Category Archives: My Writing
Fear
Fear has been the topic of the last couple of letters exchanged between Theresa and myself. What is fear? Why do we let fear hold us back? I read “10 Ways to Harness Fear and Fuel Your Writing” by Sage Cohen in Writer’s Digest September 2011 issue. The sentence “Fear exists to keep us safe” …
Apologies/Updates
Sorry for my absence this past week. My access to internet has been sparse due to a (hopefully) broken ethernet. With a remedy on the way, it’s nice to get out of the heat and curl up with a book. I am still in the process of reading “Nine Stories” and “The Perks of Being …
The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa
Here is a letter I sent to Theresa.
The Letter Project–Letter to Melanie
Here’s another letter I wrote to Melanie.
Grow as a Writer
Today I found seven old short stories and reread them. It was interesting to see my growth from fall 2009 to fall 2010. I cringed at one I wrote in fall 2009. Never will I mention that story again except as an example of how not to write a short story. And I noticed a …
Short Story
The short story I mentioned July 4 in the post “Adventures and a short story” is finished! At least a first draft. The word count is 3800, the longest short story I’ve written to date. I’ll come back to it in a couple of days and revise it.
The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa
Check out the letter I wrote to Theresa.
Poetry versus Fiction
Whew. That was a long week. Yesterday I researched several literary magazines for submitting my work. If you aren’t already familiar with http://www.duotrope.com, you should definitely check them out as a source to help you discover markets for your work. They have been immensely helpful with my journey to navigate the Internet and find magazines. …
Adventures and a short story
Happy 4th of July! I hope you all have a great holiday. Yesterday I took some adventures with my family to Fort Meigs and the Toledo Museum of Art. I’ve been to Fort Niagara and Fort George in the past. Some of the demonstrators said that women had to be married to live in the …
The Letter Project–Letter from Melanie
Here is Melanie’s response to my letter.
Suzanna and Writing 