Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion received Honorable Mention in the 2011 Writer's Digest Annual Book Awards.
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Dec.21.2011 - 1:42 pm
On winter mornings leading up to Christmas, I sometimes see the imprints of small cloven hooves breaking the frost on the lawn.
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Oct.10.2011 - 4:16 pm
I had it all. Five acres of redwood forest, meadows, mountain views, even a pond with lily pads and floating flowers. Perfect weather. My writing buddy's wooden cottage, hand-...
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Oct.01.2011 - 4:05 pm
"When I grow up I want to be a professional wrestler. My name would be the Hurracain. I would be a legend."
So writes Jacy in an essay I found recently on Kid Writers, a...
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Sep.02.2011 - 2:34 pm
If you and your family choose any 9/11 TV special to watch this week, make it CNN's "Beyond Bravery: The Women of 9/11." And if you're a parent, teacher, or school official...
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"She could talk the flowers off the wallpaper."”
—My mother
About Susan
I've been a writer all my life. As a child, I made my own greeting cards and wrote rhyming poetry to fit the occasion: "It's your birthday Dear Old Dad; remember all the hair you had?" When puberty hit, I wrote sappy poems and disguised the...
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