Author: Suzanne Conboy-Hill

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Writers, writing, writerly things

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

You know those mornings when you’ve missed the alarm and you very slowly become aware of increasing levels of light filtering through your eyelids? Assuming you don’t now have 30 seconds to wash the dog, post a sandwich, and comb your lipstick, this is a moment of dawning. A dangling of consciousness between the loose freedom of unstructured sleep and the linear organisation of strategic necessity. Left foot, left knicker leg, try to get the bra the right way round, remember to remove spotty dog slippers before leaving the house. That kind of linear. Dawning is a moment of minor … Continue reading Writers, writing, writerly things

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My rat is back…

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

And this time it’s serious! There seems to have been a brief absence although, to be fair, I’ve not been sitting peering at the bird feeder all hours of the day and night. I have, however, been there at regular times and Ms Rat has not and I suspect the reason has been what used to be called ‘confinement’. Mrs Rat, instead of perching on the feeder and stuffing herself with seeds and raisins while the finches and sparrows hurl abuse from the sidelines, was this evening, nipping up the tree trunk, hopping over onto the platform, and making off … Continue reading My rat is back…

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Positive psychology, learning disabilities, and digital imaging

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Developing a bid with a colleague centred on transforming behaviour management for people with challenging behaviour into rewarding and affirming strategies. Positive psychology shifts the focus from what’s wrong to what’s good and helps people to get more of that. Digital imaging is a tool for both recording progress and also delivering the positive feedback. Now all we need is the funding! Continue reading Positive psychology, learning disabilities, and digital imaging

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Outing SL researchers

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Very interesting meeting at Sussex uni this afternoon with academics and clinicians from Imperial College, Brighton uni, Sussex uni, Brighton & Sussex medical school and Sussex Partnership looking at using SL as a training platform for medical students. So many SL afficionados, so much other research going on, so few spring chickens doing it! Contrary to possible expectations, these SL researchers seemed to be the antithesis of the stereotypical young male gamer and came in at the older, female, rather sensible but highly creative end of the spectrum. Eat your heart out, WoW! Continue reading Outing SL researchers

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Blogging as a research tool

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Wondering about blogging as an adjunct to ethological research tracking. With more emphasis on qualitative, investigatory studies in which the researcher almost becomes a participant, this would seem to be a valuable way of keeping a process journal that adds to the depth of information available for interrogation. Is anyone doing this? I’m sure I’ve heard. Which means I’m not sure really! C’mon, if you know, share! Continue reading Blogging as a research tool

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Dennis

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Dennis Dennis is a case alright. Big, thick-set, yellow hair thinning on top now he’s hitting forty. I’ve known him for years; first when his exasperated mum hauled him into the Centre hoping to get him fixed and him trailing behind with a wicked grin tweaking his mouth in which was stuffed the Mars Bar he’d half-inched from our shop. Dennis was a LAD…continued on Nano fiction page Continue reading Dennis

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Wanted: Brit-lit lady sci-fi short story publisher

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Any takers out there for a nice bit of SF drama hot off the presses? Oh well, it was worth a try. I’ll get out my hair shirt, stick pebbles in my shoes, invest in a self-mortification programme (I expect there’s an iPhone app for that), and join the supplicants’ queue like everyone else. How on earth do you writers of novels cope? A couple of thousand words and I’m wrapped up and ready to move on! Attention span of a gnat and no stamina, clearly. Continue reading Wanted: Brit-lit lady sci-fi short story publisher

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