Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Submissions

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Susan

Went so far as to reformat a story in preparation of sending out after making quite a number of tweaking changes.  And can’t get myself to call it ready. There’s a point where you know what you’re mailing out to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Amazon’s Kindle

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Susan

Just took another look at the Kindle reader and I suppose that if I had a lot of extra money, I might go for it.  But then again, my naturally frugal nature would still likely balk at the economics of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Choices

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Susan

After twelve years (my, how time flies!) I have to change my home page.  Excite just gave me notice that they will no longer support stock portfolios on the home page.  Where to, then?  Maybe NetVibes since I have one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Library Additions

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Susan

The Long House by William GayProvinces of Night by William GayBlindness by Jose Saramago Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe Tristam Shandy by Laurence SterneThe Best American Non-Required Reading 2007 More to come. Continue reading →

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CLASS NOTES: 4/30/08

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Susan

Good workshopping session.  Great rewrite by Jackie on her story, third draft in, and changed dramatically.  It’s always amazed me  how someone can edit so  much  that characters, scenes, events, and meaning are turned inside out and upside-down and only … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: April 30th, 2002

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Susan

The expected phone call comes unexpectedly, in the middle of working with a new customer named Sally.  The phone rings and I tell her that I’m very sorry but I have to leave.  My mother’s name is Sally, I tell … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: video

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Susan

Too danged cute not to share (put on sound):The duck and the dog.wmv Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Starting Point of Harvest

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Susan

As bottling time of some of last year’s harvest wine begins, I see the beginnings of the new year’s harvest.  This is the quince bush that can produce jelly or wine.

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REALITY?: Rainy Day Discoveries

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Susan

A day for reading, writing, paying monthly bills.  But this comes out of the blue: We have 56 chairs in this household. I may well be one of the few who rented a tent for a baby shower but didn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Touchpad Tricks

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

Well, since learning the touchpad versus the mouse on the Mac, I’ve found that the same thing happens when I get the itch and visit amazon.com and look over my wish list.  I tap rather than click, but the result … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Peter, Paul, and Mary

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

I think I’ve several posts over the year just like this one.  Peter, Paul and Mary on PBS.  Of course I watch until they get to the inevitable point: Puff the Magic Dragon.  Someday I’ll learn to flip the channel … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Getting in Touch

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

In this case, with my dark side.  Oh c’mon; we all have it.  Even Jim has shown a bit of his in Vinny the Vulture’s rending of the freshly dead deer. Brought up on old traditional nasties such as Red … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Well, neat!

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

I don’t mind the heavy Google traffic here that leads to the literary reviews I’ve done; the short story The Swimmer had nearly single-handedly built Spinning up to what it is today. But it’s especially nice when a teacher links … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Why I Love My Man

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

Similar middle-class backgrounds and age group may sustain us through a merging into marriage of two Scorpios when one is in the ‘up’ mode, the other ‘down’.  But eighteen years of wedlock also emphasize the differences and luckily we may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Uh, why?

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Susan

Nice post today at Charles Deemer’s The Writing Life that touches on the desire to write and the desire to make a living at it, and what may happen along the way.  Charles has prepared a hyperdrama that will be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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