tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post5341156652440666441..comments2023-12-10T16:39:49.811+08:00Comments on Egoboo WA: 4F Day! Four Questions for FridaySarahPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331711532075086214noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-52570523871336291632010-06-02T17:25:00.681+08:002010-06-02T17:25:00.681+08:00Hahaha, yes, at the age of 5 I was quite the mad s...Hahaha, yes, at the age of 5 I was quite the mad scientist... But I didn't want to blow up anything or anyone per se, I just thought a mushroom cloud would be cool! It seems so silly now, but at the age of 5 it made a lot of sense.cj7hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278735169273575086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-15339392127717235722010-06-01T08:09:03.697+08:002010-06-01T08:09:03.697+08:00:) thanks, David. I used to love science books as ...:) thanks, David. I used to love science books as well, but I was always annoyed that the books I had access to never told me enough about the subjects I was interested in, especially astronomy. I'm wondering, through, Who or what were you planning to blow up with your atomic bomb?Carol Ryleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303656672609607055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-74324128109246603972010-05-31T23:16:28.449+08:002010-05-31T23:16:28.449+08:00Earliest I can remember reading was sometime befor...Earliest I can remember reading was sometime before I was two... I don't remember if I could read by myself, but I remember it was Scuffy the tugboat. No guesses where my dog Scuffy got his name. I remember the pictures though. I do remember having to read newspapers for my grandfather when my sister was an infant, so I would have been 3 by then. I didn't understand what I was reading much of the time though, even if I got the words right. The earliest novel I remember reading was "Space twins on the moon". I would have been about 5. <br /><br />I can't remember when I started writing, but I remember getting belted at age 5 for writing my name on the wall, but I was in yr3 before I could write neatly ;)<br /><br />I still don't know that I want to be a writer... But the stories in my head won't give me peace until they're out and I enjoy writing fiction. I've been writing my whole life but only learned to finish stories about 4 years ago... ( Am 40 now ).<br /><br />First thing that I was proud of? Reading/writing-wise? Probably when I found a mistake in my encyclopedia around 4yrs old and showed my mum and she showed everyone and they all praised me... Many many years later ( I was about 15 ) I realized it wasn't a mistake at all - it was just counter-intuitive, but my mum continued to show everyone ( She kept that encyclopedia marked so she could show them for years! ) and I didn't have the heart to tell her I had made a mistake so I just avoided the conversation when it came up and made myself scarce... By then, it was just embarassing. <br /><br />Helen, that's a funny story - I remember my dad was the librarian at my school until I was five, then he divorced my mum and moved to another school... but before that I got a LOT of books to read - buckets full while he brought them home before they went into the library... I think I read every science book in there. I loved science books. I even tried to make an atomic bomb - since I wasn't able to tell the difference between Aluminium and Uranium... Both "nium" names. Needless to say, I didn't succeed :) But was my mum ever angry that I scrunched up an entire roll of aluminium foil trying to achieve critical mass. I was sure as I compressed it in my hands, I could feel it getting hotter and all those atoms flying around :) hahahaa. I even squished it with pliers... My mum was NOT amused... :(cj7hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278735169273575086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-63370797643600862232010-05-29T11:55:47.295+08:002010-05-29T11:55:47.295+08:00Hey thanks Elimy and Graham.Hey thanks Elimy and Graham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-10894035739396339432010-05-28T18:43:23.784+08:002010-05-28T18:43:23.784+08:00Yes, yes I did get a puppy, his name is buddy and ...Yes, yes I did get a puppy, his name is buddy and he likes to sit on my bed and watch me write. When I'm especially frustrated he even sits on the desk chair with me. :)Emily Paullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483043817609949536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-72088917050190840072010-05-28T15:02:10.215+08:002010-05-28T15:02:10.215+08:00That's one of the smartest bet-hedging ploys I...That's one of the smartest bet-hedging ploys I've ever read of, Graham:-)<br /><br />Hey, Elimy, did you ever get that puppy?Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-79129092566069188212010-05-28T14:45:07.798+08:002010-05-28T14:45:07.798+08:00Earliest memory of reading would be those Jack and...Earliest memory of reading would be those Jack and Jill readers at school. Yuck. For fun I loved the Cat and The Hat, I read it so often it fell to pieces.<br /><br />I can't remember writing at primary school, not even learning to write, so it must not have been a big desire for me then, but at high school I was always asking if I could write a story instead of an essay on a particular topic. One of my strong memories is not having a clue where to put commas so I cheated by scattering them through the story and then faintly crossing them out. <br /><br />At uni I co-wrote and edited a very juvenile magazine with its main story being the continuing adventures of Dingo D. Dogbiscuit. I also wrote a few sketches that were performed in revues. Most of my writing occured in a haze of drugs and alcohol. When I finished uni I stopped writing except for the occassional research report. About fifteen years later I started reading science fiction again and then thought up an idea for a novel which I still have to redraft. For the past decade I have been aiming to become a published author.<br /><br />In year 9, my English teacher thought a story I had writeen so clever that she read it to the class. I then heard from other students in other classes that she had read it to them, even though it was full of faintly crossed out commas.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120487666126442427.post-56503025881269814772010-05-28T08:30:05.817+08:002010-05-28T08:30:05.817+08:00Well this looks like fun guys... and by the way, y...Well this looks like fun guys... and by the way, your answers are really cute! :P<br /><br />The earliest I remember reading is these stupid orange spined books in Pre Primary, so age 5, but I'm pretty sure I could already read.<br /><br />The earliest I remember writing is... well I don't remember it, but my grandparents recently presented me with a piece of notepaper on which I wrote a story about Winnie the Pooh using a 50c piece he found to buy both and ice cream AND a puppy. Can you tell what I wanted at the time?<br /><br />I've wanted to be a writer on and off all my life but in High School for a while I decided I was a "realist" and that I needed to want a "real career" so I decided to be a chiropracter. When I realised I HATED physics, it was back to writing. So I decided for real maybe two years ago.<br /><br />The first thing I wrote that I was proud of was my Book Week Acrostic Poem in year 2, the library teacher put it up on the windows because she was so impressed. I wasn't able to think of anything for H though, so I used someone from the classes' name and he wasn't all that happy about it. HA.<br /><br />Keep up the great work guys, I love reading your blog.Emily Paullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483043817609949536noreply@blogger.com