tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post3678318594672987200..comments2024-03-12T18:52:31.920-04:00Comments on Write with Fey: Memories of my First WritingsChrys Feyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-82881558945026947492014-04-16T12:06:27.876-04:002014-04-16T12:06:27.876-04:00A water-breathing bear is truly frightening! And u...A water-breathing bear is truly frightening! And unique. ;)<br /><br />I would have been beyond the moon if one of my stories had been in the local newspaper, even if it was a vampire devouring everyone. The closest I got was a poem in my schools newsletter. Plus, a couple of articles in my high schools newsletter, but no one of read them lolChrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-45457034425351488982014-04-16T12:04:13.819-04:002014-04-16T12:04:13.819-04:00Dusty Rose is a lovely name for a western town. I&...Dusty Rose is a lovely name for a western town. I've definitely had my share of corny story ideas, but they have inspired other stories, so I'm glad you have some memories of this western story for future use. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-26450649172467903172014-04-16T12:02:42.347-04:002014-04-16T12:02:42.347-04:00That's sad to me that you weren't encourag...That's sad to me that you weren't encouraged to write. As a child, I wouldn't have survived without writing.<br /><br />"Gilly Grows Up" sounds really good. An oil spill is definitely something kids should learn about and how it damages ocean life. I still can't forget the images from the BP oil spill.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-71668154025917779932014-04-16T11:51:57.695-04:002014-04-16T11:51:57.695-04:00The Bad Toy seems to be the popular story. :D
I m...The Bad Toy seems to be the popular story. :D<br /><br />I moved around a lot too. As a teen, I moved about ten times and I did end up throwing out a lot of things from paper to items that I still wish I had today, but I was smart enough to hold onto these. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-25108382540108791132014-04-16T11:49:14.606-04:002014-04-16T11:49:14.606-04:00Thank you, Lisa! "One day, at night" is ...Thank you, Lisa! "One day, at night" is also my favorite part. :)<br /><br />I stupidly threw out a lot of poems and songs I wrote as a teen, but I'm lucky that I kept some of them -especially these first works. I also loved horses when I was a kid, but I was scared to get near them. lolChrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-24748445363868885462014-04-16T02:37:33.746-04:002014-04-16T02:37:33.746-04:00It's always fun to go back in time. We seem to...It's always fun to go back in time. We seem to have similar tastes. When I was five, I wrote a series of picture books about a family of fish that lived in terror of bear who stalked them under the ocean. (Obviously a very talented, water-breathing bear.)<br /><br />And when I was in Grade Four, one of my first stories was published in the local newspaper. I'd just learned the word devour, so it was about a vampire who ran around devouring everyone. I'm surprised to this day that they printed it!J.H. Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045467689291025137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-33188185896265415272014-04-15T22:25:14.140-04:002014-04-15T22:25:14.140-04:00Wow, I don't think I could've written anyt...Wow, I don't think I could've written anything close to this level when I was six, or seven. And it's sweet that you've kept all of these. That toy story was scary given that you had written it at such a young age! I love that 'One day, at night' too. My first piece of writing (or attempt at it) was a western. I'd just come up with the setting, a town called Dusty Rose or something. It was so corny I threw it away. But of course, I've saved some in my memories, enough for me to perhaps write that story out one day.Yanting Guehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788603550626277974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-17592018183871543282014-04-15T22:20:00.518-04:002014-04-15T22:20:00.518-04:00I didn't write until high school. We weren...I didn't write until high school. We weren't encouraged to write before that. I was more into illustrating before that. I remember a few Haiku and a set of three comparative pieces that I thought were pretty good, as did my teacher in high school. Then, in college, as part of an early Childhood class I had to write a story and illustrate it for young children. It was "Gilly Grows Up", about a fish who turned colors, and involved an oil slick. My professor liked it - I think that's when I began wondering if I could actually do this someday. And then...lots of life happened.<br />Donna Smith<br />The A-to-Z Challenge<br />http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com<br />Mainely WriteDonna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-24855715706873108712014-04-15T20:26:41.677-04:002014-04-15T20:26:41.677-04:00These are so great! I love that you have all thes...These are so great! I love that you have all these. And I absolutely love the the bad toy one - it cracked me up! :) It must be fun to read back on all of your work - we moved around to much so nothing got saved of mine but I enjoy reading through my children's writings every once in awhile. :)Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323788304469008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-58640245078627836802014-04-15T20:25:05.683-04:002014-04-15T20:25:05.683-04:00Very sweet poem and stories, Chrys! I love the &qu...Very sweet poem and stories, Chrys! I love the "One day, at night", so cute. My first story was about a little girl, her friends and a horse they used to visit and feed apples. I can't remember the name of it, but I was so in love with horses at the time. I was probably 11. I also wrote a poem in