Monthly Archives: January 2012

One feeble attempt

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“pray your life was just a dream” (MM) I’m sinking without a trace beneath the waves of depression, a sea that has closed over me a hundred thousand times, so familiar that I almost enjoy the darkness, a place I … Continue reading →

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Commences submitted to Authonomy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“…don’t forget the violence”  (MM) Yesterday I submitted the first six chapters of my Fleet novel Commences to the Authonomy website.  I felt some trepidation, not least of which was inevitable plagiarism, but also:  would anyone actually like it?  Since … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Stone Testament by Celia Rees

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

My daughter, who is eleven and a half but has the reading age of 15, pressed this book on me, saying how good it was, though she didn’t quite get the ending.  I found it considerably better than many other … Continue reading →

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Commences: Book Cover

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

One of the holdups in downloading Commences on the Authonomy website is the lack of book cover.  People tell me that the book cover doesn’t matter, it’s the blurb that imparts the important information, but still….it’s hard not to want … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

I couldn’t have picked a more difficult book as my first review.  This sat on my bookshelf for twenty years before dusting it off and having another go.  I started it four times and each time abandoned it because I … Continue reading →

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Biography

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

Just been battling with a bio for the Authonomy website.  Really hard to write about yourself when you don’t think you done anything interesting in that “climbed Everest” or “crossed Antarctica” sort of way. This is what it looks like: … Continue reading →

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Pitch for Commences

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“…it is done”  (MM)   I’ve sweated blood over this and I know it’s still not right.  I don’t know how to grab the attention of an editor.  Wouldn’t it be nice if someone else can read the (entire) novel … Continue reading →

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Writing a pitch

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

This has to be harder than writing an entire novel, even a quintet of novels.  How do I describe my novel in 200 words max when it took me way over 100 000 words to tell the story!  How do … Continue reading →

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Commences

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“the angel has spread his wings”  (MM)   I think I’m going to submit Commences to Authonomy.  It is the most challenging novel I’ve written and I’ve had the most difficulty trying to publish it (i.e. it’s been submitted more … Continue reading →

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Unbound

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

Checked it out – only for published authors or through agents.  No chance here then.

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