susann cokalOct 22, 20233 minMy Book Is Banned ... I suppose I know why.I'm unpopular in a special new public way. I've made the American Library Association's list of 100 most challenged books of the last...
susann cokalAug 8, 20231 minSo we all have Barbie on the mind ...Ten years ago, it was Midge's birthday. Midge--Barbie's best friend, right? She had never had an essay or article devoted to herself. Was...
susann cokalDec 6, 20202 minBetter Health, One Tiny Room at a TimeI've been sick lately, and the mini authors' inn has languished while I've made smaller things and waited for some trim to arrive and...
susann cokalNov 10, 20203 minSo it seems endpapers are trendy for many purposes.Yes, fancy endpapers are having a moment. Which is not why they are in my writerly mini-inn; I've just always liked them. Above is the...
susann cokalNov 6, 20202 minTurned It Around Yesterday.On the second day of election 2020, I wondered what the front of my house was doing. I'd been sick in bed for six days (ongoing health...
susann cokalNov 1, 20203 minGetting into the EndpapersI told my Danish aunt that I've been really into endpapers as part of my current craft project, a miniature inn for writers and readers...
susann cokalOct 28, 20202 minMini LifeCraftiness helps me deal with chronic pain and also gives me ideas for my books and stories, which give me ideas for little houses to build.