Monday Musings…
I learned the secret of writing this weekend. Chuck Palahnuik blew my mind away this weekend. He managed to diagnose …
Author Archives: Susan
It’s Sucky Story Sunday!
Sins of the Fathers All Jacob wanted was to replace his totaled car. And his father’s laptop was going to …
Tuesday Tool Time
There was a time of great mourning in our home this past month. A member of our family for nearly …
Sucky Story Sunday
As part of my study of Ray Bradbury’s writing advice, I am writing 52 bad short stories. He proposed that …
Seven on a Saturday
Happy 2022! I just spent two hours a day the last seven days working on goals, systems, habits, and editorial …
2021 Recap
I had a lot of big goals in 2021 2,021 hours of creative work Write 52 short stories Read 100 …
Tuesday Tool Time
I am revisiting the humble timer cubes this week. I thought that they would be great for word sprints during …
In elementary school, we called it pre-writing.
In elementary school, there were rules for everything. How to sit, how to walk in line, how to put your …
So, how’s that working for ya
No, I obviously not an essayist. Tried that hat on and it did not fit. Margaret Atwood says that fiction …
A New Month, A New Blog…
Welcome to the X-er Files! After spending the past month writing morning pages every day about how difficult it is …
The Story Factory 