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Discovering Elizabeth Strout

June 2, 2017 Susan

I never read Elizabeth Strout’s book Olive Kitteridge. I saw the HBO series and somehow felt a heaviness about it…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anyithing is Possible, Elizabeth Strout, fiction, My Name is Lucy Barton, novels, Olive Kitteridge

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

Q&A with Jackie Warren Tatum, author of Unspeakable Things, a Novel

April 17, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

I never read crime thrillers, although I do watch Law & Order SVU regularly. But when I met Jackie Warren…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: crime thrillers, Jackie Warren Tatum, Mississippi authors, novels, Unspeakable Things a novel

Learning From the Masters

March 29, 2017 Susan

A few weeks ago I started a new novel. It’s off to a slow start, for several reasons. For one…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anne Rivers Siddons, Aurore Dupin, Cassandra King, Elizabeth Berg, fiction, George Sand, novels, The Dream Lover, writing

The Opposite of Everyone—Let the New Literary Year Begin!

January 4, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

Yesterday I finished reading my first book of 2017—Joshilyn Jackson’s latest novel The Opposite of Everyone (Harper Collins, 2016). What…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fiction, Joshilyn Jackson, novels, Southern novels, The Opposite of Everyone, writing

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

The Muralist: Disclaimer and Author’s Note

November 19, 2016 Susan

My book pick from Octavia Books while visiting New Orleans last week was B. A. Shapiro’s novel, The Muralist. CLICK…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Author's Note, B. A. Shapiro, disclaimer, fiction, historic fiction, novels, The Muralist

Writing on Wednesday: Rejection #28 and Literary Agent vs. Small Press

June 1, 2016 Susan 9 Comments

An agent I queried in February requested the full manuscript of my novel a few weeks ago. She sent me…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: agent queries, fiction, literary agents, novels, small presses

Writing on Wednesday: Change is in the Air

January 13, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

  Just over three years ago one of my many query letters for my novel, Cherry Bomb, caught the attention…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: commercial fiction, indiei presses, literary agents, literary fiction, novels, publishing, writing

Writing on Wednesday: Second Person Narrative Voice

September 3, 2015 Susan 1 Comment

Note: Today’s post is a day late. I’ve been busy counting calories. (I’ve lost 3 ½ pounds in 3 days!)…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ehud Havazelet, fiction, Kathryn Stockett, M.O.Walsh, My Sunshine Away, New York Times Draft column, novels, Second Person, Second Person Narrative Voice, writing

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