Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Head Trips

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Susan

We need the time to fly away, sometimes.  When-where-how and do we need the return fare?  Continue reading →

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WRITING: Submissions Pipeline

Posted on April 29, 2005 by Susan

It is good to keep work flowing in the Great Pipeline of Publication.  However, for one such as I, with manic tendencies, the hope is that the inflows coincide with one’s own current state of mind.  According to the cosmic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Solutions

Posted on April 29, 2005 by Susan

So making myself a cream-cheese and chocolate bits-filled chocolate cake does help me feel a little better. It still doesn’t help me write good. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Seeking

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Susan

Down to the last page of Flash Fiction, I’ve read them all.  A bunch to write notes up on, because in one way or another, they had something I’m seeking to learn.  Something I don’t have and may never, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: One Step Forward

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Susan

It’s difficult (omygosh–just for the first time noticed the numeric keypad as part of the regular keyboard on Del!  Sure wish I’d learn to read directions and manuals first.  Although to be honest, the only time I’ve needed it in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Tier Method of Submission

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Susan

Somewhere I heard that you should keep at least ten submissions out at a time.  With the first dozen being sent out last month, and two having been returned, I am picking out the next lit journals to send to. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Short Story Reading

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Susan

The two texts used in my Creative Writing: Fiction class this semester were Flash Fiction and Sudden Fiction, mainly because the brevity of the stories allowed more to be discussed along with student writing in a workshop atmosphere.  For one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Hypertext Fiction

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Susan

This is an excerpt from a post I just entered on Learning to Spin, but wanted to load it in here as LTS is a class journal that will bite the dust soon: And, we played with paper.  In the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Lists

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Susan

My future is planned out in list form.  Written if thought of, recited if not.  Beef, barley, bananas.  JAM = juice, apples and meat.  This morning, three white things I murmured three times before drifting to sleep in my bed.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Enhancing History

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Susan

Not just rewriting, as they say, but changing it physically through new media methods.  Honest. We viewed a most interesting BBC documentary on World War I in class tonight that consisted of some original film footage interspersed with the usual … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: “Still Life”

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Susan

In my never ending thirst for learning, I have today ordered  "Still Life" from Amazon.  Yes, it’s a game, but mostly it’s a narrative structure to be analyzed for its new media format of sound, visual and interactive elements. Or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Spring Fever

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Susan

Am slogging my way through a paper on "Goodbye To All That" without having finished the book.  Figured that if I didn’t at least start on it while I had some answers (and that all-important opening line! — yes, even … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Prose Poetry

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Susan

I can do no better than to direct you to Chekov’s Mistress regarding the definition of prose poetry.  It’s been a bone in my own craw for a while now.  Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Self-Publishing

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Susan

Excellent post and references on The Reading Experience regarding the legitimizing of self-publishing.  I’m beginning to take this more seriously with  both internet and traditional book form publishing because many of the points raised are valid.  The large publishing houses … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Literary Journals

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Susan

Now they all make it clear in the submission guidelines:  "We strongly suggest you acquaint yourself with the material we publish in  _______ before submitting."  I did.  I read as many stories in as many of the literary journals as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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