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My Writer's Life | Tale 3 | Forbidden Room | Part of the Beginning of my Writer's Life

Susan Stoderl

Aug 232 min

Writers-Life

My Writer's Life | Tale 3 | Forbidden Room | Part of the Beginning of my Writer's Life

Tale 3 from My Writer's Life--how I became a writer

Women Writers Through History | Medieval Poet Christine de Pizan, First to Honor the Historical Warrior, Joan of Arc

Susan Stoderl

Aug 142 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Medieval Poet Christine de Pizan, First to Honor the Historical Warrior, Joan of Arc

Medieval poet Christine de Pizan was the first to honor the historical figure, Joan of Arc in 1429.

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer's Life and Learning

Susan Stoderl

Jul 311 min

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer's Life and Learning

One characteristic of Christine de Pizan’s writing is that she always included autobiographical details in her various writing genres....

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) | First Paid Woman Writer, Part 1 of 4

Susan Stoderl

Jul 242 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) | First Paid Woman Writer, Part 1 of 4

Part 1 of 4: First Paid Woman Writer from the 14th-15th Century.

Susan Stoderl

Jul 31 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer’s Life and Learning

Christine de Pizan always included autobiographical details in all her various writing genres.

International Women's Day | Four Women Writers Who Changed the World

Susan Stoderl

Mar 82 min

Women Writers

International Women's Day | Four Women Writers Who Changed the World

Scholars believe that Princess Enheduanna, a woman who lived in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 2285-2250 BCE), was the world's first known...

Children’s and Middle-Grade Stories | Frances Browne (1816–1879)

Susan Stoderl

Apr 28, 20232 min

Women Writers

Children’s and Middle-Grade Stories | Frances Browne (1816–1879)

Frances Browne was an Irish poet and novelist who was blind from the age of eighteen months. She is best known for her collection of...

Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008) Poems V, VI & VII

Susan Stoderl

Mar 31, 20232 min

Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008) Poems V, VI & VII

These poems were written for a song cycle in 2008, Prairie Girl. I wrote about my life as a child growing up in a rural county of Kansas...

Christine de Pizan | Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orléans

Susan Stoderl

Mar 28, 20232 min

Women Writers

Christine de Pizan | Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orléans

"The Poem of Joan of Arc" is dated July 31, 1429, and was the first poem to honor the historic Jeanne d’Arc. Several legends attributed...

Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008) Poems III & IV

Susan Stoderl

Mar 24, 20231 min

Women Writers

Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008) Poems III & IV

These poems were written for song a cycle in 2008, Prairie Girl. I wrote about my life as a child growing up in a rural county of Kansas...

From Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008)

Susan Stoderl

Mar 17, 20231 min

Women Writers

From Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008)

During my second career, after singing and running a small opera company, I began composing art songs and opera. In 2008, I wrote about...

A Most Unusual Writer’s Life | Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394–d. 1465)

Susan Stoderl

Feb 14, 20232 min

Writers-Life

A Most Unusual Writer’s Life | Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394–d. 1465)

In 1406, Charles and his first wife and cousin were married. He was twelve, and she was seventeen and already a widow. She died of...

Anne Duffy | The First Female Scottish Poet Laureate Ever (2009-19)

Susan Stoderl

Feb 7, 20231 min

Women Writers

Anne Duffy | The First Female Scottish Poet Laureate Ever (2009-19)

Being a middle-grade female writer, came upon the work of Anne Duffy. The poem that really spoke to me was “In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class.” It...

Women Writers | The Poetry of Madeleine L'Engle

Susan Stoderl

Jan 4, 20232 min

Women Writers

Women Writers | The Poetry of Madeleine L'Engle

The quote in the image posted with this entry is from the preface of Lines Scribbled on an Envelope: and Other Poems (1969, Farrar,...

Susan Stoderl

Jun 27, 20221 min

Reflections

Morning Stillness

I try to begin my day in stillness each morning. I admit to a fetish for candlelight and prefer votive candles in stained glass holders...

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