Happy New Year and a Spotlight on A Duet For Home

9JanuarySuzanne10 CommentsUncategorizedaduetforhome, books, fairytale, gamedesigndocument, games, gamewriter, middlegrade, midjourney, mmgm, narrativedesign, spotlight, writing

I can’t believe it’s been since April of last year since I posted! I’ve thought through posts in my head so many times it felt like I was still here…somewhere. It’s good to connect again now! I want to share what I’m working on for this coming year and ask for your help with one

Funny Friday Faceoff: the funny thing about humor writing

11OctoberSuzanne1 CommentFriday Funny Faceoff, Just for Laughsbook, funny friday, government shutdown, grumpy cat, humor, humor award, jokes, laugh, novel, writers, writing

This week in my online humor class, several of us felt a bit like Grumpy CatÂ does everyÂ day– And a few students were even thinking of throwing in the towel.Â Not a pretty towel, either.Â This towel. Because the truth is that humor writing is hard.Â And sometimes humiliating.Â Which…is actually kind of funny, when you

Why the Carolinas have the Best SCBWI Conference

30SeptemberSuzanne3 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, Writingchildren's publishing, dan yaccarino, illustrating, scbwi carolinas, scbwi regional conference, writing

First there’s the obvious reason–’cause we rock!Â Then there’s our tireless (I swear, she really doesn’t appear to have a ‘tired’ setting!) RA Teresa Fannin, and all our great PAL members that are super generous with their time.Â But let me share a few of the highlights from the conference speakers–just a few–andÂ you decide for

Luke’s hand, Darth Vader, and Story Core

25SeptemberSuzanne9 CommentsTween the Weekenddarth vader, images, luke's hand, pics, star wars, store, tween the weekends, wookieepedia, writing

I’ve been having deep writerly thoughts–or I think I have.Â Maybe they’re just morbid.Â But, they’re all centered on Star Wars, so bad can they be?Â I mean, a series of movies with a man-eating hole, a nasty ‘thing’ living in a garbage chute that’s going to squish you alive, andÂ a bad guy who wants

A New-Old Obsession

28AugustSuzanne10 CommentsThe Bookshelf, Tween the Weekend, Writingbooks, how to write, must read, obsession, popcorn potion, tween the weekend, writing

When does research become obsession?Â At what point is the To Read pile just too high?Â And how did I keep all these books from falling over? That last question?Â I tip-toed.Â And I’m listening for the thunderous thump.Â As for the others…I don’t think my books can possibly climb too high–but then, research AND obsessing

A Dishes Manifesto

22SeptemberSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs, Writingscbwi carolinas dishes housekeeper frankenstein monster, writer, writing

Last night when I went in to do the dishes (at 11:00pm, the only decent hour for housework) the pile was so ugly and aggressivelyÂ leering that I grabbedÂ my camera and took a picture.Â That way I’d be ready if some nasty beast crawled out and demanded I cook him an omelette. Plus, I’ll always have

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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