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valis2I was going to do my fractured fairy tale based on this really beautiful fairy tale I read in Cricket magazine while I was growing up.
Years ago I gave my old Cricket magazines away, though, so I don't have that issue any longer. I didn't think it would be difficult to find, though.
But I just started thinking...I have several collections of fairy tales, and I've never seen this particular one. I just now tried to look it up, but I can't find it online.
I can write it, still, and make it work, even though I haven't read it in so long...but I won't have anywhere to link it to, and I'm afraid no one will know the source story. Hmm. I might still do it anyway. It's just such an interesting idea.
argh.
ETA: Though I did find Wolverine fanfiction while searching. Odd.
ETA: I've figured it out. *shouts and flails* It is, of course, a story by an American author, rather recent, and not an older story that would be easy to find on the internet. Because it's a copyrighted work, it is only available through her book, which is OOP, and so this presents two problems. 1) Most likely, no one has read this story before so no one will know the source material. 2) The only way to find the source material is to buy it off eBay or whatnot. I'm so frustrated! It's such an awesome story, and I won't be doing it justice if I don't read the source material again before I write it. *is exasperated*
Years ago I gave my old Cricket magazines away, though, so I don't have that issue any longer. I didn't think it would be difficult to find, though.
But I just started thinking...I have several collections of fairy tales, and I've never seen this particular one. I just now tried to look it up, but I can't find it online.
I can write it, still, and make it work, even though I haven't read it in so long...but I won't have anywhere to link it to, and I'm afraid no one will know the source story. Hmm. I might still do it anyway. It's just such an interesting idea.
argh.
ETA: Though I did find Wolverine fanfiction while searching. Odd.
ETA: I've figured it out. *shouts and flails* It is, of course, a story by an American author, rather recent, and not an older story that would be easy to find on the internet. Because it's a copyrighted work, it is only available through her book, which is OOP, and so this presents two problems. 1) Most likely, no one has read this story before so no one will know the source material. 2) The only way to find the source material is to buy it off eBay or whatnot. I'm so frustrated! It's such an awesome story, and I won't be doing it justice if I don't read the source material again before I write it. *is exasperated*
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Date: 2005-05-28 02:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-05-28 02:14 am (UTC)It's by Jane Yolen, it is part of her anthology Dream Weaver (1989), which in itself is a reprint of seven stories with a new linking narrative.
If you ever want to chat, I'm valis270 on AIM.
I've just ordered the book, but if you find the story on the internet OH PLEASE let me know, because I won't get the book until after the challenge is over. I really want to write this and I can't without the source material.