Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

I finished reading “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson. When I was in high school, I attended an author visit at the library. I have also read “Fever, 1793” and “Catalyst.”

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An Awesome Week…and it got better

This week was already awesome because I finished typing the third draft of my novel and printed it. I spent happy hours rereading and organizing. But it got so much better. I had lunch and The Cookie Jar with my pen pal Whitney from The Letter Project. The film Imaginaerum with Nightwish music was available for …

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Typing–Complete

I finished typing the third draft of my novel today. 150 pages in Microsoft Word. Now it’s time for revision and art as research continues.

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The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa

I wrote this letter to Theresa and used watercolor.

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AWP–Boston 2013

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference is this week in Boston. I’m heading to Boston tomorrow. Meet the staff of “Talking Writing” as they discuss the conference. I’ll be living at the book fair and bringing books back.

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The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa

I wrote this letter to Theresa. Check out the poem I wrote about the Finnish word for “bunny.”

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The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa

I wrote this letter to Theresa. I sketched Meeko, and I made a picture with Microns.

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Reading Frenzy

During the last two weeks I have read many books: Hunger Games Trilogy–Suzanne Collins Muted Lines from Someone Else’s Memory–Seth Berg Old Shirts & New Skins–Sherman Alexie The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven–Sherman Alexie Tell the World–WritersCorps Letters to a Young Poet–Rainer Maria Rilke The Year of the Hare–Arto Paasilinna

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Goals for 2013–February Update

Poems read: 385/365 Poems written: 48/365 Short stories read: 114/365 Short stories written: 5/24 Submissions: 1/12 Videos made: 5/100 Sketches made: 187/365 Art pieces made: 21/52

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The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa

I wrote this letter to Theresa and included a drawing I found at work on a napkin.

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