Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Voice!

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Susan

Wow! Insight or Acceptance? In thinking of my quest to find my voice, a moment of inspiration—or finally facing up to something I have always known. I am truly of the mind to believe that Susan can only be found … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Immediacy

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Susan

Looks like the computer in the shop isn’t adequate. It’s still hooked up to phoneline internet only and seems so aggravatingly ninety seconds behind my thoughts. It also is not happy with the cold nights out in the barn, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Voice

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Susan

It really bothers me that I’ve been told many times that I do not have a voice in my writings. Is it possible that the voice of my stories—cold and flat—is the truth, and the voice I exercise in reality … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: A Seasonal Life

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Susan

I have not finished this as yet, and I know that I’m really only a page or two away from the end. This statement bothers me; I have been so resistant of writing guidelines that measure a story or novel … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Drugs and the Creative Force

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Susan

Perhaps the nicotine has not yet accumulated enough to inspire the wild writings I expect from it. Could be a counter effect from all the Sour Neon Worms I’ve eaten as substitute oral satisfaction. Or perhaps because I cannot be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: And Writing

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Susan

Not all technology is good. It is impossible to seize the moment of inspiration and run from the bathroom sink to the computer and start typing with a battery-powered toothbrush held in your mouth. Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Cure for Writer’s Block

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Susan

Okay, get ready for some hot and heavy writing in the next few weeks. I have just slapped on the Nicoderm patch, and have found from a previous attempt that while it is not always successful in halting bad habits, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Technologically Slow

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Susan

Why am I left to find everything out for myself? For goodness’ sake, I do remember letting you all know that I’m not some college chickie that has potentially seventy years more to learn these things, so I can use … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDGAR AND I: A Breakthrough!

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Susan

Oh Joy! Digging up The Raven! Have pulled the following information off of Dennis Jerz’s Literacy Weblog, and am planning on spending some time delving into the poem that beats as steadily as my heart (the Telltale Heart, of course!). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Stone

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Susan

We wouldn’t know each other at all if you didn’t at least know that The Stone by Gibson is one of my all time favorites (Edgar adds, “Second to The Raven, of course…” and I must agree–hell, he’s sitting above … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Lyrics

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Susan

I find background music while you’re working to be very inspirational. Have been under the influence of the folk music of the 70s lately (after several years of Waylon, Willie and Emmy Lou). These words from Bob Dylan keep coming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Personal Understanding

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Susan

Perhaps it is because Mondays are getting more and more depressing as my visits with my dad become harbingers of a future without him. He is not quite as mentally sharp as he was just a year and a half … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Anchorhead

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Susan

It is just before five a.m., and I have not gotten much further into Watchmen. I have gone back to IF Anchorhead—which is by Michael S. Gentry, first released in 1998 and now into its fifth, and found it through … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Anchorhead

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Susan

Via various links—I don’t remember how I got there, just as in IF itself, I have neglected to write it down but downloaded and bookmarked the spot—I reached what I think will be a most enjoyable piece of IF called … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Strategy

Posted on October 27, 2003 by Susan

Isn’t it amazing how the best thoughts (or so we think) come to mind when we are purposely striving for non-activity mindlessness? I was just playing Solitaire while waiting for my hair to dry (excuse) and I realized that there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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