(photo: Susan Cushman, Editor, Melissa Carrigee, Publisher, and Kathy L. Murphy, founder of the Pulpwood Queens, dressed as lumber jacks…
2010-2019 Pictured above: Susan with her friends and mentors Beth Ann Fennelly, Wendy Reed, and Jennifer Horne, at a reading…
Humor from Crankshaft Most authors have faced the embarrassment of having no one–or very few people–buy their books at book…
Libraries, Bookstores, Communities, and our Social Brains Yesterday afternoon I had a wonderful experience at a small gathering of readers…
One new article in Women Writers, Women’s Books I have a short article in Women Writers, Women’s Books: “Six Books…
A taste of my Orthodox Christian faith folded inside my novel and my short stories . . . . I’m…
Positive Reviews I’m a huge fan of independent booksellers. Right now I’m on a book tour to speak at ten…
In 2012 President Obama declared September to be Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I live 1.4 miles from the top children’s…
As I continue my tour to speak at 24 libraries in 7 states, talking about my short story collection Friends…
(Author friends, above, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Sally Palmer Thomason, and Suzanne Smith Henley, celebrating with me at Novel Books in…