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Madly in love with stories since I was old enough to hold a book and grasp a pen, my passion for the written word has dominated my life, leading me first into journalism and later, into teaching literature and writing at the college level. In addition to pursuing creative writing in a variety of genres and mediums, I have worked as a freelance journalist for a number of area publications.
Imagine this: you’re hiking along a beautiful landscape and suddenly, you came across a small, sun-dappled clearing. As the trees part, you notice the main feature: a beautiful, mossy, stone well with a wooden topper: the kind of well that literally unlocks childhood memories of fairy tales and secret gardens. “Perfect,” you think. “I’m thirsty.”…
Yesterday, I was talking with a friend about how incredibly powerful our minds are. Think about it – one day, I may be grouchy and everything sucks, but the day before, everything was amazing and I was grateful for my life. Nothing has changed on the outside – the only thing that’s changed is the…
When I was four years old, my father and I had a ritual – I would toddle up to his Lazy Boy, book clutched in one tiny hand, and outstretch my arms. He would send me out into the kitchen for a beer first. I would retrieve it, and then ran back into the living…
Susan Cherie Beam 