I found a story I wrote when I was nine y.o.

SO I'm looking through my old blog (it's over ten years old, so yeah, it's OLD), just so I know what's on there. I'm finding all kinds of fanart and banners, charpics, and some hilarity that I posted randomly.

One of these is an excerpt from a story I wrote when I was nine. It's called "Watch Out for the Purpel [Sic] Goo."

Also:
-I gave myself my own publishing company: "butterfly books" (and this is a horror novel).
-the dedication reads: "dedicate to mom and dad for their anniversery [sic]"
-I also included a blurb: "Will Anna get help before it's too late?" (you used it's correctly! go nine-year-old me!)

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Hello my name is Anna if you live in the forest it is as bad as it gets let me tell you my story. "Do we have to live here?" I complained.

It was saturday in rain town woods it looked like the groud was soggy cornflakes. my brother ran out fo the van, probably looking for worms my brother's name is kale it sounds like kill. I call him nerd breath which realy makes him mad. I went in the house. My dresser was put in its spot. I put away my clothes yuck the floor was all wet probably decomposing I thought. Then I took a tour of the house it was all wet.

"It's like this whloe house is rotting" I heard kale say. The floor creaked and smelled of mold "I'm going to hurl" I whispered to my self. "Anna lunch time" I heard my mom call. I raced downstairs. My mom said "For lunch we're having Liver wrust anna is that all right?" my stomach churrned, my face turned green, quickly I said I'm not hungry. "Gee this place sucks I guess I'll write in my diary.

Dear diary I hate this place I miss my friends and our old house.

I shut it, looked out side and saw a purple pond.

A purple pond?! I began to get exited and scared. I told my mom about it she said "Why don't you check it out you barely go out." So I went out into the forest It was hot and steamy I began to sweat. Leaves were all over the soggy ground moldy trees covered the area. I began to wonder what animals lived here but that thought left my mind when I saw the purple pond for a minute I was scared but then I realized some one probably dyed it purple. I put a life in knowing it would float, but it didn't it was being sucked inside the purple goo. I thought I saw some eyes and a mouth but I didn't stick around to find out I ran out of the woods.

I raced into the door into my safe cold room. Breathing hard I closed my eyes and layed on my bed. After a while I looked out my window again it was raining I looked and saw the purple pond there was a secret hidden by the pond little did I know that I would soon find out what it was.

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I'm pretty sure this is a rip-off of like 90 R.L. Stine stories. But it's not horrible for a kid LOL.
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Published on February 08, 2016 16:24 Tags: author-post, nostalgia, random, writing
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Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ This is GOLD. Soggy cornflakes ground and liver wurst for dinner??? <3


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Nenia Campbell Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "This is GOLD. Soggy cornflakes ground and liver wurst for dinner??? <3"

Not liver wurst, liver wrust. :P


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ WELL EXCUSE ME. :P


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Nenia Campbell Hahaha I was such a dorky little kid.


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ Here's one I wrote in first grade. It's really short and MORBID. (view spoiler)


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Nenia Campbell O________O

That's ok. I wrote a story for school once that apparently got a phone call to my parents. I wrote about a war horse that had been shot full of bullets and then the bullet holes were replaced with gems and that's how merry-go-round ponies are made! :D

To be fair, your writing was excellent for a first grader. I'm impressed.


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ Haha, that sounds awesome.

I copied and pasted that from my blog. I think I edited the punctuation for readability, because I went comma-crazy.


Sassy Sarah Reads I lost it at "my brother ran out fo the van, probably looking for worms my brother's name is kale it sounds like kill." This is the cutest thing ever. I totally got the Stine vibe. I'm sure if I went looking through my old writing I would just laugh at my cuteness. I remember writing a Greek mythology based off of how zebras got their stripes once. That is a story I need to find.


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Nenia Campbell Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "Haha, that sounds awesome.

I copied and pasted that from my blog. I think I edited the punctuation for readability, because I went comma-crazy."


LOL! Well, that's no fair! I left in all my run on sentences. :D


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Nenia Campbell Sarah Marie wrote: "I lost it at "my brother ran out fo the van, probably looking for worms my brother's name is kale it sounds like kill." This is the cutest thing ever. I totally got the Stine vibe. I'm sure if I w..."

Ohhh, I remember writing creation myth stories in grade school when I was a kid! I hope you find yours! That sounds fun. :D


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Vera Save the notebooks/scrapbooks from when you were younger. They will be precious, the more time passes :D


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Vera PS: I still read RL Stine books in 2016. And there's Goosebumps movie coming out this year!


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Nenia Campbell Vera wrote: "Save the notebooks/scrapbooks from when you were younger. They will be precious, the more time passes :D"

Haha yeah. :D I think I have the original draft of Cloak and Dagger on one of my old laptops... originally, it was called "Psychotic Love" and it was really lame. XD


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Nenia Campbell Vera wrote: "PS: I still read RL Stine books in 2016. And there's Goosebumps movie coming out this year!"

