Monthly Archives: February 2012

Overtaken in the slow lane

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

I recently read “The Tiger’s Wife” b y Tea Obreht, lent to me by a friend who’d read it as part of her book club.  I wasn’t entirely keen on reading it as it seemed a bit worthy but once … Continue reading →

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Access Denied or Transference?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“…but you are plastic – so are your brains”  (MM)   Having working through all the so-called promotional actions in the last couple of months, it was time yesterday to start thinking of a new set of orders for myself … Continue reading →

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Sinking without a trace

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

Commences is dying a death on Authonomy.  The whole idea, I think, is to go and sell myself to others in the Authonomy community.  Read their stuff, comment on it, ask others to read your stuff – preferably others who … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Remix by Lexi R

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

This book is so bad I couldn’t be bothered to review it properly on Amazon.  It’s so lightweight it makes a feather look gravitationally challenged.  There is a place in the world for lightweight books, for thin plots, for paint-by-numbers … Continue reading →

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Lost In Alter Space

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

Since I started blogging, tweeting, facebooking, promoting, reviewing, uploading, commenting, liking, following, friending, mailing, researching and every other internet thing you can think of, I’ve found myself lonelier than ever.  I’m always lonely as a writer but now I’m feel … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

I hated The Time Traveller’s Wife so only took this off the library shelf to find out whether I would hate this too.  It was a nice surprise to discover that it’s so good, it could have been written by … Continue reading →

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Writing Ultra

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“sick sick sick”  (MM)   Ultra first started life as a short story, a really sick one about a girl in a mental institution who, I seem to recall, wandered about in pyjamas with daisies on them.  I’ve forgotten the … Continue reading →

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Ultra: the detailed synopsis

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

A girl of eleven is returned seven years after being abducted, with no memory of herself.  DNA tests prove conclusively that she is Claire Halward but her father, Nick, knows she is not.  There is only one person who knows … Continue reading →

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Excuse me while I die with embarrassment

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“I’m sick of immortality”  (MM)   You know that “duh” emoticon that bangs its forehead with a fist, over and over and over…?  That’s me.  J.Jarrold is a sci fi agent.  I picked him because he’s a sci fi agent.  … Continue reading →

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Submission into the wilderness

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

“no subtitles to get you through this” (MM)  I thought I’d make an extra effort to submit a novel that I know is quite readable to an agent.  There aren’t many agents willing to actually look at manuscripts (or should … Continue reading →

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