by Susanne | Dec 4, 2022 | Writing life
This is a question I’m asked from time to time by inexperienced writers, who are—quite naturally—concerned that they’re not seen as copying another author or idea, or are afraid of having someone else copy theirs. I say “quite naturally,”...
by Susanne | Nov 10, 2022 | Book Coaching, Editing, Writing life
The peculiar thing about writing a book is that sometimes you don’t know where the idea for it came from. Other times you can trace it exactly to something you saw, heard, read, researched, etc. But whatever spawned the idea, something about it made you feel as if you...
by Susanne | Oct 31, 2022 | Book Coaching, Writing life
One of the things I do that might make people think I’m a little crazy is that I rewatch my favorite series, over and over again. It’s partly for comfort and reassurance: I know how things will turn out in the end, and during a tough year, that’s...
by Susanne | Oct 12, 2022 | Reading, Writing life
I moved into an apartment in an old mill building in Biddeford, Maine in February of this year. Although I have a daughter, grandsons, and a brother and his family who live in Portland (twenty minutes away), I knew no one in this town. I stayed in touch, of course,...
by Susanne | Oct 6, 2022 | Book marketing, Writing craft, Writing life
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by Susanne | Jun 21, 2022 | Book Coaching, Writing life
My twelfth historical novel, The Portraitist, is coming out with She Writes Press on August 30 of this year. It’s a book I’ve been working on in one form or another for seven years. I’ve also written and published novels within the space of a single year, usually...
