Susan Lynn Meyer

Archive for April, 2016

Writing Prompt Fridays

I post writing prompts here on Fridays.  Most will work for fiction writers and memoirists and for both kids and adults.  To surprise yourself, when you are ready to commit to writing, scroll down past the photo for a writing … Read More

Posted on 04/29/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

Writing Prompt Fridays

I post writing prompts here on Fridays.  Most will work for fiction writers and memoirists and for both kids and adults.  To surprise yourself, when you are ready to commit to writing, scroll down past the photo for a writing … Read More

Posted on 04/22/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

More on Ravens and Wuthering Heights

 

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Inquiring minds might want to know: ARE there any ravens in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?  No, they aren’t mentioned–although they certainly suit its windswept, craggy wildness. They do appear in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, however.

Jane observes … Read More

Posted on 04/17/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

Writing Prompt Fridays

I post writing prompts here on Fridays.  Most will work for fiction writers and memoirists and for both kids and adults.  To surprise yourself, when you are ready to commit to writing, scroll down past the photo for a writing … Read More

Posted on 04/15/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

Moments of Literary Joy: Ravens and Wuthering Heights

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As the school year comes to a close, all students and professors get a little exhausted, and this year I have a lot going on, so I have been especially feeling it. But I had a wonderful experience in class … Read More

Posted on 04/09/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

Writing Prompt Fridays

I post writing prompts here on Fridays.  Most will work for fiction writers and memoirists and for both kids and adults.  To surprise yourself, when you are ready to commit to writing, scroll down past the photo for a writing … Read More

Posted on 04/08/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment
 

My First Copies of Skating With the Statue of Liberty Arrive!

Something amazing has happened—the first copies of my new book, Skating With the Statue of Liberty came in the mail!Skating photo 1

 

As it happened, they arrived in the middle of a freak spring snowstorm, so it is really lucky that … Read More

Posted on 04/06/2016 12:00 am | Leave a comment
 

Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea

After rereading Judith Kerr’s Bombs on Aunt Dainty, a very autobiographical novel that describes her first art classes, I decided it was high time I should read some of her self-illustrated picture books. And it turns out that, although Kerr … Read More

Posted on 04/03/2016 04:04 pm | 1 Comment
 

Writing Prompt Fridays

Happy April Fools’ Day!

I post writing prompts here on Fridays.  Most will work for fiction writers and memoirists and for both kids and adults.  To surprise yourself, when you are ready to commit to writing, scroll down past the … Read More

Posted on 04/01/2016 05:00 am | Leave a comment