Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Published!

Happy to read the tweet this morning from a friend to say she's gotten six short stories published up at the Espresso Stories sites. Online publishing is a growing opportunity for writers and I'm excited to note that more folks … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: Lessons

See the waythe sand makes wayto let me pass,teaching meto givewith need.Gritty crystalline,tiny stones,you melt softly into crowds.Oceans weepto see the waysandis so easilymoved. Continue reading

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WRITING: Alliteration

The years after that were just folders of days filed and forgotten. Maybe it's an awareness, a product of reading both classic literature and poetry; maybe it's a natural skill born of an ear for sounds; maybe it's just overwriting … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: When Will I Ever Learn?

Somewhere in the vast universe of internetery yesterday was a post on "How Not to Write a Novel" or maybe it was geared toward short story, I don't remember. In any case, one of its first warnings was a red … Continue reading Continue reading

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EDUCATION: Where Have All The Artists Gone?

As another semester starts I sink back down into the comfort of my couch and sigh. Every semester I scan the local community college course offerings with an eye on the New Media, English Lit and Writing, and one that … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: Setting Tone

The mood was set by eight a.m. The kind of morning where all you want to do is curl up on the couch with a good book and a warm cup of hemlock. Continue reading

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REALITY?: Welcoming an Era of Change

Many things will fall into place as a normal economic cycle regenerates itself and from the depths of near despair a new prosperity emerges based on rational and necessary changes. Religion and science can co-exist beyond their basic conflicts. Time … Continue reading Continue reading

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LITERATURE: Recall

I'm worried about my short term memory, trying to remember books and authors and plots I've read within the last few years, few months. And yet I can easily recall story from the first book I ever read: See Dick … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: Writers as Fools

It seems that the author–or his/her publisher–I've tried to graciously instruct against leaving his/her self-marketing blurbs as spam comments on this weblog isn't smart enough to take the hint and attempted to place two more comments this morning before I … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Marriage is…

…finding ways to make each other laugh when maybe no one else would think it's funny. On weekends when I take a shower and he's sitting at his computer in the office directly across from the bathroom, he wolf-whistles as … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Healthcare

After spending almost all of yesterday coming up with figures and ideas to help comprehend my own feeling that we should step away from the idea of insuring every American and head towards the more feasible and reasonable concern that … Continue reading Continue reading

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LITERATURE, WRITING & TECHNOLOGY: Catching the Cliche’

This post from Good Experience, “A Kindle Trick Changes the Reading Experience” found the ability of the Kindle, or likely any equipped e-lit reader, to catch the overused and abused phrase in a piece of work. In this instance, it … Continue reading Continue reading

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BLOGGING: And the Wayward Writer

Tee-hee. My bad. Continue reading

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WRITING: Again and Again and Again

Sorta stalled on this latest story, the idea coming at me full tilt and since that's not what I am used to, I feel like I am filling in a form rather than creating a story. Meanwhile, I go back … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: Practice on Simile

We age like oaks; grow taller, yes, but thickening too, adding years in rings that bear no diamonds but a measure of what we've learned and when. We stand firm, losing flexibility yet growing ever upward and branching out. Roots … Continue reading Continue reading

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