by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk, writing
Anyone in the teaching profession knows the old joke about the pregnant teacher who can’t think of a name for the upcoming tiny arrival because each name she considers has a negative association with a former student. “I...
by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 26, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
Sometimes when my past and present collide, I feel compelled to write about it. Long before the 24-hour news cycle with its nauseating repetition of stories, Long...
by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
When the main character of my work in progress, Grace Kimball, researches the town history for the local newspaper, she discovers an intriguing and colorful past. Creating an imaginary town with a...
by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 14, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
It’s the middle of August and already I feel a change in the air. It’s both predicted and expected. This change has been a little more difficult to appreciate in nature this year because the trees and grass in our little...
by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 8, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
In my work in progress, A Silent Place to Die, my main character, Grace Kimball, is researching cold cases in her little town of Endurance, Illinois. Because the town is having a centennial, Grace is writing several pieces for the...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
I’m not sure who said the title of this post, but I must confess that I enjoy watching Kyra Sedgwick (as Brenda Leigh Johnson) interrogate suspects on “The Closer.” However, as a writer who must be realistic with a murder interrogation, I sometimes...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jul 16, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
This afternoon I indulged in a few hours of guilty pleasure. I watched the 1957 movie Peyton Place on the classic movie channel. I felt like I was going back in a time capsule to the 1950s, my formative years before I was in high school....
by Susan Van Kirk | Jul 4, 2012 | Blog, mystery, Susan Van Kirk
Sometimes the most fascinating mysteries are the ones that make up real life historical events. An expedition from The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery is currently on the way to check for remains of the Lockheed Electra...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk
On this date, June 29, the Globe Theatre burned to the ground in 1613. For years I taught high school students about the Globe Theatre, but I never had a chance to see London or the new replica of the...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 19, 2012 | Blog, small towns, Susan Van Kirk
It has been an interesting experience to have a bone-breaking accident during my senior citizen age of 65. My blog will be on “hold” for a few days while I have surgery to take out the metal that was originally put in to help my...
