Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Stepping Out

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Susan

Okay, same dark garage and yet another cup of coffee, morning light moving in tiny patches of white snow, and what would I do if I wasn’t me? Instead, I’m a 68 year-old, 6 foot-four black man with a wife … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Plot

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Susan

This is so hard; freeing the mind to go wherever it wants, and yet keeping control on the story.  I’m writing differently than I’ve written before, and I’m writing differently too.  In the first case, hopefully improving the use of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Joining

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Susan

One of the best things I’ve done is join MetaxuCafe, the lit community blog because it has a great side effect: just as with inviting the relatives over for a holiday dinner, you have to clean the house up as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Tension and Conflict

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Susan

What happens if, the light you finally see at the end of the tunnel…goes out? If the black bear that chases you in dreams shows up in the backyard one morning? When you discover that the gypsies really did steal … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Writing the Rollercoaster

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Susan

It is no secret that I have been exceedingly pushy to the point of being annoying on the theory of read and write to learn to write something that someone wants to read.  There’s no sense of entitlement in me, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Backstory

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Susan

Got some good advice from a friend last night regarding Big Tim Dawson, and I recognized it immediately as the path I should have taken yesterday in my thousand-word romp with him. We can start out with a great opening, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Perspective

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Susan

This is just sort of sweet and funny and it slipped through my barrier against personal posting: My niece and her three children ages 3, 8 and 11 are living in Spain while her husband is stationed there.  When I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Language Text

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Susan

A thought occurred to me this morning regarding the simple act of writing down in text the different language or accent nuances to bring the voice and tone in line with the setting of a story.  That said, I hope … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Big Tim Dawson (continued)

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Susan

UPDATE:  Actually, I think I’ll just link it here as I progress, that way it will be updated for anyone interested in following along. Forgive the typeface and the double-spacing; in this case I DID copy and paste from WinWord … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Plot

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Susan

This is good.  I’m up at four a.m., but did catch a few hours’ sleep and am in a writing mood.  This afternoon I’d written some more on Big Tim Dawson (which I’ll post in a second) but more importantly, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Kafka and the Detective Novel

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Susan

Good reading at The Reading Experience (always, but) in this post called Blind Alleys expanding on Steve Mitchelmore’s quote regarding Kafka’s sense of tying in narrative through motif, imagery and concepts, versus the clues cluttering the crime novel that point … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Dream-Inspired

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Susan

An excellent post at Joe Faust’s entitled All I Have to Do is Dream (page stubbornly insists that you want to download Firefox, but for IE users, just click continue to read in plain text) regarding the creativity employed to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Big Tim and Alice

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Susan

While I have not made much more progress on the pseudohypertext narratives that I’m planning for the Spring issue of otto, I have at least become involved in the last two stories (posted recently) that show promise. It has been … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Resume Writing

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Susan

Today I have resume rewriting on the agenda, for both Jim and myself, as well as submitting them for application for employment other than our normally established career lines. For Jim, a bit different engineering than within the aerospace and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Next Up

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Susan

While I’m antsy to pick up another novel after finishing Atwood, I am a bit reluctant as I’ve noticed that I tend to focus on that exclusively and do not keep up with the plan to concurrently read five books … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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