Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Weather Wise

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Susan

Short; the snow seems deeper, as to a child and brighter, whiter than the aged eyes would have believed when purity seems manipulated memory.  Reality buried for a while beneath two feet of sparkling white deception, to make the world … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Seeing through my Ears

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Susan

Can’t sleep.  Snow is soundless and I cannot see through blackness of the night.  Snowplows grinding by tell me it’s snowing. Images in the dark now frighten not inspire.  Just like the plows, the noise of either dead or yet … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Tea-hee

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Susan

Living in the strictest of conditions known to us, I try to make him understand the doubling use of coffee (add one less scoop to that already used to use again; wash and reuse the filter once).  But a sudden … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: A Word

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Susan

How strange.  I have not been able to write creatively in well over a month and yet a word, "wisteria," sneaks into mind that brings a necessary scent and touch to an old story and I know that it belongs … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Newsflash

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Susan

Wow.  We may be pulling up stakes and retrench…in Arizona. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Employment Today

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Susan

I don’t believe this; I can’t get a job and this is what a local tv news site presents: NEW BRITAIN — Police now say they know who was behind a hit and run that left a police officer in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A Self-Analysis of Reading Style

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Susan

Before a grand wrap-up on Faulkner, this:  I’ve come to discover a sad little truth about my reading habits, methods of learning, my own self. In a word:  Resistant McCarthy?  What’s with this guy?  Marquez?  Oh come on.  Faulkner?  So … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Inspector Clouseau

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Susan

Just when you ached for the return of The Pink Panther and the incredible Peter Sellers, I see the remake advertised with Steve Martin in the starring role.  If anyone at all can carry the torch, it would be Martin.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Non-prolificality

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Susan

Oh goody–another great wail about writer’s block!  Back in the good ole’ days, the early Spinning times, we had a go-round and coined the word "prolificality."  The proper form, of course, is prolificacy, but then, making up words was part … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Natural Symbolism

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Susan

I have carefully avoided personal references here lately–few care, and why hang out the dirty laundry?  (metaphorical cliche!)  However, a writer’s words cannot help but be a part of his own self, gained through  hands-on or observation. It is fairly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Forecast and Afterpast

Posted on February 5, 2006 by Susan

I looked out the back door this morning, searched and searched and couldn’t find a single spot of snow.  But out in front, beneath the beach the town laid down beside the road, frozen remnants of December speckled by a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Lit Journal Listing Site

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Susan

Caught this at the MetaxuCafe forum site, and a sincere thanks to online lit journal Stranger Box  editor Amanda Sage Barnum for pointing me to Duotrope’s Digest of Fiction Fields, which is a comprehensive listing of all paper and online … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Assistance

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Susan

I’ve written about critique here before, and in my opinion find it invaluable to a writer who cannot help but become blind to his own writing.  I’ve asked for help and suggestions here and on MetaxuCafe on one of my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Constant Question

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Susan

Self doubt is an inborn trait in most writers (and artists of any creative form I would suppose), and it’s nice to see that agents have that sympathetic understanding:  Miss Snark on When to Stop. Continue reading →

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EDGAR & I: A Quiet Evening of Celebration

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Susan

Someone just got back from Baltimore, black trappings in their grief and bent from sorrow. Then, we have a special dinner, an after dinner drink and conversation.  The night is quiet, somber as we reflect. Man has not changed in … Continue reading →

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