Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Editing

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Susan

Been stuck in editing mode all day today; not just mine own, but all the submitted work for the next issue of otto which is due out the first week of April to tie in with the Tunxis Community College … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Susan

It has always been my norm to stay fairly within a genre or range of reading for an extended period of time, the selections being whatever hot thing I was into at the time.  Stuck to horror and mystery for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A History of Time

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Susan

Obviously contemporary literature unravels story that is relevant to its time, both in the way a society or culture is current in its trends–at least for a segment of the population–as well as its ideas of past and future. With … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Health Issues

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Susan

Please, let my father-in-law have nothing seriously wrong with him. And please, please, please, if he requires surgery and recuperation, don’t let it be at our house. I am a truly terrible person and I’ll burn in Hell for this, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Awareness

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Susan

Every now and then it hits you:  you’re on the wrong path.  You’ve been on the wrong path for a very long time, but just like that decision to switch lanes at the supermarket, you either do or you don’t, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Genre

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Susan

One of the things I like about the 2005 BAMS is this decision by series editor, Otto Penzler: Few of the stories are detective fiction, a tale in which an official police officer, a private eye, or an amateur sleuth … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Jitterbug

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Susan

Jumpy today, cannot focus.  Torn between reading, writing, work and coming up with some idea of dinner.  Last couple days of husband’s unemployment.  Monday back to the routine–if I can remember what it was; it’s been nine months.  How we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: A Vardaman Day

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Susan

Like Faulkner’s child, I watch as life can turn on a dime.  A lightless flash that lingers in the mind just long enough to catch a sight of tunnels taking off in rays from some such sun that God Himself … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: E-Books

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Susan

First I categorized this entry under literature, but decided that everything is story, so I’d take it to the next level. This Sony reader gizmo due out intrigued me.  Even the $350 price tag seemed okay, compared to the price … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Dana Reeve, Superwoman

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Susan

This is what makes you want to believe in a God, and why Boethius asks the question of his faith in The Consolation of Philosphy. Christopher Reeve’s Widow Dies at Age 44. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Patterns

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Susan

One of the topics up for discussion at our next writers group meeting is patterns, things that are contrived or naturally assemble themselves into a thread that winds itself within a work of literature, art, film, whatever, to act as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Movin On

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Susan

Today I went home, most likely for the very last time.  We moved in when I was ten years old, in a cold snowy January that had us walking down the hill to the mailbox in unplowed waist-high snow.  I … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dark Comes Later

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Susan

Longer days that start out brighter sooner, darken later.  Offers of a different day that follows light and sun ruled time and less of dreams concocted in the mind. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Narrative Structure

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Susan

Not strictly linear, but rather circular and more like connect the dots even.  A book whose bookmark has fallen out, and guessed where to replace.  Hypertext of disassociated boxes all laid out like puzzle pieces waiting for the strings to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Next Up

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Susan

I think I shall squelch any impulse to reach for another novel from the pile; instead, I found The Best American Mystery Stories – 2005 that was a traditional Christmas gift for my sister who managed to cancel my Christmas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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