by Susanne | Jul 17, 2021 | Book marketing, Research, Writing life
The first two volumes of my trilogy, The Orphans of Tolosa, came out within a year of each other in 2019. My original plan was to publish the final volume, Voices in the Mist, in 2020. That turned out to be wishful thinking. I had no idea of the long road I would have...
by Susanne | Mar 10, 2019 | Publishing business, Writing life
It occurs to me that people out there might be interested in reading about my journey as an author whose books are being published by a small press So I thought I’d give a quick run-down concerning this method of publishing—a middle ground between...
by Susanne | Jan 24, 2018 | Editing, Publishing business, Research, Soul searching, Writing life
I’ve had a remarkable week or so, the land of both truth and fiction. First, the fiction, because in many ways that’s easier and more predictable. My manuscript is going out to beta readers. Yay! Working title: The Adored. In some ways this novel has very...
by Susanne | Oct 2, 2017 | Random thoughts, Soul searching, Writing life
I rarely get asked that particular question, although I’m often asked “Why did you write this book?” I think the answers to the first question partly answer the second: I write because if I didn’t I wouldn’t know what to do. I write...
by Susanne | Sep 29, 2017 | Research
I did it again. Started writing and got caught up in a wonderful line of research. My heroine of the WIP in real life loved to play basketball. This started me looking for what she might have been wearing while she was playing, and I found treasures, treasures,...
