Category Archives: Susan’s posts

GOING LOONY

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. A few years ago, my husband and I sold our small sailboat and bought a camp. For the uninitiated, in Maine parlance, a camp is a summer or weekend cottage either in the woods or on a … Continue reading →

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HANDS UP! GIMME ALL YOUR…

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Not a holdup, but hands up and shoulders back and keep moving! I posted this a year ago, but it received such interest and more people have asked me about it, so here we go. Because of years of back … Continue reading →

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GO WEST, WOMAN, GO WEST

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. In April the hubby and I spent ten days in Arizona. We hadn’t been out West in several years, so my friend and fellow author Linda Style’s invitation was a great opportunity to escape the forty-five rain-soaked … Continue reading →

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MAKING STORY CHARACTERS REAL

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. I recently spoke to a group at the Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor, Maine, about the “anatomy” of a novel. The talk was aimed at readers, not writers. So often readers ask how writers come up … Continue reading →

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Is a MacGuffin Something? Or Nothing?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. In fiction, a MacGuffin, sometimes written McGuffin or maguffin, is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist and often others pursue. For storytellers as far back as ancient … Continue reading →

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Print vs E, Either-Or or And?

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. I posted this a few years ago, and am wondering if there’s still a debate. I bought my Kindle several years ago because it was the only way I could read some authors’ books. But I was quickly … Continue reading →

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VAGARIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, but my topic is far from hearts and flowers. If you hate grammar, you have my permission to read no further. For this post is about changing and meandering usage and spelling in … Continue reading →

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