Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates

Prelude to a Million Years by Lynd Ward

I read my first wordless novel, “Prelude to a Million Years” by Lynd Ward. For more information about a wordless novel versus a graphic novel, click here.

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A Thousand Words per Page: the Wordless Novel

Originally posted on Graphically Inclined:
Close Cousins or Distant Family? In the Afterword to George Walker’s Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri, Laurence Hyde (Firefly Books, 2007), Seth suggests that although the wordless novels which began to gain notoriety at the beginning of the 20th century are now…

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What It Is by Lynda Barry

I finished reading “What It Is” by Lynda Barry. If you are an artist of any sort, you need to read this book, and I would highly recommend nabbing your own copy. Lynda Barry shares her thoughts on images, memory, and the creative process. She also provides exercises to delve into the images you already …

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Zine Contest

I signed up! There is a contest to make a 24 page zine in 24 hours in July. For more information, visit the FAQ. If you complete the challenge and mail it in, you’ll earn a pin and have the cover and some pages of your zine showcased on the 24 hour zine thing blog. …

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The work of George Saunders

I have read all of the following books by George Saunders. “Sea Oak” was a great introduction to his work when I was a sophomore in college. If you can only read two, go for “In Persuasion Nation” and “The Braindead Megaphone.” CivilWarLand in Bad Decline Pastoralia The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip The Brief …

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E-Books–How Much?

Talking Writing discusses e-books: how much should you pay? Check out this article about the court and this article on how much e-books should cost. Personally, the most I have paid for an e-book is $9.99. I’ll purchase an e-book if I want to have the book but don’t want it to weigh me down when …

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Theresa Williams on Writing

Check out this interview of Theresa Williams on Writing.

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Goals for 2013–May Update

Poems read: 711/365 Poems written: 111/365 Short stories read: 262/365 Short stories written: 8/24 Submissions: 4/12 Videos made: 9/100 Sketches made: 399/365 Art pieces made: 33/52

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The Letter Project–Letter to Whitney

Read five letters I wrote to Whitney here.

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The Letter Project–Letter to Whitney

Whitney received another letter from me. Check it out here.

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