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The Dream

January 16, 2021 Susan Leave a comment

Ekphrastic Writing, Continued . . . . Yesterday I had a short piece published at The Ekphrastic Review. You have…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: ekphrastic writing, Frida Kahlo, The Dream, The Ekphrastic Review, writing

As Always, My Love

January 12, 2021 Susan 2 Comments

Return to Kirby Pines On Monday I facilitated a Zoom meeting with eight of the twenty members of the Kirby…

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Posted in: Writing, Writing Workshops Filed under: creative writing group, Creative writing workshop, ekphrastic writing, Kirby Pines Lifecare Community, Robert Lemay, Shawna Lemay, Zoom

The Thing With Feathers

November 17, 2020 Susan

Notes on Hope From a Women’s Retreat Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings…

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Posted in: Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, Writing Filed under: Dr. Nicole Roccas, Emily Dickinson, hope, Hope is the thing with Feathers, imagine, Martin Luther, Righting, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, Women of St. John, women's retreat, writing

Breaking News!

November 2, 2020 Susan 4 Comments

John and Mary Margaret My second novel and seventh book will be released June 27, 2021 from Koehler Books! So,…

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Posted in: Covid Pamdemic, Friends of the Library, Publishing, Writing Filed under: beta readers, Blue Marlin, Friend of the Library, Koehler Books, Lee Smith, Memphis, novellas, novels, Ole Miss, publishing, short stories

Kirby Pines Senior Living Creative Writing Group

October 16, 2020 Susan 2 Comments

Four Months In At the invitation of the wonderful folks at Kirby Pines Senior Living in Memphis, I was invited…

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Posted in: Writing, Writing Workshops Filed under: creative writing, Kirby Pines Senior Living Memphis, manucsript critiques, senior living, writing critique groups

Two Chairs

October 9, 2020 Susan 2 Comments

(Image at the top: “Walking Past Two Chairs” by David Hockney, b. 1937) I have two chairs in my office.…

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Posted in: Work Environment, Writing Filed under: chairs, Color Matters, editing, home office, home office decor, reading, red chairs, Stressless chairs, writing, yellow chairs

The Watchers at the Gates

August 19, 2020 Susan 2 Comments

Wisdom from YOK Twelve years ago I attended my first (of seven) Yoknapatawpha Summer Writers Workshops in Oxford, Mississippi. I…

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Posted in: Writing, Writing Workshops Filed under: Friedrich Schiller, Gail Godwin, Jere Hoar, Scott Morris author, The Watcher at the Gate, YOK Shop, Yoknapatawpha Summer Writing Workshop

Thin Places, God-Winks, and Anam Cara

August 3, 2020 Susan

The Ancient Way: Discoveries on the Path of Celtic Christianity By River Jordan My friend River Jordan is one of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Publishing, Religion, Writing Filed under: abbeys, Celtic Christianity, Confessions of a Christian Mystic, Iona, pilgrimage, River Jordan author, Scotland, spiritual pilgrimage, The Ancient Way, thin places

It Takes a Village

July 26, 2020 Susan

To Give Birth to a Book I have recently finished the first draft of a novel. This is my seventh…

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Posted in: Friends of the Library, Writing Filed under: 1960s, beta readers, characters, Eudora Welty, isolation, John and Mary Margaret, Memphis, mixed race relationships, Ole Miss, On Writing, pandemic, racial unrest, setting, southern saga

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