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Author Archives: susan
LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Metafiction? And, Language
This, Chapter 8, has to be the toughest one yet. It took me a while to figure out that Quentin and his roommate, Shreve are telling the story yet again, but from a perspective of guessing and imagining what might … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Traditional Memorial Day Weekends
No more parades, and the veterans in our family died out with Jim’s dad but the guns going off in the silence of a cemetery will always stay with me. I pray for other families hoping they don’t have to … Continue reading
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WRITING: Opportunities
I’m glad I decided to start each morning out with a story–throughout the summer but maybe beyond that if I’m still of the mind. Today’s subject was “perspective” and for me, that just conjured up all kinds of things since … Continue reading
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WRITING: Stories 3 and 4
Well yes, I do go back and edit throughout the day–it’s just a habit that tears me between the rush of a story completed and the knowledge that it could have been better. #3 is based on a roadtrip, #4 … Continue reading
REALITY?: Earth-Moving
So for a few years now the trees have grown to the point where the garden gets only a few hours daily of strong sunlight. Also for a few years, the pool has been disassembled and gone (or mostly so; … Continue reading
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WRITING: Story #2
Watched Timmons’ starting video this morning and knew exactly what my story was going to be. Started once again with the opening line and trusted it to stay strong all day while I was away before I wrote it down. … Continue reading
LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Simile Explained
While it is the at the core of his style, Faulkner’s use of metaphor and simile are weird. The purpose of these elements of writing are to give the reader a quick, readily recognizable, usually visual, word or phrase that … Continue reading
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WRITING: A Start
A beautiful film clip by John Timmons has inspired a short story that wanders from the beauty into the darker happenings of relationships. I’m going to try to keep up with writing a short piece every day taking a bit … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Characters
Faulkner does tend to like a small crew as his protagonist personality–perhaps a makeup of the raw textures of each that bring together a specter of a main character that is an extension of each, and a representative of man. … Continue reading
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WRITING: & Projects
I won’t go over the whole thing again here, but on Hypercompendia I posted about organizing my efforts, both in hypertext and traditional, in Tinderbox and what that has revealed to me: the need to write more regularly and edit … Continue reading
WRITING: Language and Perception
From the New Scientist tweet this morning: Kew’s “code-breaker” saves world’s smallest lily from extinction http://bit.ly/5QCJU But if you think about it, wouldn’t failure to “save” not change the fact that we would still have a (new) world’s smallest lily … Continue reading
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WRITING: Some Articles on Short Stories, MFAs, & Online Publishing
It started with this article by Jason Sanford, sent to me by Dorothee Lang (Blue Print Review), Who Wears Short Shorts, Micro Stories and MFA Disgust. in StorySouth. Jason brings up some valid points about the changes in the literary … Continue reading
BLOGGING: Spam’s Getting Smarter
Luckily not so smart that it doesn’t get caught up in Akismet nets however. But just read this one, as one of the finer examples: “Hello, I have been reading your sites content for a while now, actually, probably since … Continue reading
REALITY?: The Reaping Before the Sowing
Along with the rhubarb and parsley, the chives were ready today to be picked.
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WRITING: To The Beat of a Different Drum
(UPDATE: via Dorothee Lang (Blue Print Review), this most interesting echo of my own feelings: Jason Sanford, in storySouth — this may even call for another post.) Just remembered that May is Short Story Month (no, I don’t know who … Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology