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This Week In Words 1-7-07

buckboard n. A four-wheeled open carriage with the seat or seats attached to a flexible board running between the front and rear axles. inominate adj.Â 1. Having no name.Â 2. Anonymous.Â parang n. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.Â sennight n. Archaic. A week [Middle English senight,

Icarus Singed

6JanuarySuzanneWriting

True to its namesake, my flash piece Flight of Icarus has gone down once again.Â This time theÂ rejection comes from Ideomancer. Ah, well.Â It was always a long shot.

Top Ten Ways To Ace Your Test

5JanuarySuzanneJust for Laughs

10Â – Throw a big bash theÂ night before. 9Â – Go on an all-chocolate diet 48 hours before the test. 8Â – Only take exams when the moon is full. 7Â -Â Buy a lottery ticket and rub it all over theÂ text book. 6Â – Spend a week collecting discardedÂ pencils and getting them all sharpened. 5Â – Use your text book for

Fatally Flawed Snow

4JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs, Uncategorized

Our five-yeal old has been pining for snow this winter, as she hasn’t seen any since she was two.Â Today as I opened the big freezer we keep in the garage she noticed the frost coating the wall and asked if she could have some of this ‘snow’. She touched various bits, and got a

Grabbing the New Year with Both Hands

3JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery

I’m back.Â After a great Christmas (though hectic) and a germ-ridden New Years (though quiet) I’ve officially taken myself off the absentee list. Time to pounce on the opportunities of the newly-hatched year before they grow into smoking dragons and tearing wyverns that shred me at the first sign of weakness.Â The only way to

My Writing Goals for 2007

1JanuarySuzanne2 CommentsWriting

1 – Have a story accepted and paid for byÂ aÂ pro magazine within the Spec. Fic genre. 2 -Â Spend at least one hourÂ writingÂ each morning before taking the kids to school. 3 – Get a minimum of ten hours writing in every single week. 5 – Learn how to use my apostrophe so it doesn’t require an

WOTF Results 4th quarter 2006

24DecemberSuzanneWriting

I just got the email, which is much faster than they were last time with the results. Keela (aka Voice of the Sea) placed as a quarter-finalist.Â Ironically, I’m happier about it this time than I was with Warrior’s Flame.Â I wasn’t confident Keela would place at all, as it didn’t seem like their kind

Star’s Seduction

22DecemberSuzanneWriting

I sent Star’s Seduction off to Full Unit Hookup this morning.Â It’s kind of a weird story, so maybe FuHu will be a good fit. I’ll be hearing back on a batch of stories sometime in the next month, so I’m getting others out the door as quickly as I can.Â I find it much

Chilling Through the Holidays

20DecemberSuzanneBlogging, Home in the Rookery

Consider yourselves forewarned.Â With Christmas at the doorstep I’m giving myself permission to go into holiday blogging mode, which means I only blog if I can’t stop myself. I know the withdrawal from my witty, fascinatingÂ and informative writing will be hard to take, but I promise to return in January fully refreshed and ready to

Icarus Going Out

19DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsWriting

I made a few minor changes to Icarus, then sent it back out into the cold. Keep your fingers crossedÂ that it finds a warm welcomeÂ with the editor ofÂ Ideomancer.

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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