Rumblings – Suzanne Warr

Books, Kids, Parents and Graphic Content

A discussion about violence in fiction (specifically YA and Middle-grade) in the comments section of a post by agent Nathan Bransford has left me with the need toss my two cents out there.Â Perhaps more than two cents.Â I don’t often pull outÂ a soap box, but this might be one of the times I do.Â

Almost a Headline

24FebruarySuzanne4 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs, Rumblings

First, upon removing the bumper of our car to fix the damage done by the deer, they discovered that the car was in an accident at some time previous and was not fully repaired.Â Fortunately the additionalÂ repairs are not going to blow the bank–but they’re not going to be cheap, either. ThenÂ I headed home in

You Might Be a Dork If…

12NovemberSuzanne2 CommentsRumblings

You respond to a Craigslist ad, email the person on and off negotiating for the better part of a week, settle on acceptable terms, and then confess– That you live over an hour drive away from the lister, in another city,Â and would they mind bringing the item to you or meeting somewhere halfway?

Best and Worst Divided by Foldable Green

22SeptemberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Rumblings

I’ve never actually watched the Emmy’s–nor the Oscar’s, for that matter–but I find it amusing to sometimes click over theÂ red carpet pics and the lists ofÂ best and worst dressed.Â I find it entertaining becauseÂ the division between these two lists has always seemed a bit arbitrary. Look for yourself, and see what I mean. HeadingÂ the best

Hauling Away the Uhaul

8SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs, Rumblings

Sadly, I did not get photos.Â You will all have to stretch your imagination tall and long in order to wrap it around the mental image of a 24 foot uhaul–backed into my driveway. Now, if said Uhaul had been mine, that would be alright.Â If it had belonged to a sister, cousin, or neighbor,

The Other Side of the Storm

5SeptemberSuzanneRumblings

I know this is a Yahoo article, which would mean in the usual course that it was too public for me to blog.Â Why blog something everyone’s already seen?Â But this particular topic has been a pet peeve of mine for long enough that I find myself unable to resist the urge to pull it

Bailouts, Fed Up USA, and the Perspective of History

23JulySuzanne1 CommentRumblings

I’m a homeowner trying to sell my house at a bad time, a time when no one can get the credit to qualify for a loan, so you’d think I’d fall on the side of bailout bills and rescue plans.Â That would be the fastest route, it stands to reason, for me to unload my

Infinity Version Three

25JuneSuzanneRumblings, Writing

I’m cutting, expanding, editing and re-working three stories right now.Â All are being prepped for specific markets and have already been through a thousand and one edits, or so it feels. And let me just say, keeping track of the versions can be a royal pain. It should be simple.Â Version 1, 2, 3, etc.

Three Weeks, and Gas K.O.

12MaySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Rumblings

I feel rather like a puffer fish who’s taken in all the water/air he can absorb but must still absorb a bit more.Â I have three weeks of classwork left, during which time I’ll also take four of my last finals.Â Then it’ll be a bit of mopping up, so to speak, and one last

New Meaning to Red Eye

2AprilSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Rumblings

Note to self: Red means danger.Â Red means stop.Â Red means don’t-put-it-in-your-eye. I have the kind of contacts which soak overnight in a peroxide solution.Â They get nicely cleaned, and by morning the peroxide’s neutralized.Â Then, I keep a saline solution at hand, and squirt a bit of that in the contacts before putting them

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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