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Hook: Gift of the Magpie

I finally took my own challenge to write a hook forÂ a novel I’m outlining, just to give myself practice and maybe get it ready for a Miss Snark-style hook critique. Gift of the Magpie Urban Fantasy Raven is being stalked by a man whoâ€™sÂ decided that sheâ€™s his ex-wife. It all started when her cousin went

I’m Scared of Cops, Are You?

14AprilSuzanneRumblings, The Human Condition

I’ve lifted this message from the body of an email sent by a friend of mine.Â When I read of her ‘cop fear’, I had to confess that I have it too.Â Just this week I was followedÂ a short way by a Sherrif, and was so busy checking my speed and watching him in the

Top Ten Ways to Carve out Free Time

13AprilSuzanneJust for Laughs

10 – Tell your employees that from now on, you’re all doing aerobics during meetings. 9 – Give your phone to the neighbors dog and tell him it’s a bone. 8 – Make three giant casserols every Sunday, then eat them all week. 7 – Fill your cupboards with extra food, then justÂ keep the dishes

Craft – Someone Being Convinced of the Unbelievable

12AprilSuzanneCrafting Pieces

Sarkin stood quietly in the shadows, watching the table where Emily sat.Â Â The waiter had come and gone twice.Â Â Emily had cut a piece of bread, but only nimbled on it.Â Â He would join her soon. Emily folded her hands in her lap, thenÂ placed one on the table and leaned back.Â Â TheÂ tension around her eyes was joined by a

Post Article ‘Pearls Before Breakfast’

11AprilSuzanneRumblings

This was a grea hoax, and a great article by the Washington Post.Â Â I am grateful to feel confident I would have stopped, because I always stop for the street musicians if they’re any good at all. ButÂ that brings up a point. You see, I’m not a commuter.Â I work from home, on a flexible schedule,

The $64 Tomatoe

10AprilSuzanneThe Bookshelf

I owe this book my sanity. Not only in the here and now, for giving me something real and funny to keep me going through my math class, but also for saving me from the wonderful world of worm pee, hand-pollination, and all-out war with the local flora and fuana. Which is to say, I

To Weigh a Rejection Letter

9AprilSuzanne1 CommentWriting

How much do your rejection letters weigh?Â Do they add up to a pound? Imagine you had an ancient scale.Â You take it out, dust it off, and set it on the desk.Â Now pile your rejection letters on one side.Â What would you place on the other?Â Missing your favorite show for three years

Serenity vs. Star Wars

7AprilSuzanneMovies

They’ve got a discussion going on over at Cinematical comparing the merits of sci fi films, esp. Star Wars and Serenity. I personally would rather watch Firefly (I have the complete set) over Star Wars, but I might choose Star Wars over Serenity. Of course, I refer only to the original three Star Wars shows.Â

Ready, Set, Write!

6AprilSuzanneWriting

I decided to submit to a RuinsÂ anthology that closes toÂ submissions on April 15th.Â I’ve got a story idea that will be a blast to write and is all plotted out–but it’s yet to beÂ started. Given my usual story word count of around 7 or 8,000 words, after trimming, that means I’ll be writing a total

Things That Go “Beep!” In the Night

5AprilSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Where would the world be without highly useful, helpful, and thoroughly obnoxious gadgets to beep at us? Picture a home.Â All is peaceful and still (save perhaps the squables ofÂ children, but that’s just background noise).Â Then the silence is broken– “Beep!”Â We look up, on alert to place the sound. “Beep!”Â The sound bounces in

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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