Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Spirits

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Susan

Close up and go next door for holiday cheering with eyes closed too to blinking lights that pierce with color blasting into black.  Empty-handed going, bagfull coming home I am ashamed.  This holiday must pass so too can I.  Wine, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Verb Tense

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Susan

I would say that I’m fairly competent on grammar and punctuation skill, but aside from the semicolon–a fairly simple set of rules to comprehend that I hope to master and have the fact proudly emblazoned on a rock above my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Big Tim Dawson

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

So I make a statement about how I do drafts, then proceed to break my own rules.  But then, sometimes there’s a very good reason; like, what I’ve done so far on Draft #3 is definite improvement so it’s been … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Clothes Make the Woman?

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

Barn attire required. Wearing longjohns and jeans, plaid woolen shirt and black legwarmers; I appear to be a ballerina-farmer. Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: The Laptop

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

Not in the hot days of summer, even under the heat of inspiration, have I ever appreciated my laptop more. Than now, on these cold winter nights. Continue reading →

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WRITING & BLOGGING: Spinning

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

Ahah!  A thought to be considered… Over the holidays I plan to do some renovating here at Spinning as well as the Narratives’ literary journal site, otto, and the devil spawn of a writer’s brain, Talespinning, Pseudohyperfiction, etc.  Since I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Purpose of Fiction

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

Why write that short story, that novel, that poem?  There’s certainly no lack of supply to fill the demand.  How many millions of short stories are written?  How many billions of poems? What constitutes the demand?  Readers seeking entertainment, something … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: What are Drafts?

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Susan

Just as Story is conceived and set down differently by each writer, Draft has a multitude of meanings as well.  The word "draft" brings to my mind the blowing of wind, changing levels and places and the rather rude but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Recycling

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Susan

When my wonderful neighbor Andy died almost seven years ago, his wife was good enough to give me an old–I mean old–lawnmower that was perfect for my dad to use on a part of his property that sloped and grew … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feedback

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Susan

I’ve spoken before on the value of feedback, and in particular provided by those of a well-established writers group.  One of the statements made at our last night’s meeting bears pointing out. "I want to know why…" Now this comment … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: A visitor…

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Susan

…by chance stopping by, leaving a trail that leads to a wondrous land!  Check her out:                Labrat Continue reading →

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REALITY: Character

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Susan

Yesterday, I spent some time in a rare long telephone conversation with my oldest sister down south.  With all that’s been going on in family matters lately, I sat back and wondered:  And I was always considered the odd one? Continue reading →

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BLOGGING & WRITING & LITERATURE: Excuses

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Susan

So yes, I’ve milked out this Typepad shutout problem longer than it existed.  I have the framework of two postings on LIT for both Robinson’s A Perfect Stranger and Aristotle’s Poetics.  I have Steinbeck’s Cannery Row laying in wait.  I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Can You Hear Me Now?

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Susan

Still trying on my own to republish the entries lost (?) by the Typepad problems yesterday, and this is really just a test entry to see if it helps. Continue reading →

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WRITING: How Story May Come

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Susan

Dumb title of a post, but that’s what I mean. For me, it begins with opening lines, needs a bit of editing, but basically the words come before the story.  I don’t think I’ve ever been able to start with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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