Delightful News
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 2:43PM In the middle of all the anxiety-provoking news headlines comes a story that brings hope and smiles to a writer's heart. Readers' hearts too for that matter.
A lost story by Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots written a hundred years ago, has been found. And will be published in September 2016, by Beatrix Potter's original publishers, Frederick Warne and Company.
If you were charmed by Peter Rabbit tales as a child, you may find this little book a touchstone back to imagination and wonder of your childhood. Some of the characters in this tale are, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Mr. Tod who is the villian, Tabitha Twitchit and “an older, slower and portlier Peter Rabbit.”
But Beatrix Potter isn't the only author to have a secret unpublished work. Not that long ago, Harper Lee's second book, Go Set a Watchman was published. This was the original manuscript, and a completely different story than her classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. Which makes me wonder.
Could there be a lesson here? I think there is. Hang onto your manuscripts. You never know. That story idea, might be a future bestselling classic. Of course the tongue-in-cheek question I have to ask is, “Will I live that long?”
Never mind. I plan to buy Beatrix Potter's book, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, and relax into the whimsy of a delightful childhood story.