Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Critique

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Susan

So I threw another story into the Crapometer and am getting some good feedback from them.  It’s a second person pov and the only one I’ve written this way for the same reason it bothers other readers: I don’t like … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Working With Flash 8

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Susan

So the first expression of creativity was a dismal failure.  Why? Because I just refuse to follow directions.  It’s a personal thing with me; figuring I can jump ahead some steps in my frenzy to learn something new in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: All right already.

Posted on April 13, 2006 by Susan

Normally I dodge these things, but for Squip at Dusting My Brain, I’ll do it: Which is your one favourite weblog and why? Metaxucafe because it is a gathering place for writers; a shortcut to view all aspects of all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Easter

Posted on April 13, 2006 by Susan

So each Easter holiday shows changes, just as Christmas, birthdays.  Children grow, get bigger, bigger, pop open to replace those missing around the table with new little people cracking eggs and delighting elders if they love the milk and vingegar … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: I had a bad, bad, day…

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Susan

Mentally singing this song from the late Waylon Jennings’ CD, Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals and Dirt.  Balancing the shop checkbook I see that a deposit didn’t show up on the statement.  Heading to the bank to make another and discuss this, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Art

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Susan

I just love this, the concept, the execution:  Hannimals (via Leaves of Grass) Art by Mario Mariotti.  (Thanks to Ronni at Time Goes By.) Continue reading →

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REALITY?: My Middle Name is Matthew…

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Susan

I listened very hard in all directions, but still I did not hear an outraged cry of discrimination nor ethnic slander against Comcast’s Slowskis.  Why not, I wonder, though I am only second generation American-born.  My roots came through the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Worldwide Economies

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Susan

I wonder if this wouldn’t solve some problems:  Line the borders with airstrips.  Allow immigrants who sorely need good jobs to board direct flights to Asia, India, wherever.  They get their dream of American jobs and the U.S. isn’t hammered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Age

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Susan

It shouldn’t happen this way.  A man works hard all his life, sometimes holding down three jobs to provide for a family of five kids.  Losing a spouse within a year after his retirement.  As if that matters; it happens … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Flash Animation

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Susan

I realized that I already had a New Media Category so I’ll likely lose the Hyperfiction one I just set up; although triple-thinking it, it would keep the project out separate from all the millions of other things that go … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA &WRITING: Seasonal Cues/Symbols

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Susan

No doubt my interest in writing in a multimedia platform has made me more aware of audio and visual effects.  (I’ve just added a new category of Hyperfiction.) The senses open themselves up to overlap each other to confirm experiences, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Effects

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Susan

I am ironing and watching Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, or whatever.  Yes, it’s daylight, but I think this movie would still be a bit too dark even if watched in a dark room.  All I’m getting is the sound effects, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Flash Fiction

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Susan

In the interest of art, my husband’s breakfast was interrupted when, upon shutting off the shower, I heard the grinding of the peppermill and realized that he had prepared himself poached eggs. Now, since I am looking to transform my … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Spring Plan…

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Susan

…of attack.  The war wages on, and the General plots out her strategy.  Battles have been won and battles have been lost, and just like in the trenches of the Western Front of WW II, the positions change very little.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Format

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Susan

Been thinking a bit on new directions I’m planning to take with my own writing.  Spending twelve hours at a writers event makes you do that.  Again.  But sometimes it helps with planning and seeing things a bit more clearly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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