Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: String Theory Revisited

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

Made another attempt to watch this PBS program tonight, and I stayed awake, but due to weather conditions had to keep wandering out to cool off.  But even had I stayed and seen the entire program, I’m not sure I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: More Meandering in The Tunnel

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

There was a doorway and within its recess, a door, locked against him. He found a ring of keys inside his pocket and tried them one by one until he heard the silent clicking of the tumblers. He pushed it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Art in its Visual Form

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

I must direct you to an artist’s site, work done by Sima Chakamian.  I came to it by a comment made via e-mail by her daughter, Sanam who noticed my book lists and asked if I’d ever read any Ayn … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Time Travel

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

This is what I’m currently working on, these are the first couple sentences: George DePaoli was clearly dying and it didn’t matter much, but it was taking longer than he’d thought. His final hours had dragged on through the night … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Heating up Reality

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

He calls me early morning from work, within the cool corporate headquarters and I am not.  What’s for dinner? he asks. Ice cream, I answer. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Hardcopy

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Susan

I’ve learned to keep away from the print function when writing.  Though I do, I will admit, save all the wasted copies, tear the sheets in half and use the clean side as scrap paper.  Another writer, I’ve noticed at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Lure

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Susan

Just when you’re about to give up, something draws you back to the game.  With me, it may be my absolute obsession to leave nothing undone.  A fool’s dedication, but satisfying in some small way. And reward for the effort … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading Progress

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Susan

It could be the weight of each that come together now and overwhelm.  Or the heat and three-day headache, or the two years of stress that just doesn’t want to go away.  But the result is that I’m making little … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Social Behavior

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Susan

Or maybe that’s misbehavior.  I can’t keep my feelings to myself about that Lowe’s commercial that’s currently running.  It’s for wall paint.  And the reason you need it?  "Christopher," the father says, standing in the doorway of his maybe 7 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Cabin Fever Cantagion

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Susan

Just got a neat idea, for maybe this winter or sometime next spring or summer:  Really get away to that cabin in the woods, or maybe by a lake, or somewhere for a week with just a few writer friends.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Cabin Fever

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Susan

But of the best sort.  Closed inside a room away from all and everything.  The hum of the a/c blocking out all other noise.  That cabin in the woods I’ve sought to hide away in; got it for one day, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Catfight

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Susan

Well, I thought I’d  be pulling out a Toni Morrison as my next novel selection, but two ladies stepped into my path through the piles and are begging my attention.  It is so neat to be looking for something to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: String Theory and Such

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Susan

I’m not sure why, but I’ve been wanting to have some very basic understanding of string theory, even though I realize I cannot possibly grasp more than the very simplest of its concept.  It’s just one of those things that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION & WRITING: Learning in the Face of Conflict

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Susan

Even as I whine about the amount of knowledge I am attempting to absorb in warp-speed mode, there are some terrific benefits when questions arise from a conflict within the range of what is being studied. Storytron,  IF, Hypertext are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Cranky

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Susan

It’s hot, the big a/c unit that my husband insisted on taking out last fall is, as I suspected would happen, not put back in yet.  I’m just not strong enough anymore to help him.  Really, I used to pull … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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