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This Little Piggy Went to Market

18JulySuzanne1 CommentFlash Friday, Writing

Did you ever play that game, with a child, where you wiggle each toe and describe how the little piggies went to market, or stayed home? Â My toddlers loved it! Â Seriously, they thought it was the greatest thing since cupcakes were invented, and that was before the grand finish where the last ‘piggy’ ran

Raising a Storm

11JulySuzanneFlash Friday, Writing

It’s often said that raising bright, inquisitive kids comes with its own challenges. Â After all, the quicker their minds, the faster they out think their tired parents–and any rules you set, right? Â How much harder would it be, then, to raise kids with powers and abilities beyond the norm? Â Rather challenging, I suspect. Â Since I’m

Happy Fourth of July!

4JulySuzanne4 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

After properly scaring (or should that be scarring?) our neighbors and chickens with lovely fireworks from across the border, most of which flew so high they lit up the sky and disappeared, I’ve finally settled down to my post. Â But first, a flaming M&M dude. Â Because apparently this is what happens when you stuff a

Steampunking the World

27JuneSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

I’ll be at ConTemporal today, reveling in the steampunk world. Â My panel schedule (should you find yourself a transport pad and a few extra hours) is as follows: Fri (the 27th) 5:00 pm Â What Can Professional Organizations Offer the Writer? Fri (the 27th) 6:00 pm Â The Steampunking of American Culture Sat (the 28th) 12:00 pm

Out of the dust…or sand, as the case may be.

20JuneSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

You’ll never guess my inspiration for today’s flash piece. 😉 I stepped back, and stared at the sand castle I’d just shaped. Â Where had that come from? Â It was…not remotely what I expected when I agreed to enter Aunt Genna’s contest. The draped towels behind me rippled as Starla shook them. Â “Come on, Tammy, hurry

How to Cook Your Father in 10 Easy Steps

13JuneSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

This week’s prompt was ‘a cooking disaster,’ but with me those hardly feel like fiction–as witness the ‘oops, I just preheated the oven without realizing I’d left a loaf of bread in there two days ago’ blackened pumpkin bread I pulled out yesterday. Â I’m not a bad cook, but I can be absentminded, and that

What does it take to get you out of bed?

6JuneSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

It’s funny, last month when I turned the calender over to show May I groaned, as it seemed every square was already triple-booked. Â This month, June doesn’t look so bad…but what’s not on there is all the stuff that got pushed off from May onto June, plus the good things (like new writing projects and

Paradise…waiting

30MaySuzanne8 CommentsFlash Friday, Home in the Rookery, Writing

Me, my paradise is a lovely little two bedroom place on Hilton Head Island, that’s built over and around the wetlands, with trees growing up through the boardwalk and a beach waiting for you to collapse onto. We’ve still got weeks to go before we get there…but I can almost taste the salt breeze, and

Find a penny, pick it up…

23MaySuzanne6 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Do you believe in luck? Â And if so, how much do you believe? Â Me, I’m a rational person with a scientific mind and a tendency to contingency plan everything until the outcome is a forgone conclusion. Â Until things start to go wrong, of course, and then I cross my fingers and knock on wood. Â But,

Letting go…or holding on, despite the flood

17MaySuzanne16 CommentsFlash Friday, Home in the Rookery, Writing

Only once before have I missed getting my Friday post up–and that was our ice storm, in which all internet (plus power, for most people) was wiped out and I couldn’t access my blog. Â Plus, a tree grew upside down. Â Today’s excuse wasn’t quite so dramatic, but did prove once again how small and pitiful

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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