Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Inspiration vs. Mapping?

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Susan

Had an interesting conversation last week with Carolyn as to how differently each of us form our narratives. Carolyn goes into quite intricate diagramming of the story before it's written–and while she'd fight me on this likely, Tinderbox or Storyspace … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Practice

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Susan

I watched the wind hesitate; in its pause several salamandersgripping ontogolden parasolsfloatedlandedon the spongey mossborderingthe gardenwakingfluted daffodilsthat yawnedinto bloom. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Bless me Father, for I have sinned…

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Susan

I indeed gave the finger to the bitch who was on my tail all the way to Collinsville regardless of the fact that I was five miles over the speed limit and slowed down in passing zones. Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Why?

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Susan

After a wonderful but short meeting with Carolyn, a Vassar English Major who's into creative writing and great literature, I think I've figured out why I blog. I'm lonely. I must have babbled on the whole time we spent together, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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POETRY: Concepts – Trying to absorb Neruda’s influence

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Susan

To conceptualize ponder carve the wheel, not knowing that it will take a man to China. Content with ease of burden, speckled rocks or blood-fresh pterodactyl. Dreams that go beyond their maker like a glistening spider web or A homely … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stoning Field

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Susan

One of my favorite pieces from the work of Steve Ersinghaus, the haunting, interactive Stoning Field has been chosen as a featured selection by The Oregon Literary Review. (Follow the Hypermedia link to Film and Video Arts to Editors' Picks.) Continue reading →

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WRITING: Implications

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Susan

It hurts us to know how much we have in comparison and yet we know that we won’t invite Willie the wino from Second Avenue in to take over the spare bedroom. That’s a hypertext question: what if we did? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Gee, that’s never happened before…

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Susan

Just ignored the first 300 words of a new story and started a new one with same basic concept beneath it. The first seemed too flippant, too chummy, too much like a woman's sardonic view of her life. Because this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Submission Charges or Bailout?

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Susan

Brought to my attention via Nanette at e-zine, Narrative Magazine, a terrific online literary journal, has decided to start charging a $20.00 reading or submission fee for unsolicited work. Follow the links to a discussion at the Poets & Writers … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: When is enough, enough?

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Susan

Man, I must have read this damn story a hundred times in the past five days. Still, still, before I send it out I find places to fix, make better. The latest, a separation of paragraph spacing; a sentence moved … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Past as Hypertext

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Susan

As always, I read and write with the basic idea of borders, nodes, times and spatial levels in mind since messing around with a bit of hypertext and interactive fiction some years back. One thing that hit me along with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Is there a story?

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Susan

Thoroughly pleased with myself on a new story–just the mere fact alone that I've started writing and finishing a story was pleasing enough–I wanted it to be read. Somewhere in the back of my semi-educated on literature mind I felt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Resolutions on the Revolutionary

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Susan

Hah! It appears that one of the most common resolutions made this New Year is to spend less time on the computer. Not me; I'm looking forward to learning new software, reading more intelligent discussion on art and literary matters, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Tweak tweak tweak

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Susan

He opens all three plastic cups of cream and pours them in in a spiraling circle. He blows the white whorl into a tawny blend before he takes a cautious sip. He has nothing special on his mind, does no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: What Comes From the Senses

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Susan

So it took reading Pablo Neruda to write a review of his "Ode to Laziness" and a bit of a ditty of my own, then the smell of toast to move on to writing a short short story, and ended … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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