Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Voice & Style

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Susan

Been thinking about my long-sought-after-and-thought-I-found-it-voice in writing.  And while voice is usually considered to be that of the narrator in fiction, it also may contain that of the author I would think, although that may be considered style rather than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Topography

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Susan

Took a break and rode out for an errand.  Down by the river, trees naked gray their hair fell out with autumn chemotherapy, revival and survival.  Leaves in golden curls on grass no longer green.  Centuries of mowings, leaves, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: otto no. 2

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Susan

Our fall/winter issue of otto no. 2 is out, and as soon as I figure out how to sell it off this site it will be made available here and at related websites.  In the meantime, you can check out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: And How I Wanna!

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Susan

Rough day today, long night ahead tonight in the frameshop.  Little time to read or write.  But I did get a story started–the one I have planned out–though this is just the very first rough draft of the opening.  It’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Suicide Couple

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Susan

From the AP news: Expert:  Suicide-bomb Couple May be a First: AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Friday that four Iraqis, including a husband and wife, carried out the suicide bombings against three Amman hotels, and police arrested … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Experience

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Susan

Someone graciously made a comment about one of the reality entries here and while I preen with temporary pride and satisfaction, I’ve come to look at it for what it means.  Writing gets better with practice of writing, reading good … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Induced Sleep

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Susan

Finally, eight hours of sleep on spaghetti with white clam sauce made from scratch, spinach and mushroom salad, mozzarella garlic bread and Reisling prepared as a birthday dinner by the man.  Flowers from Gus, coconut custard pie, good conversation, laughter … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: A Spark!

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Susan

Ooh!  Ooh!  Ooh!  An idea for a story!  This has never, well almost never, happened to me before.  I usually just get a sentence in my head and it’s an opening line and I take it from there.  But here … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: This Day

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Susan

I sit here cold and lonely in my little shop, hunched against the chill of barn night air.  This day should be a special one, a marker of a life and so I look within and stop at what I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Unmetaphorically

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Susan

There are no pretty words nor cruel steel similes that can veil certain unpleasantness of life as man has made it. My neighbor has made a business proposition:  She needs to have a full leg "cast" removed and reset in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: When Worlds Collide

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Susan

Tis the season of heavy catalog mail, and what to my surprise should appear?  An amazon.com Bed & Bath catalog! So even as the Vermont Country Store sees the future and sets up a website, the babe born in cyberspace … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Uh-oh, Winter Cometh

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Susan

Suddenly, although I didn’t hear them in the night, the leaves fell to their deaths like lemmings unable to comprehend but follow nature’s call en masse in silent suicide.  I too, would like to hold back seasons because their show … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Study

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Susan

In my all encompassing efforts of the study of literature, that of story, technique, the elements of arc, conflicts, climax and resolution, interest, meaning and metaphor, and as writer as  well as reader, I find my own personality traits serve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Literature, Reality & Time

Posted on November 5, 2005 by Susan

Finally had a decent six hours of sleep last night after a hectic day filled with hurt, happiness, work completed, work undone, anger, delight, phone calls with Massachusetts, Florida, and Derby CT, e-mails with Seattle at four in the morning.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Writer’s Block

Posted on November 4, 2005 by Susan

Hah! I snort, after several minutes pass with pen still poised above this one short note.  You’re supposed to be a writer, I say, and yet the words are lost to my insistent grasp.  I finally scribble some useless, helpless … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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