tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post4580057422279998266..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: CHILD PRODIGY--ANYONE?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-40718968765031973552014-09-19T06:41:11.754-07:002014-09-19T06:41:11.754-07:00My first wiff of trouble was having my letter to t...My first wiff of trouble was having my letter to the editor printed in the Weekly Reader magazine/newsletter. Mmmm, an audience!<br /><br />Btw, that teacher of yours ought to have been retired or fired, against a wall, probably. That is a horrible way to talk to a student!J Wachowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184091482307217132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-58130324096369136922014-09-18T09:31:04.400-07:002014-09-18T09:31:04.400-07:00Elise, I wish I knew where the artwork was! Maybe ...Elise, I wish I knew where the artwork was! Maybe I'll find it someday as I sort through my parents' things. I do have the published poem somewhere. I think I actually had two poems in that "magazine."Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-30807147546270458102014-09-17T17:54:42.045-07:002014-09-17T17:54:42.045-07:00Jean: Did you frame the bond?Jean: Did you frame the bond?Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-45822923896769697762014-09-17T17:54:13.357-07:002014-09-17T17:54:13.357-07:00Rita: I'd love to read about your blues singer...Rita: I'd love to read about your blues singer in Chicago.Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-62820116874689966402014-09-17T13:20:21.188-07:002014-09-17T13:20:21.188-07:00Won an essay contest in 9th grade. Prize was a $2...Won an essay contest in 9th grade. Prize was a $25 savings bond. Still remember going up on stage to receive it. Heady stuff!jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-51223098368059505252014-09-17T12:37:50.329-07:002014-09-17T12:37:50.329-07:00I was a storyteller before I could write. Then I p...I was a storyteller before I could write. Then I put them to paper. Got in troulbe for telling lies and writing trash and filth. (that was my 4rh grade teacher Sister Cecilia’s critique of a story about a blues singer in Chicago) Wrote a play for a HS class. Started writing again in late 2007 cause there wasn’t anybody around to stop me and here I am.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-41039230674704955702014-09-17T08:13:08.871-07:002014-09-17T08:13:08.871-07:00Do you still have the poem and the artwork, Anne M...Do you still have the poem and the artwork, Anne Marie?Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-36804443485768011702014-09-17T07:57:17.613-07:002014-09-17T07:57:17.613-07:00Oh! Just remembered that I had a piece of artwork ...Oh! Just remembered that I had a piece of artwork (a drawing) published in the local newspaper when I was in second grade. Guess that counts. ;)Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-33425194780002815242014-09-17T07:56:39.973-07:002014-09-17T07:56:39.973-07:00I wrote the usual school projects, but the first t...I wrote the usual school projects, but the first thing I remember getting published was a poem about a tumbling leaf as it was blown about in the autumn wind. That was for "Parnassus" - my high school's annual literature journal.<br /><br />I began writing romance in about 2000, and didn't finish my first story until 2003. Finished several more but wasn't published until 2011, and am currently working on book 6.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading the comments and seeing what others' journeys have been like...Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com