[NetBehaviour] The Cake Maker of Transylvania - out now
Edward Picot
julian.lesaux at gmail.com
Mon Oct 7 20:03:33 CEST 2019
Michael,
I'm sure you're right about this. I still haven't got a very clear cut
answer, though. In terms of reading age I should think eight and up -
but it's a love story, so probably more interesting to those aged ten
and up.
But actually it's got some quite adult stuff in it, so I'm still not
sure... I comfort myself with the thought that a lot of the most
successful books for children have a lot of material in them that adults
can get their teeth into as well. But I don't expect a commercial
publisher would see it that way.
Edward
On 06/10/2019 15:52, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
> <creating something for my own amusement first, and wondering whether
> there might be an audience for it afterwards. Usually there isn't, but
> I still prefer it as a working method.
> >
> Indeed - and under most circumstances I agree 100% -indeed it seems to
> me the only honest way to make things *in general*. I'd only differ
> when it comes to work intended for non adults in the sense that there
> are clearly *some* ( and one wouldn't want to overplay this)
> /developmental /issues at stake -just think of the rapidity of change
> in childhood and adolescence compared to even twenties onward. So, to
> give an extreme example, *some* adults will struggle with Ulysses (and
> a personal hands up - three times a third of the way in, full of the
> joy of it, and three times grinding to a halt especially if something
> shiny elsewhere catches my eye) but, I'm willing to bet ,*no* five
> year old has read it. I'd emphasise that these are linguistic,
> stylistic and structural, not content related, considerations.
> So it actually seems to me a perfectly legitimate and helpful
> consideration to specify a broad age range for which a piece of work
> intended for children is aimed and indeed once during the writing,
> once that range starts to become clear to then have it at least a
> little bit in mind.
> My mantra with work with children in terms of language, structure has
> always been 'just beyond what the top expectation for the age range
> would be'.
> None of this remotely a criticism of the book which, as I said, I loved.
> Purely pragmatically too I suspect you might shift more copies if you
> were able to suggest who might really get the most out of it, and it
> deserves to find its audience.
> Michael
>
>
>
>
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> On Thursday, October 3, 2019, 5:36:34 PM GMT+1, Edward Picot via
> NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, Michael!
>
> Target age range - er, I'm never really sure about that kind of thing.
> Eight and up? Ten and up? Early teens with goth tendencies? The truth
> is that Mollie and I came up with it to amuse ourselves. I'm always
> falling into that trap - creating something for my own amusement
> first, and wondering whether there might be an audience for it
> afterwards. Usually there isn't, but I still prefer it as a working
> method.
>
> An audience of 62 year old artists in their gardens in the early
> October sun will do me just fine.
>
> Edward
>
>
> On 02/10/2019 14:59, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
> I just read it - it’s very good :) Elegantly and satisfyingly plotted
> and without a trace of condescension to its potential audience. Dances
> once the edge of darkness but has a warm, and this seems an
> appropriate word, heart. The illustrations are lovely too. I’d be
> interested to know what you see as the target age range Edward ( apart
> from 62 year old artists sitting reading it in their gardens in the
> early October sun)
>
>
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> On Sunday, September 29, 2019, 7:53 pm, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour
> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
> <mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
> It's not in any bookstores, Alan. But if I manage to get along to
> your
> presentation at the ICA, which I'm hoping to do, I can bring a
> copy with me.
>
> On 29/09/2019 19:40, Alan Sondheim wrote:
> >
> >
> > Looking forward as well! - Is it possible to get one somewhere when
> > we're in London?
> >
> > Thanks, Alan
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