Susanna J. Sturgis: Writer • Editor • Born-Again Horsegirl

Trivia: Voices of Feminism

Trivia 10 is out and my essay "And Will Rise: Notes on Lesbian Extinction" can now be read on the Web. It's a great issue, and I'm thrilled to be part of it.

In Process

I'm posting pieces of To Be Rather Than to Seem, my memoir in progress, to the bloggery. You can find more info and a table of contents here.

The Mud of the Place

Mud, my novel about year-round Martha's Vineyard (and other stuff), has its own website. It includes info about the book, along with several ways to order it. Check it out!

Now the spider has two websites. For information about my novel, The Mud of the Place, check out the Mudsite.

Novel #2, The Squatters' Speakeasy, has been snoozing while I promote Mud and try to stay solvent, but it's showing signs of waking up. It involves some Mud characters, takes place several years later, and concerns a disorganized gaggle of Vineyard musicians, iconoclasts, misfits, and weirdos who take over a trophy house and turn it into a coffeehouse. For other glimmers in this writer's eye, see Ongoing Projects.

Rhodry Malamutt -- who inspired Pixel, the canine sidekick of one of Mud's protagonists -- died in February 2008. Check out the photo gallery for some scenes from his long life, and the bloggery archive for his take on the world. Rhodry taught me that life is better when you have a dog to share it with, so Fellow Traveller moved in as a small puppy. He's two years old already. His older, bigger sister is Allie, a Morgan mare who joined the family in October 1999. You can learn more about her, and how I became a born-again horsegirl, by stopping by the barn.

I'm a freelance editor by trade. If you're looking for a capable editor, copyeditor, proofreader, writing coach, or all-round bully to help you start, finish, or polish your project, check out the editing page.

My lair also harbors something bloggish. Here is where I muse, maunder, meander, and mumble on subjects including, but not limited to, writing, editing, horses, feminism, music, fantasy/science fiction, and life on Martha's Vineyard. Check out the Highlights and the Archives for the older stuff. Let me know what you think!

For biographical info, see About Susanna and A Writer's Resume. And for an idiosyncratic take on the place I call home, visit the Martha's Vineyard tourists and summer people rarely see. Many of my favorite essays from the 1980s and '90s, not to mention the '00s, can now be found under Essays & Articles.

Martin Luther wrote a paper he nailed it to the door
Rosa Parks took her seat she couldn't take it anymore
Galileo set the sun at the centre of the stage
The things we never challenge
are the things that never change

Trivia: Voices of Feminism

In Process

The Mud of the Place

rev. 17 November 2009