When you read that Christopher and I wrote "Jamie's Dream" when he was nine, you might wonder how much of the book was Chris. Therein lies a story:
When Christopher was 9, we we living in Redmond Washington during the Northern Exposure shooting season.( My then husband, Barry Corbin was playing Maurice Minnifield)
In September of 1991 Chris began attending The Little School in Bellevue, Washington. It was an amazing school. Children were placed in their social/emotional age group. Chris was in Matt Handleman's room. (I believe the physical age of the kids was 7-11).
Every morning began with creative writing. After 25 minutes of writing, the students would read their work aloud. The other studnets then critiqued it in EXACTLY the same way my work was being critiqued in the college writing course I was taking. Only positive or fowarding criticism was allowed. By the time he and I started work on Jamie's Dream, Chris had been in Matt's class for a year and he was a great co-writer.
When Chris started with Matt, his idea of a journal entry was "We Played. Today we had pizza." Within two months, he progressed to short stories which were sometimes 20-30 pages long.
I helped this process along. I paid both Jim* and Chris for writing. I ifgured it was work I wanted them to do and I was willing to pay for it. I paaid a penny a word for 1st draft. If they went back and editied their work, it became worth 2 cents a word. I think Chris made somewhere around $200.00 that year. That was a lot of words. Jim made a lot of money too. I don't remember how much. Today, both Jim and Chris have great writing styles and I love to read their work. I also paid for report cards. My though was that they would be paid for work when they grw up and that I owuld like to start early. I paid nothing for "C's". That was average and they were expected to do that. I paid $5.00 for a "B", $7.50 for a "B+", $10.00 for an "A". and $20.00 for an "A+). If they got a "D", they owed me $5.00 and if they got and "F", they owed me $10.00. Jim Barry Corbin is my older son. He did my website. He is a fabulous funny human being who married his true love Mary and lives in Portage, MI. Mary is taking her doctorate in Biology. Jim is working for Tony the Tiger and the Keeble Elves as in IT at Kellogs in Battle Creek, MI. (Small Sample of Jim)
about Me
Screen Name : JimJimBinks
Real Name : Jim Barry Corbin
Nationality : American (Actually 50% native american)
Age : 27
Occupation : Ummm... As of tomorrow it might be iPod repair technician. I've also spent a lot of time doing film restoration and video game testing for a living.
Maritial Status : Married since April
Any children? : a dog named Wampa
Bluetights.net
Reason For Joining Bluetights : A secret crush on Justin, and it's the best Superman site on the net
Spamming, or No Spamming? : Bacon
Where do post the most on Bluetights? : I don't post near as much as I should. I like to read a lot.
Favourite thread on Bluetights : Every thread is my favorite while I'm posting in it.
Least favourite thread on Bluetights : The Rocky Balboa thread (No reason, it's the first thread I thought of
Favourite Planeteer : Hitokirivader
If you were a moderator for a day who would you ban? : Hitokirivader, or BlueTights
Best memory on Bluetights : Coming home from the San Diego comic con after seeing footage for the first time, and posting on the board first thing.
Was Superman Returns good for you? : Favorite movie of all time.
Routh or Reeve : Reeve was Superman when I was a kid, and the whole time I was growing up. Routh was Superman finally growing up with me. They both hold special places in my heart.
Favourites
Favourite Hero : Superman
Favourite Food : El Torrito's Chicken & Sour Cream Enchiladas
Favourite Drink : Water (Boring, I know)
Favourite Ice Cream Flavour : Cold stone cake batter ice cream with oreos and strawberries mixed in.
Favourite Film : Superman Returns (Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, and Superman: The Movie are tied for second)
Favourite Actor : Barry Corbin. If you can watch your own father in a movie or TV show, and he makes you completely forget that he's your father, he's gotta be a damn good actor.
Favourite TV show : The Daily Show, Heroes, BSG, and pretty much anything on Adult Swim
Favourite Song : You Learn by Alanis Morissette. In fact, most things by Alanis.
Favourite Book : The Green Mile
Favourite Hunk/Hottie : Ben Affleck, Sarah Carter, and Mary Adams
This or That
Hugs or Kisses : Hugs
Day or Night : Night
Talk or Listen : Listen
Cold or Rainy : F COLD! IT'S 8 DEGREES HERE AND I HATE IT. Rain, on the other hand, I love.
Deal or No Deal? : Kill the banker.
Finally
Last person you talked to on the phone : My brother
Last person you kissed : Mary (Or Wampa, can't remember)
Last person you told you loved : Wampa
Last time you cried : Watching Data die in Star Trek Nemesis last week
Last time you were in love : Wake up in it every day
Last time you got angry : About 3 hours ago after I got ganked by some Horde Hunter.
Last words to remember you by: "Well, this sucks."
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