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CHERRY BOMB Launch! AND Tools of the (Marketing) Trade at Suite T

August 9, 2017 Susan

I’m home from Jackson (Mississippi) where CHERRY BOMB launched last night at Lemuria Books. I had a wonderful time with…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cherry Bomb (a novel), Dogwood Press, Joe Lee, Lemuria Books Jackson Mississippi, marketing, publishing, Southern Writers Magazine, Suite T

Thy Will Be Done

August 4, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

This morning I read a quote by Evagrius the Solitary with my morning prayers. Here’s part of it: Pray not…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: faith, Flannery O'Connor Prayer Journal, Holy Dormition Monastery, nuns, prayer, Psalms, publishing, writing

Pilgrim Interrupted

July 28, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

I’m putting together a collection of personal essays with the working title, Pilgrim Interrupted. Many of the essays have been…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: addiction, adoption, Alzheimers, anthologies, art, caregiving, editing, essays, mental health, Pilgrim Interrupted, publishing, sexual abuse, spirituality, writing

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

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

Blurbs: Promoting Literature for Over 100 Years

October 3, 2016 Susan

Did you know that the practice of using blurbs (quotes by other authors to help promote one’s book) dates to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: blurbs, eLectio Publishing, Jessica Handler, Kathy Rhodes, Lee Martin, marketing, Neil White, Niles Reddick, publishing, Sally Palmer Thomason, Tangles and Plaques: A Mother and Daughter Face Alzheimer's

“Second Pages” for A Second Blooming

September 26, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

I just drove home from Atlanta today, excited to be greeted by a package from Mercer University Press—“Second Pages” (also…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: A Second Blooming, anthology, editing, galleys, Mercer University Press, publishing, second pages

Writing on Wednesday: Kudos to an Excellent Copy Editor!

August 24, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

Two weeks ago I did a post about the “first pages” I was anxious to receive from the press that…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: copy editors, editing, first pages, galleys, page proofs, publishing

Writing on Wednesday: “First Pages” Coming Today!

August 10, 2016 Susan 6 Comments

Although I’ve been published in three anthologies (as a contributor) I’m new to the business of publishing as an author…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: copyediting, first pages, galleys, publishing, second pages

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