Comments on: ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/05/once-around-the-block/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tommy Donbavand http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/05/once-around-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Tommy Donbavand Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=1912#comment-801 Now, you see - I was a geek; an utter swot. In fact, the nerds used to gang up on me and ridicule my choice in retractable pencil. I even used to *shudder* ask the maths teacher for extra homework. I know, I know... Then, at college, I rebelled and spent all my time entertaining - leaving two weeks before my A Levels in order to become a clown called Wobblebottom at a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight. From there, it was sequins and stage make-up all the way. I often wonder what would have happened if I'd continued along the academic path. Would I have still become a writer? Probably. Would I still be writing the same comedy horror stuff for kids? Only if it was about a team of brave mathematical nerds who solve mysteries using complex equations. Actually, that sounds great, doesn't it? I could call the series Pythagoras and the Fractions, and they could be based in an underground lair that's a perfect isosceles triangle! Now, it's time to sit back and wait for the publishers to start a bidding war on that one... Now, you see – I was a geek; an utter swot. In fact, the nerds used to gang up on me and ridicule my choice in retractable pencil. I even used to *shudder* ask the maths teacher for extra homework. I know, I know…

Then, at college, I rebelled and spent all my time entertaining – leaving two weeks before my A Levels in order to become a clown called Wobblebottom at a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight. From there, it was sequins and stage make-up all the way.

I often wonder what would have happened if I’d continued along the academic path. Would I have still become a writer? Probably. Would I still be writing the same comedy horror stuff for kids? Only if it was about a team of brave mathematical nerds who solve mysteries using complex equations.

Actually, that sounds great, doesn’t it? I could call the series Pythagoras and the Fractions, and they could be based in an underground lair that’s a perfect isosceles triangle!

Now, it’s time to sit back and wait for the publishers to start a bidding war on that one…

]]> By: Mark Robson http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/2009/05/once-around-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Mark Robson Sun, 31 May 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/?p=1912#comment-800 I wasn't an 'A' student either, Ali. I feel better to know that it's not just me. I got mainly 'B's and 'C's with a few unmentionables somewhere down below that! I'm always left in awe of the writers who went off and got their First in English at Oxford and then did some Masters Degree or other before settling down to doing some writing. My 'B' at 'O' Level just feels kind of inadequate sometimes. Still I console myself by thinking that I've probably had a lot more fun in my life than they had!!! I wasn’t an ‘A’ student either, Ali. I feel better to know that it’s not just me. I got mainly ‘B’s and ‘C’s with a few unmentionables somewhere down below that! I’m always left in awe of the writers who went off and got their First in English at Oxford and then did some Masters Degree or other before settling down to doing some writing. My ‘B’ at ‘O’ Level just feels kind of inadequate sometimes. Still I console myself by thinking that I’ve probably had a lot more fun in my life than they had!!!

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