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Hello Bruce,
I wanted to let you know that your unicorns are the most powerful and beautiful ones that I've read in fiction. I've held them close to my heart while growing up, and they still feel the most... real somehow, the most true to themselves. I was wondering if your personal conception of what a unicorn really is, at its core, has changed over the course of your writing career.
I wanted to let you know that your unicorns are the most powerful and beautiful ones that I've read in fiction. I've held them close to my heart while growing up, and they still feel the most... real somehow, the most true to themselves. I was wondering if your personal conception of what a unicorn really is, at its core, has changed over the course of your writing career.
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Amy -
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this message. You got exactly what I was trying to do with the unicorns of Luster - and the message makes me feel that I succeeded.
My second book, way back in 1979, was a picture book called SARAH'S UNICORN. I tried in that book to be completely true to unicorn myth and legend. I think working from that starting point my conception of unicorns has not so much changed as simply grown richer and deeper as I have had the good fortune to continue writing about them.
I will confess that (being old and cranky) I get pretty annoyed at glittery, sparkly, silly, pink unicorns. UGH!
Again, thanks for the kind words. Stay safe, stay well . . . and keep reading!
BC
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this message. You got exactly what I was trying to do with the unicorns of Luster - and the message makes me feel that I succeeded.
My second book, way back in 1979, was a picture book called SARAH'S UNICORN. I tried in that book to be completely true to unicorn myth and legend. I think working from that starting point my conception of unicorns has not so much changed as simply grown richer and deeper as I have had the good fortune to continue writing about them.
I will confess that (being old and cranky) I get pretty annoyed at glittery, sparkly, silly, pink unicorns. UGH!
Again, thanks for the kind words. Stay safe, stay well . . . and keep reading!
BC