Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.

  • And daily

    We walk in the morning before breakfast. Almost every day. Dreary, rainy, sunny, beckoning — whatever. We have our routes. But sometimes we venture along a street or an alley off our usual pattern. Last week on a dreary morning, we ventured down an alley that rarely calls to us. (An aside about the alleys…

  • The long farewell

    I missed two personal deadlines to get a somewhat polished version of my young adult thriller, “The Macklin Powers,” off to early readers. I promised to send it on a Friday. Friday passed with nothing sent. Then a week went by. Then I promised it would arrive on Monday, a day that also came and…

  • Almost like being in love

    First there were these occasional side glances. Then full eye-contact. Then a few casual conversations. Then a heart flutter. Then some more chat. A small hit of adrenaline, a few deeply felt moments. After a few months, it’s official. I’ve fallen hard. So, please, if you’re talking to me and I’m not quite looking at…