{"id":929,"date":"2023-06-19T15:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susansey.com\/home\/?p=929"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:38:50","slug":"4-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansey.com\/home\/4-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"4 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello, team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be wondering what I’m doing here. I’m wondering that myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I sailed out of this world on a foul-mouth (typical) rant a few years back & had no concrete expectation of returning. I still don’t, to be honest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a teacher now, & before you panic, I teach adults. I fully recognize that my potty mouth & my publishing history make me the last person in the multiverse equipped to shape young minds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I love my job. I really do. You can’t not adore adult learners. They are the best.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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But my website broke down recently. Which was part of the master plan. My website (like my writing career) was supposed to go gently into that good night while I was looking the other way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when it actually happened, something in me just…couldn’t let it go. I was making all of $5 a month in passive income, after all. Fancy coffee money, yo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So I decided to fix it. Bare minimum effort, you understand. Just enough for the occasional fancy coffee. But guess what happens when you update a website you haven’t touched in 5 years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out you have to re-write a bunch of pages. Which means coming face to face with books you wrote a long time ago. Which means reading your own writing & remembering how much you loved a character, or a plotline, or a fictional dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or just the act of creating. Even if you’re only ever going to make fancy coffee money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I’m not saying I’m back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’m here. And I’m dreaming. Just a little. About putting words on the page again, just because I love it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So hi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m really happy to see you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And if you want to read the tiny little short story that made me read my own writing again & start me dreaming, check out the FREE READS page of my books section<\/a>. I was invited (years ago) to participate in an anthology of short stories & UNWRAPPED was my contribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never write short but I will take any opportunity to make a horrible villain the hero of the next book. I like seeing them claw their way to redemption. And this is that. Good old Sloan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy & I hope to see you around! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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