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Returning to the Mississippi Delta

July 19, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, coming of age in the 1950s and ’60s. It wasn’t until my freshman year…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, bookstores, Cherry Bomb, Delta Delta Delta sororory, Doe's Eat Place, Joshilyn Jackson, Mississippi Delta, Turnrow Books Greenwood Mississippi

It’s (almost) HERE!

July 7, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

Yesterday my publisher, Joe Lee (Dogwood Press, Brandon, Mississippi) sent me this picture. HOT OFF THE PRESS and coming to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Burke's Books Memphis, Cherry Bomb, Dogwood Press, Joe Lee, Lemuria Books Jackson, Mississippi Book Festival, Square Books Oxford, Susan Cushman, TurnRow Books Greenwood

CHERRY BOMB Launches in Mississippi on August 8!!!

July 3, 2017 Susan

I know I haven’t blogged in a few days… I’m in a tailspin of pre-marketing for my novel, Cherry Bomb,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: book launch, book release, Cherry Bomb, Dogwood Press, Joe Lee, Lemuria Books Jackson, Mississippi authors, Susan Cushman

Four Book Deals in One Year: A Journey in Independent Publishing

June 28, 2017 Susan

Just a quick note to say I’m excited to have a short piece in the July/August issue of Southern Writers’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: A Second Blooming: Becoming the Women We Are Meant to Be, anthologies, Cherry Bomb, essays, novels, publishing, Southern Writers Magazine, Southern Writers on Writing, Tangles and Plaques: A Mother and Daughter Face Alzheimer's

Dear Diary,

June 22, 2017 Susan

I kept a diary when I was a little girl. It had a little lock and key and I kept…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Before We Were Yours, boredom, Cherry Bomb, dear diary, deperssion, diaries, Llisa Wingate, novels, publishing, writing

Advance Praise for Cherry Bomb!

May 5, 2017 Susan 6 Comments

I’m pinching myself so I’ll know this is real. These six AMAZING literary rock stars have written blurbs for my…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Beth Ann Fennelly, blurbs, Cassandra King, Cherry Bomb, Corey Messler, Dogwood Press, Harrison Scott Key, Joe Lee, Joshilyn Jackson, Julie Cantrell, novels

Saint Mary of Egypt and Sneak Preview from Cherry Bomb #Lent2017

March 31, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

This is a big weekend for those of us who take Mary of Egypt as our patron saint, and for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #Lent2017, Cherry Bomb, Great Lent, icons, John Tavener, Mary of Egypt Opera, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Saint Mary of Egypt, weeping icons

Dust Jacket Copy for Cherry Bomb!!!

December 26, 2016 Susan 8 Comments

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I’ve shared lots of pictures on Facebook, so I’m not going to bomb…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: book jacket copy, Cherry Bomb, Dogwood Press, Joe Lee, John Floyd, novels, publishing, tangles and plaques

Writing on Wednesday: Taking Liberties

August 5, 2015 Susan 4 Comments

Before I get started, may I take a moment to celebrate another milestone? On Monday I sent off another major…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barbara Kingsolver, Cherry Bomb, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Hemingway's Girl, historical fiction, literary agents, taking liberties with historical characters, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Lacuna

Faith on Friday: Holy Places

July 10, 2015 Susan 1 Comment

As I was working on revisions to my novel, Cherry Bomb, yesterday, I came across this scene from the protagonist’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cherry Bomb, graffiti, Holy Dormition Monastery, icons, monasteries, novels, nuns, prayer, Rives Junction Michigan, Southern College of Art and Design

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