Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Style & Purpose

Posted on June 5, 2005 by Susan

Somewhere in the dark confines of the brain where templates hide there is a system, automatic, maybe non-controllable, for what is written. Loose prose of story, Template #17; pulled and used when space produces something that the eyes have seen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Learning through Reading

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Susan

I have read several short stories in this collection, and am getting a comfortable feeling with Parker.  She is sardonically relating her perception of the women of her time.  She, ahead of her time, I looking back, both disrespectful of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Out of the blue

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Susan

We must go on tiptoeto the crypt.For tho they sleep so deeply,when awakened unaware and bothered,they are bears. (Must have been the damn crow.) Continue reading →

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REALITY & WRITING: Watcher of Words

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Susan

The moment hits and I must sit down at the keyboard.   Type down what is running through my mind; a story singing softly reaches a crescendo.  Or maybe just another fork of road where I am suddenly left stranded. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Lull…

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Susan

…before the storm of customers who want their work completed and want it now.  Working Saturday and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday but two out of four must be for something more than money. Learning, yes, and writing some, and reading and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Friends

Posted on June 3, 2005 by Susan

Last night Thursday night dinner normally but not cooked by me this Thursday night.  Three men and a woman in a restaurant bar with peanut shells on the floor.  I will not do it, cannot, build instead a growing pile … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Meaningful Metaphor

Posted on June 3, 2005 by Susan

Just dawned on me that most of my metaphorical references are nature or food related. Time, I think, to start scouting out that cave I’ve wanted to close myself into once wireless range has been expanded.  Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: In Action

Posted on June 3, 2005 by Susan

At last, a plan. Not ready yet for utilizing the special software programs by incorporating a story within the opportunity they offer, but just the opposite; a step backward is needed to both understand the process of the paths, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Mood Music

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Susan

Big mistake, listening to Waylon when the mood is right.  Feeling him deep in my gut, getting all of me involved in blue sound. Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Spam

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Susan

These people are spammers–please band together and make sure you do not purchase anything from the jackasses at any of the listed urls: IP Address: 68.222.42.245 Name: cosmetics Email Address: cdcdc@ww.com URL: http://www.one-dollar-cosmetics.com Comments: http://www.one-dollar-cosmetics.com – http://www.top-rated-real-estate.com – http://www.debt-consolidation-for-free.com – … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Workshops & Discourse in General

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Susan

Sometimes I think that the deeper I fall into this, the more I want to get out.  Perhaps it would have been appropriate to speak up at last night’s meeting, but I didn’t want to embarrass or single anyone out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: And Poetry

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Susan

I can’t claim to know anything about poetry, but one line from a poem we heard last night at the writers meeting has stuck in my head and become a mantra for the immediate future.  It’s not particularly poetic, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Dead Lines

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Susan

Well Al, the bad little dog, has been taken from its wicked stepmother and now is romping happily in the home of a loving elderly gent who looks like Santa with a bad hangover.  Santa’s eyes are sparkling happy blue.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: And Life Ever After

Posted on May 31, 2005 by Susan

Well, thanks to Jerz’s Literacy Weblog I’ve got plenty to say, about this article by Margaret Talbot at the New Yorker:  "Best in Class".    Fortunately, I’m down enough to not feel up to ranting about it, but I’ll make … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: (Leave this space blank.)

Posted on May 31, 2005 by Susan

Think I just ran out of words… Continue reading →

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