Author Archives: Susan

Happy to read the tweet this morning from a friend to say she's gotten six short stories published up at the Espresso Stories sites. Online publishing is a growing opportunity for writers and I'm excited to note that more folks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

See the waythe sand makes wayto let me pass,teaching meto givewith need.Gritty crystalline,tiny stones,you melt softly into crowds.Oceans weepto see the waysandis so easilymoved. Continue reading →

The years after that were just folders of days filed and forgotten. Maybe it's an awareness, a product of reading both classic literature and poetry; maybe it's a natural skill born of an ear for sounds; maybe it's just overwriting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Somewhere in the vast universe of internetery yesterday was a post on "How Not to Write a Novel" or maybe it was geared toward short story, I don't remember. In any case, one of its first warnings was a red … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The mood was set by eight a.m. The kind of morning where all you want to do is curl up on the couch with a good book and a warm cup of hemlock. Continue reading →

It seems that the author–or his/her publisher–I've tried to graciously instruct against leaving his/her self-marketing blurbs as spam comments on this weblog isn't smart enough to take the hint and attempted to place two more comments this morning before I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sorta stalled on this latest story, the idea coming at me full tilt and since that's not what I am used to, I feel like I am filling in a form rather than creating a story. Meanwhile, I go back … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We age like oaks; grow taller, yes, but thickening too, adding years in rings that bear no diamonds but a measure of what we've learned and when. We stand firm, losing flexibility yet growing ever upward and branching out. Roots … Continue reading → Continue reading →