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Susan Dixon

I have taught writing in classrooms for decades, mentored beginning writers, and supported stalled writers in finishing their project. I write both non-fiction and fiction and participate in three writing groups. I am always on the lookout for new writers who just need to know they have a story and that their story is worth telling.

Truth and Lies

PROMPT: “How is truth manipulated to serve the ends of war-making? Why would lies be thought to be necessary? Are lies ever justified? What is

Susan Dixon September 6, 2019 No Comments

The War Against the Land

Many of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam saw it: the extraordinary beauty of the land they had come to destroy. They took note of

Susan Dixon June 22, 2019 2 Comments

Tribal Memory

A friend is writing about stories in her family that turn out, upon investigation, not to be true. That made me wonder if the stories

Susan Dixon June 15, 2012 No Comments

The Hard-Core Hat

The men sit, brooding, waiting, exhausted. If they are told to do something, they are ready to do it, their equipment close by. Their weapons

Susan Dixon May 3, 2012 No Comments

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