Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Diane Greco on First Person

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Susan

Thankfully I’ve been directed to the crossroads of hyperfiction journeys by Mark Bernstein and now that I’m back on track, ordered some stuff and wandered around to find Diane Greco’s website and this: First-person narration in fiction ought to do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Writing for New Media – The Classics?

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Susan

Well, either none of my readers are into new media or those who may be chose to giggle in secret. I was doing just fine with this book by Andrew Bonime and Ken Pohlmann, breezing through the basic introduction and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: A Blow by Blow

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Susan

Some terrific insight into the process of hyperlinking on if:books post, On Collaborating With the Reader. This is the type of thing I’m struggling to teach myself with Macromedia Flash (and hopefully Storyspace some day soon).  The stories are written … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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SELF ANALYSIS: Would I have told you if I was Darth Vader?

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Susan

You are Luke Skywalker You value your friends and loved ones, but can sometimes act recklesslybecause of your emotions. Occasionally you resort to whining. You look ahead to great things for yourself.   Click here to take the "Which Star … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Morning Sky

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Susan

This morning, a mellow blue sky sponge-painted with clouds. Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Writing for New Media – The Talmud

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Susan

I picked this up at the last book sale and started going through the first few pages this evening to diversify my reading of novels and philosophy.  The beginning is much of what was presented in the New Media course … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Requirements

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Susan

Any idea why algebra is a required college course and ethics and sociology aren’t?  I loved algebra, but can’t say I ever use it. I mean, what is the real percentage of students that use even the theories of algebra … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Workshopping & Technology

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Susan

Took the stress of deadlines off my head, but still I’m getting shorter every day.  I do intend to rework a couple of my own stories, as I’ve mentioned but procrastinated long enough to no longer worry about it.  If … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: K.I.S.S.

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Susan

A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible.  The instructions were that the story had to contain the following three things:  Religion, Sexuality, and Mystery. Below is the only A+ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A Visual Story

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Susan

Have been working on nothing but an art installation for the past several days.  One hundred and sixty seven tiny 3 x 3 inch square of various colors and sizes with tiny mats (unfortunately, since this is the math and … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Soon. Soon.

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Susan

Antsy for a dose of McCarthy; know it will rejuvenate me just as Willie and Waylon have sent the blood racing and the imagination bouncing off the convolutions of my brain.  Don’t know why I’d shut them out so long; … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Musical Sex

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Susan

Waylon creeps into my soul and settles in somewhere down deep.  I feel him.  The music moving inside me; the stroke of words softly reaching up to twist my heart; the low growling voice tweaking, touching places he has no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Technology

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Susan

Maybe I don’t have to learn the hard way if I wait (and live!) long enough.  An Automatic Text-to-Scene Conversion development program at AT&T Labs may make it so much easier to build multimedia images by making the program user … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Honesty

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Susan

In studying Ethics, it is obvious that honesty and fairness are relatives, but reason rules. In art and in its dealings with aspiring painters, writers, sculpters, photographers and creative outpouring of any sort at all, I wonder how big a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Loneliness

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Susan

Does this mean, he asks me, that you won’t be going to night meetings anymore? I don’t know, I say, curious as to his sudden question.  Why? Just wondering, he answers. He has taken this marriage business and togetherness a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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