Author Archives: Susan

Maybe it’s the familiarity after fifty readings.  Maybe it’s the deadlines–self-imposed, but surely there.  No submissions ready before the summer cutoffs, nothing new with punch.  I smack of novice; creative writing course form and story.  Only BoB was worth the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Very good post at Conversational Reading wherein Scott tackles the fine points of unreliable first person narrator and focuses on the grammatical skill of the teller of story.  I’ve come up against this many times in my own writing–both questions: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We’ve talked about this in class, and it’s one of those things that are never clearly answered–unless you’re James Frey and have never been a dope addict. Lisa at Eudaemonia has an excellent post today on how much of ourselves … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A tiny overlap and continued narrative: You light a cigarette and drag the phone cord through the kitchen, out the door, into the garage because your wedding vows included never smoking in the house. But you won’t tell Brad that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So here you are, close to ten years married,  and the phone rings and you don’t recognize the caller ID phone number which makes you curious so you pick it up and say hello and a sexy baritone from deep … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There is a look about a liar, though he is not unique in telling tales with just a glance.  There is a hungriness colored by an expectation, a joy of moving to within the reach of dreams. I know this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Outside the bedroom window, a full moon paints the backyard with a brush of snow. Despite the knowing of the seasons I still look close to comprehend. Continue reading →