College I was very proud of and probably still have it somewhere. :) Lisa Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310475781785711620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-41891520677378186392014-04-15T20:02:00.288-04:002014-04-15T20:02:00.288-04:00The whole story cracks me up. But I'm glad to ...The whole story cracks me up. But I'm glad to make you laugh, Nicki. :)<br /><br />You need to find your early writings. You may be embarrassed but it's worth it. ;)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-83248194833602966742014-04-15T20:00:22.898-04:002014-04-15T20:00:22.898-04:00I have some essays I wrote when I was in high scho...I have some essays I wrote when I was in high school, but one book that I made in fourth grade that was bound and was about a tornado I sadly don't have anymore and I wish I did because I did some good illustrations for that. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-89978938101149593552014-04-15T19:58:43.850-04:002014-04-15T19:58:43.850-04:00A golden nose? Well, of course you wrote that as a...A golden nose? Well, of course you wrote that as a child! wouldn't have expected anything else. ;)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-22842697034440609752014-04-15T19:57:36.696-04:002014-04-15T19:57:36.696-04:00Four? Wow! You were advanced! :D The book sounds l...Four? Wow! You were advanced! :D The book sounds lovely. Hopefully your parents do have it because it would be a real treasure.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-59009833425146157382014-04-15T19:55:37.497-04:002014-04-15T19:55:37.497-04:00It's a good thing you saved your children'...It's a good thing you saved your children's work. I would do the same. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-72658421027690865162014-04-15T15:26:24.028-04:002014-04-15T15:26:24.028-04:00"but to a different girl and boy this time&qu..."but to a different girl and boy this time" -- that just cracks me up for some reason. <br /><br />That poem is fantastic---you really have had the knack for this writing thing for a long time. I will have to go digging through mounds of memorabilia to find anything I did pre-writer. Not sure I want to find it...Nicki Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-7192557893518624332014-04-15T15:15:12.145-04:002014-04-15T15:15:12.145-04:00Great collection. I don't have much of the wri...Great collection. I don't have much of the writing from before I was about 11, and I don't have any of the stuff I wrote at senior school either, but I do have swathes of stuff from my teens :D I was always a prose writer, not poetry, but the only thing I can say about my early stuff if that I'm glad the internet didn't exist when I wrote it ;P<br />Sophie<br /><a href="http://sophiesthoughtsandfunmbles.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles</a> - A to Z Ghosts<br /><a href="http://fantasyboysxxx.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Fantasy Boys XXX</a> - A to Z Drabblerotic<br />Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-10251631461910395312014-04-15T14:55:03.147-04:002014-04-15T14:55:03.147-04:00Wow! I remember vaguely some stories I wrote when ...Wow! I remember vaguely some stories I wrote when I was younger.<br />My favorite that I can remember was titled The Man With The Golden Nose.(yes he did have a gold nose) It would be nice to have kept all of them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-25520359758940388982014-04-15T14:30:50.564-04:002014-04-15T14:30:50.564-04:00I wrote my first book at four, I and a Sunhat, in ...I wrote my first book at four, I and a Sunhat, in yellow marker, on small pages of my father's work stationary. I believe it was from one of the computer-based companies he worked for at the time, 1984. Hopefully my parents still have that book around somewhere, since it wasn't thrown out with all my other early picture books and novelettes when we left New York in August 1996. The book consists of a person and a sunhat engaged in opposites, like Up/Down, Dark/Light, and Right/Left.<br /><br />Some of my picture books and stories were also written/drawn on dot matrix printer paper, because I really am that old, and because my family's had a computer since Mac's first year.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-34422651004164524642014-04-15T13:56:10.852-04:002014-04-15T13:56:10.852-04:00You really showed your talent early. I have none o...You really showed your talent early. I have none of my early writing saved but I made sure to save my children's early efforts.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-60328900034208858792014-04-15T13:45:17.308-04:002014-04-15T13:45:17.308-04:00POSSIBLY!POSSIBLY!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-90475364885950163452014-04-15T13:45:04.745-04:002014-04-15T13:45:04.745-04:00I'll always keep them. :)
Torchering could ve...I'll always keep them. :)<br /><br />Torchering could very well be torturing with flames. lolChrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-17342734856972630872014-04-15T13:10:40.528-04:002014-04-15T13:10:40.528-04:00Maybe he was torturing them by torching them?Maybe he was torturing them by torching them?Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-34560582974637966362014-04-15T13:03:10.812-04:002014-04-15T13:03:10.812-04:00Hang on to those old stories - you never know when...Hang on to those old stories - you never know when one will become your next book.<br />Is torchering torturing with flames? Because that works also.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-17526311359727209862014-04-15T12:49:00.252-04:002014-04-15T12:49:00.252-04:00Thanks! :D I think you should share your first sto...Thanks! :D I think you should share your first story. It's amazing to read our first creations and to pass them on. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.com