounds my underlying theme is to show how important families are), then I'd ge glad.
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AuthorI'm Allison Symes and I write novels, short stories as well as some scripts and poems. I love setting my work in my magical world, the Fairy Kingdom, and my favourite character is Eileen, who believes hypocrisy is something that happens to other people without caring that statement is hypocritical in itself! Eileen is huge fun to write for and about. Archives
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