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Top 10 Reasons to go to the Beach

10-You’ve missedÂ having sandÂ in your hotdog. 9-It’s been months since you wore painful pink. 8-You plan to build sand castles when you grow up. 7-You’ve heard that salt is a great preservative. 6-You’ve never seen a shark up close. 5-YouÂ have a book that can only be read at the beach. 4-You’re waiting for your ship to

Craft – Exotic

10AugustSuzanneCrafting Pieces

The baensee wavered in the slight wind, waiting and watching.Â Tension rippled from one baensee to another as the sun peeked over the hill. It was time.Â Would she come? The sun rose higher, blinding the baensee and bringing misty tears. Then a shadow fell across them, and once again the baensee swayed with emotion.

Secret Messages and Coral Castle

9AugustSuzanne2 CommentsSpeculative Science, The Human Condition

I put out an antenae for weirdness tonight and came up with a couple of oddities. This article on the secret eye of your cell phone I picked up at LiveScience.com.Â The fashion application of this puts me in mind of the Disco Light shirts I mentioned on a previous blog. I part of my

Inspiring Classes

9AugustSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

I find thatÂ IÂ draw two forms of inspiration from my classes. The first kind is usually a result of reading one of my history texts.Â Â Since history is fascinating to me and absolutely full andÂ over flowing with ideas about movers and shakers, cultures and people, that sort of inspiration usually results inÂ a story idea leaping off the

Trinoc Report

5AugustSuzanne2 CommentsNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

We had a great time, and came home laden with books and booty. Friday night we arrived later than planned, thanks to a traffic snarl, so we only attended the ‘meet the guests’, by way of scheduled activities.Â There we bumped into James Maxey, as predicted, exchanged pleasantries with Alan Wold, and discovered that George

Bitterwood

2AugustSuzanne7 CommentsNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf

I’ve been interested in reading Bitterwood for a while now.Â IÂ enjoy James Maxey’s blog, and we have mutual friends who’ve recommended Bitterwood. But I stopped talking about reading it and finally read it because I don’t want to sound like a dweeb if I run into James Maxey at Trinoc this weekend. So what did

Ants on the Rise

1AugustSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Writing

I think I’ll write a story about ants taking over the world. And where would I have gotten an idea like that? Could have been this National Geographic tidbit on Army Ants.Â It could have beenÂ the study ofÂ these peaceful colonies. But, no.Â I must confess that once again my inspiration came from a little closer

The Great Rejection Divide

30JulySuzanneWriting

The large-ish batch of stories I sent off some months ago are coming back in having been politely stamped with the big R.Â I don’t mind too much, as I’m also looking at several publications pretty soon here, but I do feel divided. On the one hand, I have an almost compulsive horror of stories

Running Into Friends

25JulySuzanne2 CommentsNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers

I’ve come across the site of Alan of the Word before, I’m guessing through an online mutual friend.Â Then IÂ ran across him at sfreader and thought I should blogroll him, only to forget about it…until today, when I once again came across his site.Â Â Each visit has been amusing and generally satisfying, so I’dÂ say it’s time

The Art of Alarm Clock Use

24JulySuzanneJust for Laughs, The Human Condition

Like any item of great import, the alarm clock has aÂ few rules forÂ proper handling, the code by which this wondrous and terrible tool can be used. First in importance, place the alarm clock on a stand at least four feet from the bed.Â This crucial space will prevent the tool from being abused by repeated

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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