there's a difference between writing a children's book and hoping it will be successful
and writing one following market testing and research, and brainstorming sessions where you have tried to calculate maximum appeal as if you were planning an advert for a new plastic toy. Maybe I'm just an old romantic* at heart but I think that's horrible.

*haha, I'm certainly not a 'New Romantic' hahahaha
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:45, archived)

Or you can go the Julia Donaldson route, and just rip off the work of other people

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:46, archived)

b3ta.com/talk/8302824
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:48, archived)

lol
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:58, archived)

That's how pretty much everything is made now though
If you want financial backers, you have to persuade them using pretty graphs and lots of numbers, much as we'd like to think so concept is no longer king, if kids are involved it's peak cynicism and box ticking
(dribble, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:55, archived)

Carle's fault

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 27 May 2021, 11:57, archived)

Nobody did it better

(dribble, Thu 27 May 2021, 12:25, archived)

The modern music industry.
(Ooooh_cuntroversials_sockpuppet Make O/T great again., Thu 27 May 2021, 16:19, archived)

So I think what you're saying is, he tried very hard to produce a book for children based upon what children like?

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 27 May 2021, 19:13, archived)