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Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled This Entire Entry Would Have Made More Sense If I'd Done Some Research Before Deciding To Write It:
Susan said, "Then again, research is never my strong suit, and doing something after I've decided to even if it doesn't make nearly as much sense as it would have if I'd done that research in the first place has been my guiding principle for the vast majority of..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled September Song:
Susan said, "Whenever I mention to my friends that I'm counting the days until I'm retired, they make funny faces and say, "You already retired once," like they've proven (to their own satisfaction at least) that I can't possibly mean it.It's true I did retire..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Dreams Come And Go But The Spin Cycle Is Forever:
Susan said, "Quite a number of years ago, my Cousin Ellen mentioned her lifelong dream was to be a clue in a crossword puzzle. I, in turn, said my lifelong dream was to receive an honorary degree.Shortly thereafter, my Cousin Ellen did become a crossword..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled The Ten Stages Of Life With An Agent:
Susan said, "I have lived through each and every one of this stages and have the battle scars and cholesterol readings to prove it.1. You email your agent and she emails you because you're getting to know each other and you both want to make a..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Organizational Matters Because Organization Matters:
Susan said, "Last week, when I felt my life was spinning out of control (as opposed to this week, when I know my life is spinning out of control), I decided to focus on the important things and organize Scooter's cat food. I took each and every can out of its..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled To Make A Long Story Short:
Susan said, "I received in the mail the other day the paperback version of After, an anthology of nineteen stories of apocalypse and dystopia, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. I have the pleasure of being one of the nineteen.The paperback comes out on..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled The Blog Entry Right Above This One:
Susan said, "Will probably be of no interest to you. But on occasion I hear from students who are writing reports about me, and I figured it might be helpful to them to have a one stop shopping entry, where they should be able to find out what they need to know..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Facts And Information About Susan Beth Pfeffer:
Susan said, " Susan Beth Pfeffer Born: February 1948 in New York City Raised: Woodmere (Long Island) New York Currently lives in Town Of Wallkill, New York Graduated: George W. Hewlett High School 1965 New York..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Freda Pfeffer 1911-2013:
Susan said, "My mother died Sunday night.There had been a noticeable decline in her condition for the past couple of months. My brother and I found it easy to mark it as starting on her birthday, September 5, but the downward slide had probably already begun by..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled I Guess My Brain Went The Way Of My Thyroid:
Susan said, "I went to see Dr. Thyroid on Friday. Why, I don't know. You'd think since I no longer have a thyroid, he'd have lost interest in me. He asked me if I was still planning on retiring (a topic of fascination to a surprising number of my acquaintances),..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled A Pre-Thanksgiving Thank You:
Susan said, "I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the comments here and on Facebook, the e-mails, and the cards I've received from you since my mother's death. Each one meant a great deal to me.I wish you all a happy Chanukah and/or a happy..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled A Handful Of Actual Professional Announcements:
Susan said, "First, I have to find my actual professional demeanor. I know I put it somewhere...In the meantime, I'm pleased to announce that the Audible Book version of The Shade Of The Moon is now available for purchase. I confess, with a lack of professional..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled If You Should Happen To Know My Future Plans, Tell Them To Please Call Home:
Susan said, "One of the things I've noticed since my mother's death is how unable I seem to be to stick to a plan. I'll feel wildly decisive about something one day, and by three days later (if it takes that long) I'll have completely changed my mind. Within..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Past And Presents:
Susan said, "A few days ago, I did something I hadn't done in a very long time.I googled myself.It's a tribute to how long it's been since I so indulged, that the most interesting place I found myself plopped into was an article from a year ago about a teacher..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled 99 Books/12 Movies:
Susan said, "I read (or reread) 99 books in 2013 and went to the movies 12 times. It would be 100 books, except tomorrow I'm going to go to the movies for the 13th time (to see Saving Mr. Banks), so I won't finish reading Marie Antoinette's Head until 2014.I..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:26 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled New Year's Greetings:
Susan said, "To A Budding Author, Allison, Anonymous, Anonymous Santa Fe, Another Susan, Barker and Jones Staff, Becky, bella, Beth @More Than True, Beth P., Bonnie Jacobs, Brandon, B.S., Caroline, Carolyn Watson-Dubisch, Cassie @ Knows Prose, Catalina..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:26 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Hail And Farewell:
Susan said, "I wrote my first blog entry on June 1, 2007 and began it by announcing that I had no idea what I was doing.Six and a half years have passed and I still have no idea.I woke up the other day in a semi-first-thing-in-the-morning-panic and said, I have..." more
Sunday, September 8, 2013 2:21:29 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled A Couple Of Quick Pictures From My Mother's 102nd Birthday Party:
Susan said, "Freda Pfeffer on her 102nd birthdayMy mother, my brother, and meI'd write a whole long entry but I haven't had lunch yet and I have a bunch of bills to pay and tomorrow I'm going to be busy and Tuesday I'm going to be out all day.But I wanted to..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Other Words Rhyming With Fall Include Stall, Crawl and Maul:
Susan said, "I woke up Monday morning, and I said to Scooter (who was the reason I woke up Monday morning at 4:30 AM, 5:30 AM, 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM), "It's Monday morning. I wonder what good news I'll hear this week."Scooter's idea of good news is, "The human is..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Traveling Through Time:
Susan said, "A couple of nights ago, a story idea sneaked into my brain, and I lost a fair amount of sleep working on it. Thanks to Scooter's morning effusiveness, sleeping in has become a lost art, but since I refuse to get out of bed before 7 AM, and since..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Sometimes The Lines Simply Aren't Parallel:
Susan said, "This has been a very difficult week for many people and places in America, the bombings in Boston, the explosion in West, Texas, the NRA's ownership of the United States Senate. Terrible things happen in the world all the time, but they don't hit us..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A Bolivian Hat!:
Susan said, "I could, I suppose, tell you all about the excellent time I had in San Antonio at the International Reading Association convention. I could show you pictures of the San Antonio Riverwalk, where the flowers are blooming and late April feels..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Scooter Picked The First Name And I The Other Four:
Susan said, "The Bolivian Hat drawing of April 2013 is now history.Okay, that's excessively dramatic, but I did want you to know the names have been drawn and the emails sent out.I was pleased (and startled) to receive 85 emails. Thank you to everyone who..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:33:31 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled Tweet And Retweet Were Walking Down The Street:
Susan said, "Let me start by saying I still haven't warmed up to Facebook. I know I should make use of it, both professionally and personally, but I just can't make myself.On the other hand, Facebook, that sneaky devil, mentioned to me that many of the most..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:48:27 PM
Susan Pfeffer wrote a blog post titled What I've Been Doing When You Thought I Wasn't Doing Anything:
Susan said, "Truth to tell, I haven't been doing all that much. But it's still been quite time consuming.Let's see...Tuesday, a friend and I drove up to Glens Falls, NY to see the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit at the Hyde Collection. My friend takes a lot more..." more