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December 18, 2024
In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Narnia is under an enchantment that makes it “always winter and never Christmas,” meaning “always dark and never light,” “always cold and never warm,” “always dormant and never growing,” “always fearful
By Susan Dixon
December 6, 2024
Most people I urge to write during this time dismiss the idea, or don’t register it as having any relevance to themselves. They aren’t “good enough,” they would say, or they aren’t “writers,”or their story isn’t interesting, or important,
By Susan Dixon
November 15, 2024
Over the years I have used this blog space to mess around—with ideas, kinds of writing, connections, seasonal musings. My categories have morphed over time and have held various kinds of writing in a loose organization that makes occasional
By Susan Dixon
November 6, 2024
We need a bigger boat now, because clearly the one we have been rowing is not adequate.
By Susan Dixon
October 5, 2024
Often on book-reading discussion boards someone will ask about DNF books. Do you have DNF books? What books are DNF for you? Is it even ethical, within the universe of book-reading morality, to DNF a book? Writing is difficult,
By Susan Dixon
June 10, 2024
Summer. Not my best season.
Getting out of town
By Susan Dixon
December 30, 2023
Two years ago I decided to do a self-guided writing retreat in the off-season at an artist residency center. My own space, my own time, alone, just me and my writing. I didn’t even want to negotiate the shared
By Susan Dixon
December 21, 2023
Dorie Greenspan has a classic recipe for the perfect cookie that she got from Pierre Hermé. It’s basically a French sablé but like an American chocolate chip cookie, it is made with both white and brown sugar. It’s got
By Susan Dixon
“It’s Imbolc,” I say, brightly. “The first day of spring. In the Celtic calendar.”
Getting out of town