Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates
June 2020 Update
First of all, do your part and read articles and books about antiracism. There are great resources listed here, here, and here. Black Lives Matter. I joined the team at Operation Awesome to post weekly about writing, editing, and publishing. I post every Tuesday, and I started a reading series, Q: What Are You Reading?. …
Daily Chronicles
(C)ovid-19 Chronicles. Bucket List. Monday, 3.16.2020. #artdemic #comic #comics #art I never imagined that I could check items off my bucket list while in social isolation. Check: Watch the Carmen Opera To do: write a play. Learn to take better selfies.
First Fiction Publication! and updates
Check out my first short story fiction publication, “The Future of Food Service” in the first issue of Whatever Keeps the Lights On. It’s very exciting to see my fiction find a home. I’m making progress on the acrylic pour paintings. And I’ve been making sketches for my psychologist project, as well as paneling and …
Goals for 2019
Since I have eight months before I start graduate school (applications are in!), I have decided to focus on writing and art. I bought some big sketchbooks and paper to make text blocks for handmade books. I have supplies to try out acrylic pour painting. Basically, I want to write a lot of poems, write …
NaNo 2018–Day 30–, 91,001 words
Wow, what a month! It turns out that I did not reach the end of the story until 91,001 words, so I did not do a Dare novel this time, though that is still something I would like to do. I also did not reach 100K, but 91K is pretty close. I beat several of …
NaNo 2018–Day 15–65,223 words
I’ve been doing NaNo for ten years, and this has been my best year ever. I beat my wordiest day from 2014 on the 1st. I beat my wordiest day again on the 12th. I reached 50K on day 12, and my previous record was 13. I have not missed a day of writing, and …
NaNo 2018–Day 1–10,224 words
This year I am working an idea I developed in 2007, a science-fiction mystery. My wordiest day record was from National Novel Writing Month 2014, at 10,192 words. And that was a goal I wanted to break this year. I did not expect to reach this goal on day 1. Writing 10,224 words, I discovered …
18% Funded! 7 Days to Go!
Originally posted on The Magnolia Review:
We are 18% Funded with 7 Days to Go! Thank you to all 31 backers. I appreciate your support. I approved the final proof from the printer for Volume 4, Issue 1. They are getting ready to print, and I will have them before the end of November. There…
18% Funded! 9 Days to Go!
Originally posted on The Magnolia Review:
Thank you to our 28 backers! We are 18% funded with 9 Days to Go! Thank you for every dollar of $1,123. Keep the pledges coming and keep spreading the word. Let’s make this dream happen. Check out the Kickstarter project page here (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magnoliareview/the-magnolia-review-volume-4?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20magnolia%20review).
We made it to $1,000!
Originally posted on The Magnolia Review:
Thank you to our 28 backers! We are 18% funded with 15 Days to Go! We’ve reached a THOUSAND DOLLARS! Five thousand more and we’ll reach our $6,000 goal to print two volumes of The Magnolia Review, Volume 4, Issue 1, and Volume 4, Issue 2. Thank you for…
Suzanna and Writing 