Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: With a Little Help From My Friends

Posted on March 19, 2005 by Susan

Need to get some work done in the shop today, and for that I depend upon Willie, Waylon and Emmylou to set the mood.  I haven’t had them playing in here in months–they distract me from writing; but upon occasion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Strength

Posted on March 18, 2005 by Susan

There is a learned strength within our family, one that may be hard to understand for those without.  A teardrop doesn’t count unless it has fallen, if practiced will can keep it balanced on fragile lashes till it dries.  There … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: And Day Continued Into Night

Posted on March 18, 2005 by Susan

Going back to yesterday, another odd twist.  I’m on the phone with Nancy, and I hear the garage door open; Jim was supposed to go straight to Goshen, not come home first.  Knocking on the door, then it opens and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Unluck of the UnIrish

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Susan

Today did not start well; started early, but not well.  El esposo woke me up, I made his lunch, sent him off, sat down at the computer, worked for about half an hour and then noticed the time:  4:49 a.m.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Submission Fallout

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Susan

Had a fun time at the writers group meeting last night.  Came home flying high.  For a couple hours, I edited some submissions for a lit journal we’re putting together locally, and did some redesign and relaying-out of the material … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: What else?

Posted on March 16, 2005 by Susan

I suppose if I pull the barn doors closed over the front of the building nobody will realize I’m in here and they won’t bother me for picture framing.  Heck, they won’t see their stuff for a month or more … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Stalling

Posted on March 15, 2005 by Susan

How many times can you list, relist, research, organize, alphabetize, change, realign, add to, delete from, change font on, re-research a list of possible places to submit? And then, how long can you keep editing a cover letter? And play … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Metaphor

Posted on March 15, 2005 by Susan

I see the passage of time, effects of weather, in the layer of snow that glaciers off the slightly tilted picnic table.  The sun is warm this time of year.  A season that has left its mark is changed by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: & Reading Short Stories

Posted on March 14, 2005 by Susan

Neha’s comment below was "at least you have time to read."  Well, yeah, the reading is all required.  It’s just a bombardment of published short stories used for the Creative Writing class, the students’ work, and submissions for the writers … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Short Stories

Posted on March 13, 2005 by Susan

I have been reading nothing but short stories lately, and while I’ve always enjoyed them, my normal reading habits were full length novels or books.  That’s probably why, aside from non-fiction written for specific purposes or story-like non-fiction, my first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Edgar and I: Getting Reacquainted

Posted on March 13, 2005 by Susan

So the buzz from the office isn’t the hard drive or the fan going on the fritz; it’s Edgar. Seems he’s a bit perturbed because I haven’t spent much time at the computer and he thinks I’ve stopped writing.  I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: When Thoughts Come-a-creepin’

Posted on March 13, 2005 by Susan

Early morning quiet, just the hum of the refrigerator, occasional protesting of radiator pipes.  And the constant white noise of the laptop, barely heard, forgiven like the snoring of a lover. Him and I, discussing in the lamplight where we’ll … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Straw

Posted on March 12, 2005 by Susan

Two things in life can get me throwing things at walls.  The first, I’ve mentioned before, is the Chinese Descending Computer Chair.  The other is the snowplows going by at fifty mph spraying all the sand they laid down for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Printing

Posted on March 12, 2005 by Susan

Had to stop and think a moment what category this post would fall under, and decided that yes, even though it’s no longer the only method, printing is still a very large part of writing. When I first started Spinning, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Early Morning

Posted on March 12, 2005 by Susan

Been up since four a.m.  Playing with fonts, pages, editing words.  Fun stuff.  Twisting, growing, trimming, styling, coloring.  It is a malleable stubborn child.  Let’s see if it grows up to be a literary journal. Continue reading →

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