Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Spring Break

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Susan

Friend Neha should be wheeling across Pennsylvania right now, coming home from Seton Hill for spring break.  It would be nicer, I suppose, if Tunxis and SH could get their scheduled breaks more in sync, but then again, I’m sure … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Query Letter

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Susan

While stumbling through the process of writing a decent submission letter, I happened upon this website that is run by two contributors who evidently are on the receiving end of query letters.  Interesting.  Check it out. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Playing with Words

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Susan

White morning, silent as black night.  Pierced by red cardinal sound. White mourning, silent black knight.  Pierced by red cardinal blood. Black morning, crying of white bombs of night. Black mourning, crying of white blades of knight. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Natural Depressants

Posted on March 3, 2005 by Susan

People who change at the sight of a dollar. Change that’s not for the good. Getting whacked with a shovel on your way out of the hole. Or tripping on the very top step. Losing your grip. And sliding all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Submission

Posted on March 3, 2005 by Susan

Truly, submission in its most humbling of meanings.  Kicked creativity out of first place for a few moments to hunker down with the more serious business of the cover letter in submitting a couple of stories to more than a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Story

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Susan

Writing, watching and listening to Jim Croce on PBS.  Always was one of my favorites.  "Time in a Bottle" is one of the loveliest songs I’ve ever heard. This artist wrote most of his songs, and each held a story, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Anudder Metaphor

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Susan

Was so thrilled to turn the blanket from the snow into the sky earlier, but can’t get this picture from my mind… We are the baloney between the bread of earth and lettuce sky. Heh-heh-heh. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Saving

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Susan

I have the sand that Andy gave me in the hour that he died.  A wind-cut icy Saturday January morning.  In between the breaths I gave him back I never thought to thank him. The sand I poured to store … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Metaphor

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Susan

Aha!  At last… On a bed of snow, under a blanket of sky, we slide through life in a dream. Continue reading →

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REALITY: 5:45 a.m.

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Susan

In the straining light of a birthing sun, baby blue snow, baby pink sky–congratulations!  It’s a day! Continue reading →

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REALITY: Ice Skating

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Susan

Itty bit slippery out there tonight.  I’m not used to driving on snow or ice, because for almost twenty years I’ve had a home business and simply didn’t  go out because I didn’t have to.  But Greenie performed like a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Giggles

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Susan

I’ll have to come back and delete this entry, but I’m sitting here giggling my head off despite the fact that within 15 minutes after I shoveled the driveway the damn snowplow came by to fling the mud back on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Why?

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Susan

Maybe it’s just one of my bad days, or weeks, or months, but I’m about ready to give it up.  Classwork sucks. Continue reading →

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REALITY: With Any Luck

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Susan

I want to live long enough to see this:  Engineers devise invisibility shield by Philip BallElectron effects could stop objects from scattering light. Just think how that changes everything–how it will affect literature by taking invisibility out of the realm … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Variety

Posted on February 28, 2005 by Susan

Headache, backache, laptop day.  Writing three or four things at once.  Essays, outlines, stories.  Serious, fun, fantasy.  Reality sneaks into e-mails.  Research, academic, shopping.  Planning presentations, planning to leave the country.  Planning writing.  Saw the eagle and he taught me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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