Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates
Crazy Semester So Far
This semester has been pretty hectic, certainly busier for me than previous ones. This means I won’t be updating as often. My posts will be sporadic, but I will do what I can. One prompt a week, on Sundays, instead of Sunday and Thursday. Some recent posts are Tumblr because I’ve been having issues with wordpress …
The Letter Project–Recent Letters
Check out my recent letter to Theresa at The Letter Project. It is decorated from quotes of Salinger’s short stories. *Originally appeared on Tumblr
Prompt–Tuesday, September 13
Choose a recent sensory experience that was new for you, or think of one that really grabbed your attention. I gutted a pumpkin last night for its seeds and puree. Here is a poem for you. Not what I expected. Pies are smooth and spicy in a way that brings falling leaves inside. Your insides are …
Short Story Contest
One of my fellow writers and myself will have a competition. Who can write the most short stories by the end of September? She is already ahead of me with one completed. Hopefully I can catch up! At the very least I will have written more short stories in one month than I have previously, …
Flannery O’Connor Essay “Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction”
I wanted to share part of this essay with you. She wrote: “The great novels we get in the future are not going to be those that the public thinks it wants, or those that critics demand. They are going to be the kind of novels that interest the novelist. And the novels that interest …
Prompt–Friday, September 9
Pick up a newspaper and choose a headline that catches your eye. My choice is “Strut a spirited style at games” in The BG News for today and this weekend. Strut the falcon walk to the stadium on the other side. Let those feathers flutter in the wind every single day. *Editor’s note: originally appeared …
Prompt–Monday, September 5
Grab a literary magazine, poetry collection or short story collection for this one. Randomly pick two consecutive lines (or sentences) of two pieces. I grabbed Mid-American Review, Volume 31, number 1. from “Poem for My Father, Who Has Less to Say Now” by Chris Tanseer: “And since it’s winter, the two oaks, still bare of leaves, …
Prompt–Thursday, September 1
I recently acquired my own copy of “Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954” by Jack Kerouac, edited by Douglas Brinkley. The prompt is based on the following sentence: “But a farm is my idea of working for a living, above all things” (62). Go. Above All Things Life is work. So is farming. Each …
Oops!
Oops is all I can say about the prompt for Sunday. I was in Columbus, Ohio, for the weekend for my mom’s graduation from OSU with a master’s degree. And I went to Volunteers of America and got new clothes. There will be a prompt Thursday.
Prompt–Thursday, August 25
I’m taking a media publication and design course this semester. The text is “The Non-Designers Design Book” by Robin Williams and one of the examples had a list of several items. It was called “The Rules of Life” and the one that stood out to me was “Don’t let the seeds stop you from enjoyin’ the watermelon.” …
Suzanna and Writing 