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WRITING: An Author’s Best Friend

susan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:00 +0000

Been meaning to spread the word here about Dorothee Lang’s latest project, The Daily s-press, a place that showcases books daily with the focus on new books from small presses (+ indie presses): paperbacks, chapbooks, and e-books, presented by authors and small publishers that could benefit from the exposure this site can offer. Dorothee runs The Blue [...]

REALITY?: Bulka

susan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:17 +0000

Usually I make two of them, but I didn’t have poppyseed filling nor the nuts and honey, so this is all I did this time, on the left is apricot, and on the right side is cream cheese with (an overload of) raisins.

WRITING: The Charm of Commenting

susan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:42:14 +0000

Loved this article by Kirsty Logan at the Pank Magazine Blog on her experience with joining the Fictionaut group: Some of it is genius, some of it is crap, and some of it is probably amazing if I could only understand it. I read Fictionaut more avidly than I read any other magazines or [...]

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Twisting Words

susan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:02:26 +0000

On the Supreme Court’s discussion of the extension of federal rulings to cover states and local government: “Justice Stephen Breyer was most vigorous in asserting that the Second Amendment involves dangerous weapons and should not be accorded the same status as other constitutional rights. “We’re starting with a difference in purposes,” he [...]

WRITING: The Inside Workings of Community

susan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:24:01 +0000

Good article at Outsider Writers on the purposes and personal needs and uses of communities founded around a common interest: What is A Writing Community, Anyway?

WRITING & LITERATURE & BLOGGING: A Tiger’s Worth of Excuses

susan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:27:07 +0000

Yes, I’m STILL reading Confessions of Nat Turner and will post on it soon, but it’s obvious that I haven’t been the twice-a-day poster girl here for a while. Well, there are some good reasons for that. I’m writing. And, I’m getting quite a few stories published. So in this age of me-me-me, I’m focusing on [...]

STORIES: Lust

susan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:25:01 +0000

I wrote this one a while ago, as part of a series on the 7 Deadly Sins. I read it at the Wesleyan Writers Conference back in ‘05 during a student reading program but it was waiting for just the right voice, physical voice, and I found that in Finnegan Flawnt. Click to listen to: Lust

WRITING: A Valentine’s Day Gift of Love

susan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:17:42 +0000

Fictionaut’s a great colony of writers and between yesterday and (ongoing) today, there are at least 20 hastily written great Valentine’s Day stories by writers that rose to the fun challenge. This group is just one of overwhelmingly good writers, well-represented in the literary journals, and best of all, the most supportive and helpful bunch [...]

WRITING: Flash Fiction

susan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:33:10 +0000

I use twitter as the person next to me that’s available for a passing thought but isn’t there right now. I just tweeted: “Uh-oh. I’m beginning to be irked by “moments” that want to pass for flash fiction story.” Flash fiction is usually at maximum 1000 words, usually less than 500. I’ve just started getting into [...]

WRITING: The Literary Journal of the 2-Year College

susan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:42:19 +0000

This is an interesting article by New Pages on the importance of the 2-Year College Literary Magazine (thanks to Dorothee of Blue Print Review for pointing this out). There are as many reasons to publish a topical magazine as there are reasons to write. For some larger institutions, it may bring in some bucks–though nowhere close [...]