Category Archives: WRITING

WRITING: Publishing Credentials

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Susan

Well, if I hadn’t wandered around a bit at Daniel Green’s Reading Experience this morning I might never have realized that first, he has a great short story published there that has been included in the Third Anniversary Issue of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICITON: Book and Volume – Slow Reader

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Susan

I’ve lost my hard-learned knack of getting through  IF.  To give you an example, the transcript from I’ve made of my progress in getting outside from "my" apartment to the street to begin my mission (the text reponses/directions following the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Genre Switch

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Susan

Someone told me the other night that I should write a story in a genre rather than mainstream literary.  I’m considering it. I’ve always liked Hopalong Cassidy, though Cisco Kid was probably my fav; but I’ve also always wanted to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: And its related implications

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Susan

Somewhat concerned this morning after a discussion last evening with a friend regarding a former project where I’d served as editor.  A bit of a turnaround in his viewpoint, or perhaps just a bit more honesty being offered, but it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Observations

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Now that I’m all cocky because I finally got past the first "event," and was presented with my first task and seem to be on the right road, some observations about both IF and this piece in particular… Just as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & IF: Story

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

First, the IF piece, Book and Volume:  Finally got the secret code word that answers the pager.  Simple, and I’d thought I’d already tried it, but I guess not in the right sequence.  Anyway, the response on my part was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Well, it didn’t take long for me to fall right back into character with this–and I had to search the net to find the WinFrotz Interpreter to download.  I love IF, because it’s just so me.  I am in my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: New Stuff

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Well, there’s just no way I can think about getting another job when Dennis Jerz brings even more "reading" into my life, resurrecting interactive fiction (of the text sort) with a couple of entries this morning on new writing software … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Inspiration – Ideas vs. Words

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Susan

I have seen the sacristies of blood and lit the votive that incinerated decades of mankind.  (Gibb) Huh?  No I haven’t.  So where do these ideas come from then?  Mine come to me in phrases such as the above which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING (and Reality!): Breaking Rules

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Susan

I’ve always been a rulebreaker–operating just this side of the law.  But there are three things one must understand about rules and flaunting them before they open themselves up to the breaking: One should understand the purpose of the rule … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: And again, reading

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Susan

Crof at Writing Fiction has a great commentary on the pros (and side effects!) of reading and more reading for writers:  What Writers Read Continue reading →

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WRITING: Editing

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Susan

Oh Lord, I’m just having the best time editing these stories for a friend.  We’re sending revisions back and forth by e-mail attachments and the comments are just getting funnier and funnier.  It’s starting to read like Evil Editor but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Diane Greco on First Person

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Susan

Thankfully I’ve been directed to the crossroads of hyperfiction journeys by Mark Bernstein and now that I’m back on track, ordered some stuff and wandered around to find Diane Greco’s website and this: First-person narration in fiction ought to do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Workshopping & Technology

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Susan

Took the stress of deadlines off my head, but still I’m getting shorter every day.  I do intend to rework a couple of my own stories, as I’ve mentioned but procrastinated long enough to no longer worry about it.  If … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: K.I.S.S.

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Susan

A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible.  The instructions were that the story had to contain the following three things:  Religion, Sexuality, and Mystery. Below is the only A+ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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