Category Archives: 2022: A Fresh Start

The Last Blog

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

This is my final blog for the foreseeable future. Please support this struggling author by reading and reviewing my books! A good place to start would be THE NIGHTMARIST, a collection of short stories which you can read about on … Continue reading →

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Book Review: All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I first started this series over Christmas last year, I wanted to read nothing else in the months that followed. Gradually it dawned on me that although the books are well-written and the … Continue reading →

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The day the Queen died

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

I was making dinner when I heard the announcement.  The radio was on in the kitchen and Radio 3 was playing some or other music (no idea what it was) when someone suddenly said:  “We interrupt this programme … ” … Continue reading →

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Microfiction:  how my tiny writing got me back on track

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

I seem to have lost the knack of writing microfiction.  It was never something I thought about.  Much.  Or ever, to be honest.  But then the pandemic hit and the first lockdown came along and throttled all my writing efforts … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a wonderful book! Full of books you wish you’d read as a child with hilarious scenes of Lucy reading those books and not wanting to do ANYTHING except read them. Very funny and … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Bloomsbury

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

During lockdown, I took many photographs to share on my job’s Facebook page.  I called the series Beautiful Bloomsbury.  To my mind, it was beautiful because there were so few people in it!  The first lockdown took place during the … Continue reading →

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How deep does this drought go?

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

I love Windy.  It was introduced to me by a work colleague some years ago and I used to sit poring over it obsessively – usually looking for rain.  No doubt you’ve heard me whitter on endlessly about the severe … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Small Hand by Susan Hill

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars A quiet novel of intense mood and atmosphere with moments of profound creepiness. Not particularly scary but definitely unnerving. I loved the premise of the story, the main character (who doesn’t want to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars Or three weddings and a funeral! After the phenomenal misery of Confusion, this came as a bit of a relief. For some of the characters, anyway! Without giving anything away, one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Five tips to get you through your writing life

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell
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