* Lokal Anzeiger - Gross-Zimmern *
Date of publication: 22nd October, 2005, published by Lokal Anzeiger (front page), Gross-Zimmern
Two young women from Gross-Zimmern wrote history about friendship and cooperation - the Frankfurt Book Fair
Gross-Zimmern
[me] - What lasts for a long time finally becomes good. This is also the case
with the two sisters Beate Plechatsch and Katja Drinkguth who grew up in the
little town adjoining the Gersprenz-rivulet. They can finally present their
first work "The enchanting story of wonderdreamland or How the world
was saved."
The sisters who share the same interests, often meet themsevels for exchanging ideas, and who both live in Kleinostheim now, had the idea of just writing down their thoughts as early as three years ago. Quickly, the fantastic story of Beryll the little stone-helper and his friends arose: Curageous and adventurous, Beryll sets about - together with his girl-friend, the turbo-turtle Raidho - to save the wonderdreamland and the magic crimson carbuncle heartstone. Because only with the power of this heartstone there is hope of saving the sick planet earth which was also threatened by impending collision with a comet.
The exciting, easy-written story illustrated by Beate Plechatsch was quickly developed and filled with life around the quintessence of the story. So "The enchanting story of wonderdreamland or How the world was saved" is for some readers only a fascinating fictional story consisting of 68 pages, but for others it is a book which inspires people to think about their own behaviour and about the topics friendship, peaceful living together and responsibility towards nature.
By taking a closer look at the actors of the authoresse´s first story which bear the names of semi-precious stones and runes or stem from Feng Shui or old myths, respectively, one can discover the fields of interest of the authoresses. Both the industrial clerk Beate Plechatsch as well as construction site sketcher Katja Drinkguth are fascinated by other patterns of thinking and occupy themselves with mystic things, Feng Shui, alternative archaeology referred to Erich von Daeniken, (semi-precious) stones and their energy. "As early as a child I started collecting stones on each walk, and me and also my children are totally fascinated by precious stones", says Beate Plechatsch with a smile.
Until publication by the publisher Triga, both sisters who can frequently be met in Gross-Zimmern, had to go a long way: "The hardest work was to find a publisher. We wrote to nearly 50 publishers until we found the right one for our fictional story", says Katja Drinkguth who illustrated the cover of the book. She had to learn that the decision if a book is published or not with a certain publisher seems to firstly depend upon presentation of the work and secondly on the content of the book. But after the two sisters had found this out and had transformed this into action, the way for publication was soon paved. Before their work was lying readily published on the table before Beate Plechatsch and Katja Drinkguth, they had only told a few people about their book - apart from the test readers whose opinion was very important for the authoresses at the beginning of their project. Now, both the sisters are curious about reactions of children, juveniles and adults. For all of those who have themselves written a story or a poem, respectively, Katja Drinkguth has one practical hint in store: "Even if the first or second publisher is not interested in the manuscript one should not be discouraged. It sometimes takes some time to find the right publisher."
Anyone who wants to meet the authoresses at the Frankfurt Book Fair and who wants to talk to them about their first book will have this opportunity next Sunday. Beate Plechatsch and Katja Drinkguth can be met at the exhibition booth of Triga-publisher, Hall 3.1, booth H145. Otherwise, "The enchanting story of wonderdreamland or How the world was saved" can be purchased for 8 Euro in the book-shops or can be ordered with ISBN No. 3-89774-434-1. Further information on the book and on the authoresses can be found at www.wundertraumland.de
Photo: Martina Emmerich
»We thank Marion Jansen for the translation of the press article.«