Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Anticipation

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Susan

I am SO looking forward to AFTER Christmas. This is MY time, having semester break, a certain freedom from my job by simply posting a “Closed for Inventory” sign, and making meals of Christmas candy. This is the time I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: It’s A Small World (after all)

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Susan

I’m telling you, I would have to close the frameshop, forget my degree, and sever ties with family and friends (except el esposo, of course) to have the time to explore all the exciting things and ways of discovering them … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Christmastime’s acomin’

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Susan

And the pressure is starting to take its toll. Luckily, I have a wonderful sister-in-law who has offered to have Christmas Eve over at her house this year, which means that not only do I not need to worry about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: As A Group

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Susan

The writing bug, once it bites, spreads a fever that is contagious with people of like minds. To this end, here in Connecticut we formed a writing group that involves all mediums such as poetry, plays, fiction, screenwriting, interactive fiction, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Under Control?

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Susan

Can we do it? Can we really control when we write and how often? I’m sure many writers are able to do so; the same type who keep household budgets, visit the folks on Sunday, and eat pizza every Friday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Fun

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Susan

Obviously, I’ve been fiddling with the dials again. This, I’m sure, will be an ongoing project since that’s just the way I am as an artist, and this tendency to fiddle has been reinforced by an insistent writing professor. Seen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: A Public Service Announcement

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

Well, it finally happened. I received an e-mail from those folks who have been trying to reach me for years through snail-mail and whose letters I unfortunately lost because, jeez, I REALLY want to help them. I’m posting a copy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Character Study

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

As with everything lately, I view the news first with thoughtful meaning from a writer’s stance. Saddam Hussein has been described by Donald Rumsfield “as one who projected a tough-guy image but was captured as a wimp, cowering in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: At Christmastime

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

Once again my husband has asked me for a Christmas list. I’ve never given him one in thirteen years, and he seems to do just fine without one. My list to myself is the gift of time and loving; to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Nothing Lately

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

I have not abandoned my posts on literature, nor on interactive fiction; I just have not been able to read or play anything much lately. Books in every room stare back at me accusingly, but I have whispered, “January. In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Sky

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

It isn’t the Catholic background that has me looking to the sky for answers, I don’t think. It’s not the heavens where I seek the ones I’ve loved and lost it seems not so long ago. To God, I guess, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Reality?

Posted on December 15, 2003 by Susan

She stood outside in the glossy wonderland of the early morning dark of a New England winter. She looked around her, wondering at the myth of fluffy white snow that was turning rock hard by the icy rain, glowing in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Do you really want to hear again about the snow?

Posted on December 14, 2003 by Susan

Being ankle-deep in it myself, I’m not the slightest bit interested in reading more about it. However, I am still plugging away at the picture framing in the barn, and my numbed-by-the-cold brain is beginning to question whether I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Character

Posted on December 14, 2003 by Susan

This would be a tough one. How would a writer create a character such as Saddam Hussein and make it believable? You have a character who has held a country together in fear, capable of creating a complex social strata … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT EVENTS: Today

Posted on December 14, 2003 by Susan

It was 6:25 a.m, and still dark. She was waiting for daylight to see the sky for the sky would tell her how her day would go. If it was cloudless in contrast to the forecast of snow and sleet, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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