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Spinning
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Reading, Writing, Being
- Added on: Dec 1st, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: susan
- Listed in: Fiction Mixed Media
- Tags: literature writing new media
Recent Posts
LITERATURE: The English Patient – Language
I can’t say that I’ve been overwhelmed by this novel; the plot is slow, the characters only became interesting halfway through the book, the setting and premise is implausible, and the writing–to me–is a bit vague and murky ra...
WRITING: 100 Poems in a Day!
Tim Clare has, I must admit, outdid our 100-Day Project participants 100-fold. Our output? A single piece–story, hypertext, drawing, photo, poem–a day. Tim’s? 100 in a single day! Check them out–they’re damn good and I p...
REALITY?: Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot…
Oh it happens to the best of us, we even try those computer-gizmos with the addresses and birthdays and yet the old Rolodex is what we return to every year for Christmas cards and plumbing calls. For a while we neatly print the new additions onto ind...
REALITY?: Happy Thanksgiving Day!
As long as you can make a couple pies, stuff a turkey and stick him in the oven before 7 in the morning, and take out the china and silver for a grand dinner, you are blessed. This year is another of those “oh dear God what are we going to do&#...
WRITING: Short-shorts and Flash
Feeling good with an acceptance of one of my short stories at an excellent online literary journal and that gets me geared up for taking advantage of this submission season. Joining Fictionaut has put me in the groove with some really great writing t...
WRITING: Dis-inspired
Boy, I read a short story today that just totally freaked me out it was so good. The concept, the pace, the skill with magical realism, the language, everything about it was so good that I cannot help but be…dis-inspired to write. Sometimes gre...
