tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post443547006403000294..comments2023-10-05T09:44:58.124+01:00Comments on Get On With It: Back in the dayKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-18595087472184217142008-01-18T13:52:00.000+00:002008-01-18T13:52:00.000+00:00leigh - Doh! I think the clue was in the title! ...leigh - Doh! I think the clue was in the title! I was thinking of Calendar - a regional news programme (honest).<BR/><BR/>wayne - I know. Brings a tear to your eye :)<BR/><BR/>lane - I loved stories about Victorian girls and ponies...well ponies anyway. Ponies in Pink Plastic Macs doesn't sound the same somehow...<BR/><BR/>annieye - Old at 54!! My children think anyone over 30 is old, mind you. Bins are the perfect place for rejection letters, by the way. I don't want to be reminded of my failures :)<BR/><BR/>paul - I'm sure there's loads of other stuff in m'cupboard, but lots more got left behind when I moved. Probably just as well!<BR/><BR/>helenhm - The only letter I ever got back from someone famous, was Santa when I was 6. Definitely not the same :)<BR/><BR/>l-plate - That's very impressive! I wonder if Valerie will remember you when you're famous??<BR/><BR/>tf - I could frame them - to embarrass the children if nothing else!<BR/><BR/>alis - I've a feeling it might be a little 'out there' even for the mighty Mighty Boosh!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-35524588209934658422008-01-17T18:47:00.000+00:002008-01-17T18:47:00.000+00:00Pigs in Pink Plastic Macs sounds as if it's due a ...Pigs in Pink Plastic Macs sounds as if it's due a come-back to me - cult fiction - sell it to the Mighty Boosh!!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-84741266192236445002008-01-16T21:43:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:43:00.000+00:00You should frame these early masterpieces, alterna...You should frame these early masterpieces, alternative art :) TFXDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-11323678594603498752008-01-16T21:25:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:25:00.000+00:00When I was twelve I won a writing competiton. It ...When I was twelve I won a writing competiton. It involved writing a letter about what ideas I could come up with for a spare piece of land, which I'm sure was where the idea of Alton Towers came from! <BR/><BR/>I won an 'adventure' holiday for me and a friend and had a t-shirt signed by Valerie Singleton!Marcie Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921930565391929367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-36977615270017522582008-01-16T21:08:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:08:00.000+00:00When I was at school I wrote a letter to Magnus Py...When I was at school I wrote a letter to Magnus Pyke (re a school debate about UFOs) and he replied! I treasured the letter for years! Not sure what that says about me!HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-64285764152789156492008-01-16T19:28:00.000+00:002008-01-16T19:28:00.000+00:00This is brilliant!I think I have bits and bobs clu...This is brilliant!<BR/><BR/>I think I have bits and bobs cluttering up my closet from when me and my best friend used to (attempt to, at least) draw comics. And I think my sister and I used to record plays on cassettes too, or at least perform them to mum and dad with cassettes for sound effects and music...<BR/><BR/>Awesome that you still have these things though!Paul Capewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912578445175340824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-83372192393570500452008-01-16T18:18:00.000+00:002008-01-16T18:18:00.000+00:00I had a rejection letter from Blue Peter Annual wh...I had a rejection letter from Blue Peter Annual when I was eight, but they sent me a coveted Blue Peter Badge because they liked my idea for making a memory aid for my ageing grandma (who was really old at 54!)<BR/><BR/>It consisted of an empty Swan matchbox covered in sticky backed plastic, a supply of elastic bands and a notepad and was accompanied by a story about how my Grandma forgot to collect my younger brother and me from school one day.<BR/><BR/>Two rejection letters in the early 1980s went in the bin in disgust.Annieyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466245069641820781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-34415544263908368262008-01-16T18:09:00.000+00:002008-01-16T18:09:00.000+00:00Brilliant. Your early writing sounds so sassy and ...Brilliant. Your early writing sounds so sassy and cool. Pigs in Pink Plastic Macs was way before its time me thinks:-)<BR/><BR/>I wrote about dopey Victorian girls and ponies and never had the vision to actually send something off! And you'd even prepared your interviews! That will come in handy one day!<BR/>xLane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-73813018188759055432008-01-16T17:49:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:49:00.000+00:00That's beautiful.That's beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-30606824083147277382008-01-16T17:28:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:28:00.000+00:00Er, wasn't Nationwide a nationwide TV news program...Er, wasn't Nationwide a nationwide TV news programme? We used to get it in Hertfordshire, which is a little way from Scarborough...Leigh Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651812577518625326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-91630591354982838452008-01-16T17:08:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:08:00.000+00:00How funny! The friend I co-wrote Pigs in Pink Pla...How funny! The friend I co-wrote Pigs in Pink Plastic Macs with (can't believe I've typed that twice in as many hours) was also writing a bonkbuster, Jackie Collins' stylee, in an old notepad, but I don't think it ever saw the light of day. It was very rude though - all those surging hormones, I suppose!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-75143758796679507462008-01-16T17:04:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:04:00.000+00:00That made me laugh! I've got two rejection letters...That made me laugh! I've got two rejection letters from Penguin Publishers. One was sent to me when I was 8 for my 'book' "Weedy" and the second when I was 11 (no idea what that one was for!).<BR/><BR/>At school a girl in the year below me wrote an erotic tale about some of the teachers (she wrote in detail about imagined affairs they were having, going into somewhat gruesome detail about sexual acts and whatnot) and it was passed around the whole school. Funnily enough she was expelled not long after! I wonder if she ever become an author (I can't remember for the life of me what she was called).CL Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650291635298634215noreply@blogger.com