Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: And the Scaredy-Cat Player

I have put The Watchmaker CD in, played the intro, and pulled it out again.  I’ve done this twice already and there’s no more getting around it:  I’m scared. As anxious as I am to get started, the first thing … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: I’m on it.

Just downloaded a new test program from Storytron called SWAT (’cause with that name, I thought I was gonna get to carry a big stick and move on some creepy creatures) so that is what is going to be taking … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA: Afternoon, A Story – Narrative Pace

One of the things I’m noticing about reading in this mode–and I mean the manner alone, rather than expressing my reader ability to wander within the text–is the pace with which the reader measures out the story.  There is no … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: A Swell Day

Since I’m biting my tongue and holding back on the personal entries lately, I won’t post about the big new CVS in town (the one that put our little local deli out of business) not having frozen pizza, only one … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Readerly/Writerly

Once more amid a new spat of sleepless nights the specter of Roland Barthes appears above my bed and draws me back within my hummingbird satin robe to shuffle off to first the kitchen where I brew a cup of … Continue reading Continue reading

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EDUCATION: Again with the Plagiarism and Feelgoodism

Ya know, I had Spinning locked away from Google and other search engines for well over a year because I was disgusted with getting hit up for Cheever’s "The Swimmer" constantly (I had several entries on it).  But this takes … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: This Morning after a Night’s Rain

The freshly laundered sky, clear blue, still damp; wrinkled with clouds awaiting the heat of the sun to smooth it into day. Continue reading

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WRITING: Publishing Credentials

Well, if I hadn’t wandered around a bit at Daniel Green’s Reading Experience this morning I might never have realized that first, he has a great short story published there that has been included in the Third Anniversary Issue of … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA: Hypertext 3.0 – Reader Choice?

Been doing some thinking on hypertext and the notion of reader choice of paths and the non-linearity of the medium. While the idea is that both writer and reader are authors by nature of writing the story in a series … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Happy Father’s Day

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BLOGGING & REALITY?: Circumstantial Evidence

In the next few weeks, reality will be heavily voiced over in metaphor and symbolism–as has usually been my way unless the situation cannot be covered in poetic form.  I’ve applied for a couple jobs that may call for checking … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA: Afternoon, A Story – Narrative Structure and Voice

I have decided to read through this hypertext novel by first exploring the main trail.  It is told in first person pov, the protagonist being a separated husband wondering about an accident that may have involved his wife and son.  … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Anniversary Lobster

Plates set out for the dinner meal, fork and knife and claw crackers and picks.  And several napkins and individual butter bowls.  Wineglasses filled with sparkling white–to be proper, of course.  No bibs; we change our shirts instead.  Eight pounds … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Evolution and the Layers of Night

Why has not the lightning bug learned to fly above the reach of children who run in glee with jars and open palms across the blackened lawns? Then I see the flitting bats above, winging tighter, tighter concentric circles in … Continue reading Continue reading

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INTERACTIVE FICITON: Book and Volume – Slow Reader

I’ve lost my hard-learned knack of getting through  IF.  To give you an example, the transcript from I’ve made of my progress in getting outside from "my" apartment to the street to begin my mission (the text reponses/directions following the … Continue reading Continue reading

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