Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: And Writing Space begot Writing Space…

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Susan

Seems I’m going to learn by trial and error(s) or maybe print out some of the Storyspace Manual pages or else I’m going to be knee-deep in empty writing spaces that appear to be breeding like rabbits. I know there’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Storyspace – With Malice Aforethought

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Susan

Unlegalesed that means plotting and story.  In Storyspace, it seems that while your options are wide, wide open to follow wherever a thought leads you so that story winds back on itself and is ever-moving, unhampered by the tube top … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Grey

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Susan

Not only rain but dripping ticking off the seconds into minutes into hours of lonely work.  Amid the artwork by Matisse and Ansel Adams and brightest yet the fingerpaintings by Finnoula, little Maeve and Magdalene I try but it is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Storyspace – Wading In

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Susan

Well I’ve learned how to do a few things and I’m trying to incorporate a story into the program just to learn and get comfortable with the software and the process.  My basic learning style is know what you want … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Restaurant Fare

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Susan

We don’t go out to eat often and when we do it’s leaning towards something we can’t make as easily at home.  Chinese is one of those, Mexican another, although I do produce some semblance of both on a regular … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Storyspace

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Susan

Got it.  Downloaded and registered and ready to go.  I check out the manual and am almost intimidated: 317 pages.  I don’t like anything that takes 317 pages to learn.  But I’d already played in this and now I’m ready.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY? & WRITING: et al

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Susan

Super super day I’m flyin’ high, which makes, I guess, the ground so very very far below me. Ordered Storyspace. Felt good about encouraging a writer to write.  A good writer, one that should be writing. Made a customer happy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: In a New Light

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Susan

Thinkin’, thinkin’, and wandered outside still looking at things from a different perspective.  Had to catch the moment of a dark wet morning, saturated with color. And the ‘beautiful bush’ — the snowball that I call the cemetary bush because … Continue reading →

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WRITING & NEW MEDIA: Learning Anew

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Susan

While my craziness over ability has swaggered back onto a trail of sorts that still leads in the direction of writing, I’m discovering new methods that may be forcing other issues into the open and inadvertantly working to their betterment. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dinner

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Susan

Corned beef and cabbage, carrots and potatoes all a one-pot dinner with a mandatory single can of beer done in the pressure cooker.  And two apple pies.  One we bring to Gus’ and one is left here for Jim so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: No Beep

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Susan

Sans hard drives, monitor, keyboard, mouse, the new pc still should have beeped when I plugged ‘er in.  No beep.  Likely it should have made many beeps, shrieking about the lack of keyboard, mouse, etc.  I’ll drag it into the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Ah, the empty mind awaiting input

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Susan

And the mess until it’s born and learns to talk…

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WRITING: Exercise

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Susan

I’ve never been a good one for applying creative energy in an on-demand performance.  Just never think that quickly; I’m a ponderer. But maybe even if I allow myself to take the time, like hours or a day above the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Whatever.

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

After seeing Lisa’s "You should be a Poet" results, I took the quiz.  Honest, ever since 8th grade when my four-page career exam suggested I should drive a tractor I’ve been careful about these tests. You Should Be a Science … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Lord, don’tcha hate it

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

…when you can’t find your thermal paste? Continue reading →

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