by suelarkinsweems | Jul 11, 2016 | On Writing
This is part two of a three-part-series on ideas I explored in the short story collection Shelf Life, now available on Amazon. Satire is always dangerous to write, mainly because not everyone will get it, usually because the piece is taken literally or discarded as a...
by suelarkinsweems | Jul 9, 2016 | On Writing
This is part one of a three-part-series on ideas I explored in the short story collection Shelf Life, now available on Amazon free for the next couple days. In the short story “Nevermore,” a writer orders her own gravestone after an embarrassing public debacle, and...
by suelarkinsweems | Apr 30, 2016 | The Poetry
for Popo…I’m not sure 98 years was enough In March, I left the South’s dying winter flew home to Arizona to stand with my people breathing a collective farewell to a patriarch, near-centenarian dear faces flooded the church doors the sun bright, unawares I...
by suelarkinsweems | Apr 27, 2016 | On Learning
As most of you know, I teach English and creative writing at a local high school. My creative writing classes are working on creative nonfiction, and I typically spend a week or two helping them collect dozens of ideas. Creative nonfiction lends itself well to...
by suelarkinsweems | Mar 29, 2016 | On Learning, On Writing
I’ve realized that I am often seeking feedback whether I admit it or not. From the pictures I post online to the conversations I have with friends, I am often looking for approval, agreement, commiseration. I am slowly learning to accept that I am doing the best I can...
