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Author Archives: Cathryn Grant
Reduction In Force … and a bit of flash
When I worked for Sun Microsystems, we were plagued with layoffs. Every two years for nearly ten years, there would be a “Reduction In Force” in which several thousand people received “notification”. (Such amazing euphemisms the corporate world comes up … Continue reading
Murder Is Poetic
A few months ago, I blogged about how I love crows, one reason being that a group of them is called a murder of crows. That image is very fitting for a Suburban Noir writer. It turns out, murder of … Continue reading
Posted in Psychological Suspense, Random, Suburban Noir, Writing
Tagged Crows, murder, Silicon Valley
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A Warning
Yesterday I opened my eJournal and was greeted by a note from Microsoft: There are too many spelling or grammatical errors in “Journal_2011″ to continue displaying them. To check the spelling and grammar of this document, choose Spelling and Grammar … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Writing
Tagged 2012, Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour, Journal, Microsoft
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The Holiday Dash & the Origin of Suburbia
For some reason, my employer has a frenzy of extra activity in November and December, which makes for a challenging “holiday” season as there is really no “holiday” about it. This makes the whole preparation thing feel like a mad … Continue reading
Posted in Office Life, Psychological Suspense, Suburban Noir, Writing
Tagged historical fiction, Holidays, Indie Author, Madison Keith, Suburbia
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How long does it take to write a novel?
How long does it take to write a novel? On my pathologically private post a few days ago, a commenter asked: How long does it take you to write a novel? My response was: That’s a loaded question because it … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Buried By Debt, Flow, The Demise of the Soccer Moms, The Suburban Abyss, writer's voice, writing, writing a novel
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Suburban Noir Interview
Today I have the pleasure of being interviewed by David Sharp at A Wee Adventure. David writes flash fiction with a strong and intelligent voice, great twists, and a regular sprinkling of wry humor. His work has appeared in Shortbread … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Ghosts, Suburban Noir
Tagged A Wee Adventure, David Storey, flash fiction, Ghosts, Suburban Noir
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A Pathologically Private Person
Today is my birthday. But because I’m a pathologically private person, I don’t even show my birthday on Facebook. I’m so extreme in my privacy, it took me weeks of agony to decide whether I would mention my birthday on my … Continue reading
