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July 14, 2023

A Place for Interesting Things

I used to think, because this is how I was trained—in high school, in college, in grad school, in life—that I had to have a Theme. If I wanted to host a blog/website/discussion/writing space, it had to have a
By Susan Dixon
June 26, 2023

… After All These Years

You’d think, after giving it more than 50 years, that we, the Vietnam War Generation, would have managed to make some sense of it. Fifty years worth of education, life experience, technical skill, hobbies, travel, social engagement—all those things
By Susan Dixon
February 2, 2023

A scene that (probably) won’t make it into the book

“And what did Catarine say to you?”

“I don’t remember clearly …”

“Because she never makes much sense,” Cristophe interrupted.

I was working on a project (my doctoral dissertation) where I had to show that what I said was True. I had to

By Susan Dixon
September 9, 2022

Poem for the Season

Each day, the autumn, eating a little further into the bone. … Poem Kerry Hardie. Image by Dede Hatch
By Susan Dixon

“Something about someone who knew me and

By Susan Dixon
January 10, 2023

The Writing Benefits of ‘Flu Brain’

While the flu had hold of me, I couldn’t remember the names of things. It was like my brain had just stopped dealing with minor details as it re-ordered itself. That frightened my daughter who began to ask for
By Susan Dixon
January 4, 2023

Writing through the flu

In the week between Christmas and New Years I had Plans. I reviewed my 2022 calendar and made notes in the one for 2023. January 2022 had virtually no notes at all except for little To Do lists for
By Susan Dixon
December 13, 2022

Seeing in the Dark

It is said that when Druids were in training they would spend hours at a time in stone beehive huts, utterly in the dark, so as to be able to memorize the enormous body of knowledge their culture held.
By Susan Dixon
November 1, 2022

November

Show’s over, folks. And didn’t October do A bang-up job? …. Maggie Dietz, “November,” in That Kind of Happy (The University of Chicago Press, 2016)
By Susan Dixon
October 27, 2022

Haint

“Haint” is an Appalachian world for a spirit, a ghost, a haunt. My mother saw one once. This is about when I heard one.
By Susan Dixon
October 10, 2022

A Novel Writer’s Dilemma

Trying to understand the 12th century from the vantage point of the 21st is like trying to imagine the life of one of those organisms in the depth of the ocean. We can’t do it. Too much has been
By Susan Dixon
September 26, 2022

WIP : Glimpse of the main character

This image is the closest I could come to what I have in my imagination. I am not certain Zelie had colored pencils. In any case, I have never seen any. She will acquire other supplies as the story
By Susan Dixon
September 16, 2022

Work In Progress

Once upon a time …. I found a story.

I was working on a project (my doctoral dissertation) where I had to show that what I said was True. I had to

By Susan Dixon
September 9, 2022

Poem for the Season

Each day, the autumn, eating a little further into the bone. … Poem Kerry Hardie. Image by Dede Hatch
By Susan Dixon

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