"Not Finished Yet" by Suzanne Cottrell

Learning to understand Southern for a non-native speaker can be a long, painstaking and open-ended process.

Suzanne Cottrell, a member of the Granville County Writers’ Group and NC Writers’ Network, lives with her husband and three rescue dogs in rural Granville County, NC.  An outdoor enthusiast and retired teacher, she enjoys reading, writing, knitting, hiking, Pilates, and Tai Chi.  Her prose has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Bearing Up, Exploring, Pop Machine, Unwanted Visitors, Empty Silos, Dragon Poet Review, Dual Coast Magazine, Parks and Points, and Nailpolish Stories, A Tiny and Colorful Literary Journal.