R.L. Stine.

When I was younger, my favorite author of all time was R.L. Stine. I loved the fact that I could read a book late at night, before I went to sleep, and it would give me nightmares. I began to collect every single one of Stine's books, and fell in love with his writing; his stories. The only thing that really upset me, though, was that his books always had a happy ending. Which really, is horrible to say. But come on! If you're going to write a scary story, at least kill someone off at the end. Jeez. I mean, I kind of understand why his books had to have happy endings, him being a children's author after all.
But still.
So right now, I'm reading Halloween Night by R.L. Stine. I started reading it this morning, and I'm almost finished with it. Maybe it's because it's almost Halloween and I'm really excited. Maybe I'm just reminscing. I've been doing that quite a bit lately.
But now, when you go to a bookstore, you can see a whole display of Stine's old and new books. And can I just say, the new Stine books look like the dumbest thing in the world. I guess I should really keep my mouth shut until I actually read any of these books...but they don't look anywhere near as good as the classics.
Like the babysitter stories, when the call is coming from INside the house.
Or the Night of the Living Dummy.
Or Goosebumps!
But what is this crap about Horrorland? It looks like an amusement park that comes alive. I don't get it.
I'd be scared if I was babysitting, and a murderer was in the house.
Or my doll came to life.
But seriously? A roller coaster chasing you.
I really just pulled that out of my butt; I don't know what these Horrorland books are about.

I guess what I'm trying to say is...when I become a famous writer, because I know I will...eventually...I don't want to be famous for, say, five years, and then I lose my touch. Or people stop reading my books and stop looking up to me.
Because that's totally my goal: I want people to look up to me, and say to themselves, "Wow! She's a great writer! I want to be like her one day!" Kind of like I am with Meg Cabot. :D