Comments on: What was your first time like?

By: Leyla Giray

Leyla Giray — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:50:19 +0000

I grew up in Spain – my first ever publication was a song, at the age of 12… followed at 13 by my first piece about a musical group for a Spanish teen magazine, Discobolo.

Funny thing is, I kept moving away from writing as a profession, but it kept finding me…

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:44:38 +0000

I remember writing a story about a ghost ship when I was pretty small…plus illustrations, of course! Also I had a thing about witches, thanks to the Pongwiffy series, and weirdly, wrote one in year nine also about a Glinda! (This might not be weird to most people, but the nearest I ever came to the Wizard of Oz, was being in the Wiz in secondary school). She didn’t have a million names though…just a million cats, who were all listed (took about two pages…!)

First pitch…about half a year ago now. Technically not even rejected just…silence… though I did try following it up. A pretty big deal for me then with my phone phobia! But following work experience in newsrooms I now know that “____ just left/will be back on monday/is on lunch” can usually mean “they’re sat right here, buuut they don’t want to talk”. A few more pitches now. None taken up yet but I’m trying! The Renegade writers help me through

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:00:45 +0000

My first “real” story was in the form of a book I made in 3rd grade. Bound with cardboard and fabric and illustrated, I presented it to my mom who made copies to send out to the family. Mine was “The Secret Land of the Unicorns” who were named after Greek gods.

Thanks for inspiring that memory!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:13:02 +0000

My first book was in first grade. I wrote some poems on paper, stapled them together and made a cover “My book of Powems”. My mother took the book to work to show her boss, who wrote on top of my nice, carefully planned out cover – “Nice powems”. Boy was I angry – that my mother showed my book to someone I didn’t know, and that this person had the nerve to write on my cover!. I threw the book away.

However, I’ve since realized its a good thing when other people read at your work, and that you should double check your spelling before you finish your work. But, it’s still not nice to write on someone else’s things without asking!

This is a fun thread.

By: Star

Star — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:42:21 +0000

My kid wrote this little poem when she was 8. Now, she’s 26 and won’t write anything or read a book. So this may be her first and only, darn it!

Idioms

I’ve got a bone to pick with you.
I’ll have to burn the candle at both ends to get through.
Bite the bullet and you’ll get by.
Giving me the cold shoulder is really rude.
You really get under my thick skin, dude.
So, if you don’t mind, please fly my coop.
If you don’t, you’ll be the fifth wheel in my loop.
Hitting below my belt was low.
But now you’re like a scared crow.
We never see eye to eye.
I guess it was all just pie in the sky.
Now, look at the pot calling the kettle black.
To me it’s just water off a duck’s back.