Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Poetry

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

And this evil little thought keeps me from working on my Spanish, and I think I’ll dedicate it to Prof. Michael Arnzen at Gorelets for turning me on to Queasy Pops: “I don’t think I’ll be going to Hannibal’s for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Being themselves

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

Hell’s bells. The post wherein I claim I came out akin to Mother Teresa was barely finished when I received an URGENT e-mail: “I got your contact from an email directory and decided to contact you for assistance. I am … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Hermetta

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

Okay, so it just hit me. Here’s who I want to be when I grow up: Hermetta The clean cut young pair with their black overcoats and black briefcases held immobile to their steady stride were already quite a distance … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Writers ARE Different

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

Uh, in sending everyone around to read all the writers’sites I link herein, I realize that practically in the same post, as well as throughout Spinning you’ll find evidence of its author’s often unstable, neurotic, obsessive/compulsive, and generally all-around flakey … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Wipeout Fever

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

The trial and error method is great, but takes forever. I spent most of my free time yesterday going through colors at a great Color Swatch site to pick a color for my hover links. I’m also trying to marry … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Fiction Webring

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

I’m still finagling with the logo for the Fiction Webring, but please do check it out at the bottom of the right-hand column, and click on lists. There are some excellent writers in this group, and I’ll eventually learn how … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING & WRITING: And Second Thoughts

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Susan

(This started out as a comment to the post below on a review by Weblog Review of Spinning, but it ran so long that I decided to post it instead.) Thanks everyone, and Ben, I think you caught my covered-in-gracious-formality … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Critique

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Susan

Well, I suppose I should just get this over with. In my fragile writer ego’s never-ending quest for validation, Spinning was submitted to The Weblog Review, and the results came in last night. Three people reviewed the log over many … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: The Weblog Personality, Part II

Posted on January 20, 2004 by Susan

“I’d be willing to venture that the relationships being built around blogs are different only in degree, rather than kind, with the relationship readers have with novels or poetry.” From The Hanged Man, Posted Jan. 19, 2004. In exploring the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Literary License

Posted on January 20, 2004 by Susan

Creativity allows a certain amount of free reign on use of words, although sometimes we tend to push a little bit too far and lose our meaning. “Reign” versus the more familiar “rein” in the previous sentence is one example … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Deadlines

Posted on January 20, 2004 by Susan

Here it is, the Witching Hour–three a.m. to four. That magic place for me when if I’m open to it, and if awake, can be the most creative (it’s either at this time of day or early morning in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY & BLOGGING: & Support

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Susan

It’s been a wild three months or so, since I started Spinning. As a writer, I’m glad to say that in keeping up this weblog I’ve been writing every day–not something I was prone to do without a commitment that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDGAR AND I: We Celebrate

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Susan

Woe am I. I forgot Edgar’s birthday today, and luckily ran across a note in I Spy Gemini (Thanks! I would have been in deep trouble with him). Ran out and bought him a pair of flannel pajamas and “The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: HTML

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Susan

Well. That felt good to get the post below out. Virtual venting? But here in Realityland I’ve already moved forward several steps–just figured out how to size and embed images in the sidebars (see ole Willie again to your right. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Time

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Susan

It’s scaring me, this day, this nineteenth day of January. It signals the closely approaching end of my free time. Just as I’ve settled in and come to love the loss of learning by the books, the semester rears its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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