by Susanne Dunlap | Jul 17, 2021 | Book marketing, Research, Writing life
The first two volumes of my trilogy, The Orphans of Tolosa, came out within a year of each other in 2019. My original plan was to publish the final volume, Voices in the Mist, in 2020. That turned out to be wishful thinking. I had no idea of the long road I would have...
by Susanne Dunlap | Sep 10, 2019 | Writing craft, Writing life
There’s no denying the appeal to readers of a series or a trilogy. When I think about it, I realize that I truly fell in love with reading because of a series—Nancy Drew, of course! As a young reader, I loved getting to know Nancy and her friends, watching her...
by Susanne Dunlap | Jul 15, 2018 | Literary fiction, Soul searching, Writing life
Why do I write? Why is it important for me? Is it important to anyone else? Is it IMPORTANT WRITING? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately as I embark on research and start writing another historical novel. Historical novels aren’t selling all that...
by Susanne Dunlap | Jan 9, 2018 | Research, Writing craft, Writing life
One of the greatest challenges in writing any story is figuring out where it begins and where it ends—most writers know that all too well. What seems like the obvious beginning may not be, and the tidy ending might end up having to come unraveled in order to make the...
by Susanne Dunlap | Sep 17, 2017 | Writing craft, Writing life
I’m circling around the new WIP. I’ve populated Scrivener with index cards of random scenes, and written one of them (sort of). Still not sure where the story begins, although I think I know where it ends. This one’s conflict is tough, because...
