Susan Adrian

In our house we have a strong rule against Child turning around and sitting sideways or backwards in her chair at meals...it creates grubby ...

Poking around in my old files yesterday made me think of a post on editing, and how one task--the introduction and description of a characte...

Let's see, where to begin? That's the question all novelists face. The struggle with the beginning is so common as to be universal. ...

This will just be a quick news update, as I'm spending all my free time today putting together and sending out queries. That's right...

When I demanded a subject for today's blog (hey, sometimes I just come up blank on Mondays), Kreekie said "how about summer in Mont...

I'm afraid I'm feeling lazy today, so I'm going to do two easy bloggy things: a question for y'all, and a snippet. But wait,...

Thanks for the feedback yesterday! Next step is to finish polishing these and then try the 1-pager. With actual plot and resolution. I was t...

Okay, I've done some work on these--many of you will note that #2 is familiar. It's been a successful blurb so far, so I just rework...

I was too busy yesterday to post here--which I hate, but sometimes it happens. Part of the busy-ness was secret spy stuff that I cannot yet ...

Finally back, and the last trip was excellent, a lovely, lovely restful time. I haven't had a chance to devour a book like that in ages....

Sorry for the long absence! I was physically gone, of course, except for yesterday--only mentally gone yesterday--and will be physically gon...

I finished the TMT revision yesterday! I made my archaeologist-inspired changes, wrapped it up, put a bow on it, and sent it out to my reade...

ANNOUNCER (in a hearty voice): Welcome, folks! It's embarrassing fangirl confession time. That's right, the chance for you to hear t...

So I mentioned my new archaeologist contact in passing, but I don't think I ever explained. Several critical scenes in TMT take place in...

Today I'm thinking about animals in fiction. A long time ago we had a discussion on Books and Writers about dogs, and how every novel se...

Whew. That was a long and busy weekend, what with the play performances and all. "Sarah, Plain and Tall" is wrapped now, and I...

Opening night went perfectly, yay us! I'm afraid this is just an info post-and-run. I am at home today with Child, as she is off school....

I realized yet again last night that writers' brains do not work like other people's. It was our final "preview performance...

I just ran across an excellent (old) article on Backspace by Jenny Bent--a realistic take on the process of publishing for first-timers. Che...

Well, yesterday ended up being extremely sucky--but I kept my whining to my girlfriend group, and they propped me up again. (yes, they rock!...