Author Archives: Susan

BLOGGING: Workload

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Susan

Have a couple of websites set up but I don’t think they’re quite ready for transfer of the weblogs there just yet.  Need to set up the sidebars with links and widgets and stuff and just haven’t had the time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CLASS NOTES: 5/14/08

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Susan

Last class, and close to the last posting (gotta leave myself open to possibilities) last night, on a lasting love of the literary. Full workshopping with four pieces of diverse story and a bit of brainstorming on a project. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Workshopping

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Susan

Well we have a couple of non-fiction pieces in the pile tonight, but that’s fine.  There is the intimacy of first person pov that reveals conflict in one, character study in another.  Just wish I had  had more time to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Things that boil my blood

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Susan

Lord knows, I’ve had my own problems with lawyers and there are some outstanding ones out there, but this is just what makes them look so bad: Insurance Agent Accused Of Stealing Nest Eggs WATERBURY, Conn. — A Waterbury couple … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Yay!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Susan

From the Guardian: Magic triumphs over realism for Garcia Márquez Two years after telling the world he was finished with writing, Gabriel Garcia Márquez has rediscovered his muse. The Nobel prizewinner is giving the final touches to "a novel of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Bachelor

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Susan

So Matt made the right choice and asked Shane to marry him.  I know this whole thing is wacko, but I’m crying anyway. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Sound Advice

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Susan

Some excellent advice on writing by Roger Ebert; thanks to Mark Bernstein (yeah, that Storyspace hypertext fellow) for bringing it up: Mark Bernstein: Ebert: Newspaper Days: (Sunday, May 11, 2008MarkBernstein.org) Ebert recalls his early days as a sportswriter, covering Champaign-Urbana … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Big Brother vs. God

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Susan

Okay, so I guess we as a society have changed the overwhelming belief in God to transfer our faith, hope, ethical responsibility, and setting up of moral code to government instead. Even as the wheels grind out so-called ‘justice’ which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Big Brother

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Susan

Connecticut moves one step closer to a Big Brother state, making individual rights and reason a responsibility of government overseers. Don’t like the way someone looks at you?  Make a stink about it and they’ll make it a crime and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Dedicated Life

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Susan

A note here of congratulations to Josh and Kas Radke on their new venture, Grail Quest Books, a publishing company that will be producing sci fi and fantasy literature in comic book as well as other literary forms.  Josh and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Hypertext as a medium for story

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Susan

Hypertext is indeed only one vehicle for transporting a reader through a story.  Pencil and paper, typewriter, paper, computer, software, as well as dance, song, ears, mouth, are all methods to travel. I’m finding some very interesting things out about  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Susan

I do wish you all a day of grace and gratitude and love for all the children of the earth. Continue reading →

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Man Regrets Not Killing Daughter At Birth

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Susan

It is difficult to say where we draw the line on imposing our beliefs on another culture. This is one of the ethical questions that plagues me; is it wrong for this father, in his firm belief (both religious and … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Place & Time through Colors

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Susan

The strongest memory is of its scent of clear blue sky and growing green. White dresses in two long rows from the littlest to the senior girls wearing nylons for the first time.  Lilies in waves of perfume each time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: The Down Side of Technology – Stupidity

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Susan

I thought it was bad enough years ago when I Googled "lump in breast" and was greeted with websites full of bare breasts and tongues.  This, somehow, is even sadder: Google "(surname) motorcycle accident": Save On Motorcycle Accidents. Great Deals … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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