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My name is Suzanne, and I'm a writer

...because I just don't have enough crushing rejection in my life already...
This is my rather informal site about writing, and there's also stuff here about other things I do, and don't do, and would like to do but haven't gotten a chance to yet.

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Frequently Asked Questions (or perhaps, Frequently Anticipated Questions)

1. Why "Zanzjan"?
   
   Zanzjan is the name of the planet on which much of the action of my first (and as yet unpublished) novel, Farewell To Io, takes place. While writing that story, I became very fond of it. If it really existed, I think I'd move there... after they fixed all the damage it took in the novel, of course.
   
   
2. Why writing? That's crazy talk!
   
   Funny enough, I didn't start out thinking I'd be a writer. My degree is in Fine Arts / Sculpture, and I was pretty satisfied with the idea of being an artist. However, over the years the things I was making took on more and more narrative qualities, until essentially my works became giant 3-D illustrations for some untold tale, hinted at in the piece descriptions. Then one morning I woke up and discovered I'd crossed over soem nebulous line, and the narrative had become the primary focus of my interest with the visual work taking the supporting role.
   
   And then I had a friend dare me to write a novel...
   
   I was sure I couldn't do it, but I did. And it wasn't terrible. And I had a *lot* of fun. And then I wanted to write another one...
   
   I find that I tend to slip back and forth now between writing and art, though my writing is my primary focus. I have extensive sketches of my aliens and my spaceships, as well as little wooden planets hanging from the ceiling of my office representing the known worlds of my universe (or at least the ones I've gotten around to painting). I am considering making as life-size sculpture of one of the aliens in my second novel (in progress).
   
   
3. What are you working on right now?
   I am working on the first draft of my second novel, Arcx. I am also tinkering with a handful of short stories that have potential but aren't, as they stand, very good. I am also considering turning a novella I wrote a while back into a full-blown novel, but that has to wait until the current one is done.
   
   
4. Can you describe the writing process?
   Look here