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A Writer's Progress/Process, My Cartoons2 Comments

Cartoons with Fangs, Nails, or Nothing Much

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

While I am working on my novella, Only Regrets, I’m spending hours at my work table, too, and, these days, I am drawing on the monsters that play behind my eyelids. These odd creatures often express my frustration or dismay … Continue reading Cartoons with Fangs, Nails, or Nothing Much

Serialized novella1 Comment

Only Regrets -“Can We Talk?”

July 25, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

Ella and her neighbor Dave shadow their apartment building handyman Joe to Pine Glen Street, site of the trash-burner murder Ella discovered accidentally. Now, another mutilated body is lying inside it. As blaring police sirens approach the site, Ella needs … Continue reading Only Regrets -“Can We Talk?”

A Writer's Progress/Process, Dragonwolder, My Cartoons3 Comments

Cartoons with Wings

July 12, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

[Lustredust, an illustration I created for my last novel, is this post’s featured image.] While working out the shocking and unexpected turning point of my story, “Only Regrets,”  my worktable beckoned me again, this time with an invitation to draw … Continue reading Cartoons with Wings

A Writer's Progress/Process, Character Interview, My CartoonsLeave a comment

Cartoons, Sketches, Drawings – 2

July 9, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

My fingertips grazed the keyboard without effect. Stuck at my short story’s critical point, I needed to escape the laptop shaming my writer’s block. Near my desk, a raft of new drawing supplies sat in a fresh arrangement of cans … Continue reading Cartoons, Sketches, Drawings – 2

A Writer's Progress/Process, Character Interview, My Cartoons1 Comment

Cartoons, Sketches, Drawings – 2

July 9, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

My fingertips grazed the keyboard without effect. Stuck at my short story’s critical point, I needed to escape the laptop shaming my writer’s block. Near my desk, a raft of new drawing supplies sat in a fresh arrangement of cans … Continue reading Cartoons, Sketches, Drawings – 2

My Cartoons1 Comment

Some of my “Gerty” cartoons

June 26, 2020June 27, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

Gerty and LaShana Gerty, social-distancing Gerty stops to smell the roses   Gerty and the Goldfinch The Perfect Escape Continue reading Some of my “Gerty” cartoons

Mystery/Horror, novella1 Comment

Only Regrets – Installment 16: Runners and Losers

June 17, 2020July 25, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

In the last installment, Ella meets Detective Ferguson in his precinct office. The interview includes all her odd experiences in the neighborhood and disturbing incidents in the unit next door to her apartment. After calming herself at a pizza place, … Continue reading Only Regrets – Installment 16: Runners and Losers

fantasy, My novels1 Comment

A Manual of Magic

June 5, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

This season, full of turmoil and menace, as well as hope, reckoning, and the promise of  regeneration, is also the fifth and third anniversary of my two novels, Malevir: Dragons Return and Where Dragons Follow (its stand-alone sequel). This post reviews the … Continue reading A Manual of Magic

Serialized novella1 Comment

Only Regrets – Installment 15 (The Runners’ Pack)

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

In the last installment, Ella meets Detective Ferguson in his precinct office. The interview includes all her odd experiences in the neighborhood and disturbing incidents in the unit next door to her apartment. After calming herself at a pizza place, … Continue reading Only Regrets – Installment 15 (The Runners’ Pack)

Memoir1 Comment

If You Aren’t in Over Your Head, How do You know How Tall You Are? Attributed to T.S. Eliot, source unknown

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

With a glass of red wine in hand, I paced the two rooms of my apartment and puzzled over her remarks. Brave and together? Me? Continue reading If You Aren’t in Over Your Head, How do You know How Tall You Are? Attributed to T.S. Eliot, source unknown

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