SAME! Although I'm more into Christopher Pike and V.C. Andrews at the moment. Christopher Pike has an awesome vampire series that I really like. Think it's called the Last Vampire?! OMG SO GOOD.

AND AHHHHH YESSSS. GOOSEBUMPSSS MOVIE.

...I think it's already out here. They were giving out promotional posters of the old book covers, and I managed to snag four. YAHSSS.


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Vera I swear a previous incarnation of the novel, was "Jaded...?" You put 4 chapters up, pulled it down, and then started "C & D..." I remember making some comment, about if this was a reincarnation you were gonna finish...and lo and behold' within six months, the majority was up :)

You should hook up with Suzana. Those are, like, her two favourite authors, alongside Lois Duncan. I'm not "into" RL Stine books (haha, you make it sound like a phase) - I just have lots of them lingering around the house, and they make quick rereads. I think american movies always air here 2 or 3 weeks after the U.S. So 'Goosebumps' was out last Friday, or this upcoming Friday - can't remember which. (omg just checked - we get it FOUR months after you)


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Nenia Campbell Yes, it went Psychotic Love, then Jaded, then Cloak and Dagger. :D

There was also a very rough draft version of Horrorscape called "Counterplay" that I wrote in response to a challenge haha.

OOOOH, I'll have to then! I didn't know she liked V.C. Andrews that much! That's ridiculous about the time delays. I've noticed it's like that with ebooks too so I imagine it might have something with securing the rights in other countries. I feel lucky I don't have to deal with that; I hold the rights to my books, so I can just click the publish button and then everyone gets their copy at the same time. :)


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Vera Delays are a piss-take. I'm glad you don't have some major corporation bossing you around, though I suppose that same corporation, will promote the sh** out of your book. Being an Indie author is hard, I'm guessing! But there's some success stories out there like E.L James and Colleen Hoover. What gets my goat though, is that indie publishing has opened up a whole can of worms - allowing any old shi* to be published. Still, I'm glad it exists. And that it cuts out the irritating middle man!


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ Psychotic Love could be the name of any one of your stories, really... ;)


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Thibaut Nicodème The opening feels eerily My Immortal-esque. Are you secretly Tara Gilesbie? :O


Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "Here's one I wrote in first grade. It's really short and MORBID. [spoilers removed]"

Oh man..... I wrote stuff like this when I was young too. I don't think I have any of it, anymore.


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Suzana Thompson I love that you left it unedited, because the misspelled words make it so endearing. It is so childishly innocent and adorable. I'm impressed, though, by your use of decomposing. That's a pretty big word for a nine year old. You also utilize some good descriptions. Soggy cornflakes are an apt comparison to sodden leaves sinking into water-saturated ground. I also got a kick out of nerd breath. And you also set up a hook to get the reader to read more and find out the secret.

Yes, I've just reviewed your childhood story. Thanks for sharing this fun bit of nostalgia with us.


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Nenia Campbell Vera wrote: "Delays are a piss-take. I'm glad you don't have some major corporation bossing you around, though I suppose that same corporation, will promote the sh** out of your book. Being an Indie author is h..."

I hope to be one of those success stories one day! But until then I'll try to look on the positive side. ;)


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Nenia Campbell Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "Psychotic Love could be the name of any one of your stories, really... ;)"

LOL!!!!! Heather, I love you. You're so right.

Maybe I should title my next book Psychotic Love.


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Nenia Campbell Thibaut wrote: "The opening feels eerily My Immortal-esque. Are you secretly Tara Gilesbie? :O"

OH NO! YOU HAVE DISCOFFERED MY SUDONIM.


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Nenia Campbell Karly *The Vampire Ninja & Luminescent Monster* wrote: "Solid gold ♥"

Hahaha thanks. :D


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Nenia Campbell Suzana wrote: "I love that you left it unedited, because the misspelled words make it so endearing. It is so childishly innocent and adorable. I'm impressed, though, by your use of decomposing. That's a pretty bi..."

I was a very precocious kid, but only in a couple areas. Reading was one. :p And LOL! I liked your review of my work. I'm not sure how well my nine year old self might have reacted to such criticism (probably pouted), but it made me lol! :D ♥


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ Nenia wrote: "Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "Psychotic Love could be the name of any one of your stories, really... ;)"

LOL!!!!! Heather, I love you. You're so right.

Maybe I should title my next..."



Haha! You should! :D


Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ Karly *The Vampire Ninja & Luminescent Monster* wrote: "Heather *live on coffee and flowers* wrote: "Here's one I wrote in first grade. It's really short and MORBID. [spoilers removed]"

Oh man..... I wrote stuff like this when I was young too. I don't ..."


Let's be morbid together, lol.


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Nenia Campbell #TeamMorbid


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