Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Shootout at the OK Corral

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Susan

Today’s Showing:  A good movie.  An action movie.  Except some folks got killed. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Seeking

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Susan

How you can lose one tiny person in a sari on a campus the size of a 60s mall is beyond me, but I done it. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Metaphor

Posted on September 26, 2005 by Susan

A river takes a certain bend, yet unwavering in its purpose, its need to reach the sea.  It carries the silt of sin and indiscretion with a force unmatched, undaunted by time and wind, though petals ride its surface and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Tomato Soup Days

Posted on September 25, 2005 by Susan

Windows slam shut, quilts are added to bedding, a sweater’s pulled out of the low bottom drawer, and dungaree legs meet my shoes. A phone call from the house to the shop: "Lunch is ready, I made tomato soup and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Subliminal Thinking

Posted on September 25, 2005 by Susan

A thought occurred to me this morning that as we become what we experience, and what immediate choice we make (accept-reject-modify) in response to each sensory stimulus, one of the most powerful resources offered us as babes is story as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Shrek

Posted on September 24, 2005 by Susan

Ohmigod–Shrek is on!  I’ve been wanting to see this since it first came out. I love it already. The Three Blind Mice, the Dead Broad, er, Snow White–this is wonderful! UPDATE:  Absolutely amazing graphics, great script (this ain’t for kids … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Saturday

Posted on September 24, 2005 by Susan

Put the music on today, a twelve-hour shift in the shop.  The music keeps me working, stops me thinking.  It’s better that way. The stories just aren’t there.  The ones that I can write about.  And solving mysteries of life … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: More on History

Posted on September 24, 2005 by Susan

Fiction is fiction, not fact.  Yet it is as well a sign of society in the time it is written.  Think Candide and how Voltaire needed to cloak his political views within a fable.  It tells us not only what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Editing

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Susan

Sometimes one would think it is wiser to abandon that which goes nowhere, pull a clean sheet from the lot and start over. A story can sometimes fall in on itself, all changes made merely add to the muddle.  Without … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: In Perpetuity

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Susan

Each night the snow outside the house dazzled with the light from the living room window, as if the one who had died within had been a man and not a monster.  Sometimes, when I came by early in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Perception of Character

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Susan

So simple: Make your character likeable, with flaws that can be forgiven.  Someone to whom all can relate.  Sympathetic. The reality is different.  To one I am angel, defender and savior.  The other, I am evil destroyer of dreams.  This … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Symbolism

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Susan

This morning’s doorstep overview of the land brought a yellow sky to the east, a rainbow over the west.  Minutes go by, and admittedly it’s boring though luck and good fortune seem closer today.  I am smiling inside since I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Inspiration vs. Plot

Posted on September 22, 2005 by Susan

Using Plot in this case as in planning, considering a story’s narrative structure and its timeline, its arc and its measure of conflicts and resolutions all the way up to the big bang. One thing that sticks in my head … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Autumn

Posted on September 22, 2005 by Susan

September’s song of sun-dried leaves stirred by the wind of wings in search of seed is strengthened by the musty scent of grapes fermenting into wine.  It looks, it sounds, it smells of autumn. Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: As affected by Literature

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Susan

There was a time I was inspired by fine writing, racing from page read to page written.  No longer true, perhaps because of the superb quality I have lately encountered, but I am intimidated instead, content to quiver in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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