Wednesday, May 28, 2008

A Treaser Hunt With THE Girl Who Wanted To Be In Professional Baseball, or The Trosure Hunt of 1775 Apartment

No matter what the title of the story is, this is one good yarn. Demand will undoubtedly be strong, so download it now while it is still free:

Treasure%20Hunt.pdf
(Hopefully the PDF is legible. It is quite a process to scan a document written by an 11 year old in pencil on lined paper that has become ragged over the decades.)

I am proud to say that I improved my punctuation and spelling skills, plus managed to gain a bit more control over digressions, in the 20 years since I wrote this "Treasure" (or Treaser or Trosure...).
Posted by at
Labels: ,

7 comments:

  1. Count MockulaMay 28, 2008 at 6:57 AM

    I love it! Oh my gosh, I love that you all had scuba gear for the indoor pool, I love the notes on the Cubs, I love the Saturday morning cartoon schedule, I love that your apartment is where the rich people live, I love your black room with hot pink lettering... I love it all. What an awesome story.

    ReplyDelete
  2. marMay 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    also, 'she eyed me like i was vomit'
    omg!

    ReplyDelete
  3. marMay 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    i haven't finished reading yet, but i was almost late to work because i got so engrossed in the first half...

    ReplyDelete
  4. NoRegretsMay 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM

    I can't believe you wrote about going to a spa when you were only 11 years old! I don't think I knew what those were until my 20's...

    ReplyDelete
  5. SuzanneMay 28, 2008 at 7:46 PM

    "She eyed me like I was vomit," is pretty much my favorite part, too. It's so brilliant I believe that I shall use it in a future story. :)

    No Regrets: I'm not sure that I really knew what a spa was. Basically, the whole pool apartment set up is modeled on a hotel my family stayed at in Ann Arbor, MI for one night on our way back from driving to Toronto when I was 7 years old. (Clearly, it made a huge impression on me.) I think what I referred to as the spa is actually a whirlpool.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hecticmom UndoneMay 28, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    OMG! I got to the "eyed me like I was vomit" part too and thought that was my favorite!

    You know - I kept thinking that your "voice" is still very similiar. While, your topics are much more adult - it still "sounds" like you.

    Enjoyed it! Thanks for all the work to get it posted. :D

    ReplyDelete
  7. SuzanneMay 28, 2008 at 10:09 PM

    Hectic Mom - The consistency of my voice really, really scares me. Either I was an exceptional 11 year old, or I have made very little progress over the last 20 years, or both. I think this is evidence that I am just getting dumber as I age. :) I'm so glad that you enjoyed the tale!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)