Author: Ergo, the Ogre
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Share Your World | 6/5/2017
What’s your strongest sense?
Hmmm. Well, I am almost blind without my glasses and inexplicably lost about 50% of my hearing in one ear. I would have to say that intuition is my strongest sense.
Which of Snow White’s 7 dwarfs describes you best? (Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey).
I think I am a cross between Bashful & Sleepy.
If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what age would that be?
Forty. That was a good age. I’d been around enough to know how the world works and I still looked okay. So, yeah. 40!
List of Jobs You Think You Might Enjoy: Even if you aren’t thinking about a career change, it can be fun to think of other jobs you might enjoy. [Remember: This is SYW where even your dreams can become reality.]
- My dream job was to be a Russian translator at the Pentagon. It could’ve worked out if not for the complexities of Russian grammar.
2. Raising Appaloosa horses.
- I’m happy being a writer, just wish I could earn enough to stay home & write.
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Out Loud
Star-crossed lovers
in perpetual orbit;
the Moon circling
the Earth circling
the Sun—
a Sun
that doesn’t seem to shine
on us.
Still, your heart
beats
the rhythm of mine
as my soul is
the other half of yours
despite the spouses
our spouses
and
children—
yours, mine
and
not ours…
Not yet.
One day,
when it is time
our patient, stoic,
love will burn out
LOUD
in a
sublime conflagration,
a celebration
of us.
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Book Signing!
Sunday, June 11, 2017 Book Signing Event in Mt. Laurel, AL
The Red Shamrock Pub Presents Gutter Ball author, Susan Marie Shuman
Gutter Ball: A Collection of Short StoriesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – June 3, 2017 – PRLog — The Red Shamrock Pub, a popular Mount Laurel restaurant and tavern, is hosting a book-signing event with Susan Marie Shuman, author of Gutter Ball: A Collection of Short Stories on Sunday, June 11, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Red Shamrock Pub is located at 46 Manning Place, Mount Laurel, Alabama.
Released on February 20, Ms. Shuman’s book is a compilation of her most popular short stories and micro fiction. She is in her element on the shadowy side of the street, plunging headlong into such topics as mental illness, relationships, loss, death, and life on the fringe of society.
In a nod to her “O’Henry-meets-Franz Kafka” approach to fiction, Susan’s long-time readers describe her writing as sometimes-surreal, irreverent, haunting, and sublime in its wit and sarcasm. Also included in this compilation is an interview with Susan by Tony Lovell, the editor of Grammar Ghoul Press. While Susan’s work has appeared in several anthologies, this is her first solo effort.
Susan Marie Shuman is a freelance writer and editor currently living in the Birmingham area. She is also the proprietor of SusanWritesPrecise, LLC and employs the tagline, “I’ve Got Words & I Know How to Use ’em!”
As host of the event, The Red Shamrock’s Owners Kay and Henry (Chuck) Dailey explain that while hosting a book signing in a tavern might seem unusual, “Good proprietors get involved in their community. This event will bring different people together for a unique event to celebrate the success of one of our local community members. And, we want to remind people why the Birmingham/Mt. Laurel area is such a great place to call home.”
For more information, contact The Red Shamrock at 205.408.1515. To learn more about Susan and her book, Gutter Ball: A Collection of Short Stories, please visit her webpage at http://susanshuman.org/about-me.html
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