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When the holiday runs out

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Susannah J. Bell

I recently took several weeks off work.  It was bliss.  It was heavenly.  By the last ten days, I felt like myself again – for the first time in YEARS.  I can’t remember when last I achieved that state of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Star Trek

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

The title of this post makes it look as if I’m about to review the entire Star Trek universe.  And by golly, it’s an enormous universe!  The original series, the next generation, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise.  Not to mention the movies, … Continue reading →

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Review: Aggretsuko

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

I LOVE THIS!  I discovered it last night and watched the first two episodes, brilliantly short at fifteen minutes each – though they felt so much longer, packed as they were with story line. If you’ve been on Mars recently … Continue reading →

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Stop Procrastinating and Get that Story Finished

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

Originally posted on lmnelsonscorner:
The first week of 2018 started off with a bang (literally and figuratively speaking). I finally finished my latest project, which is now in publication stage. Launching a new book is always exciting, and when you…

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A disastrous trip to the bookshop

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

Having collected my ten stamps from Waterstone’s – £10 off my next purchse -I went off to buy a book today as a special treat, a trip postponed from the pre-Christmas nightmare that was my life. My local bookshop is … Continue reading →

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How To Write A Book Synopsis

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

Originally posted on Carly Watters, Literary Agent:
Many writers I know find writing a synopsis VERY difficult. There’s so much you want to include. How do you decide what to leave out? How long it is supposed to be? What…

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On The Other Side (or too much of the wrong Sci-Fi)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

You know you’re not getting enough Sci-Fi TV when you start thinking the Twelve Monkeys spin-off is quite good. When I was a teenager growing up on the other side of the planet, I used to feel completely cut off … Continue reading →

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What do you do when you’ve finished an enormous novel?

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

I finished my new novel mid-May and for a long time felt rather lost.  I write because I want to escape into a life that isn’t my own and with that escape gone, I had no idea what to do … Continue reading →

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The X-Files has lost its X

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

I loved The X-Files.  I still remember watching the first episode and how exhilarated it made me feel.  I was blown away that someone else had the same thoughts I did.  I was so hungry for this type of television … Continue reading →

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Spooked

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

FREE:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DTTQ7E2 (until Friday 18th only) All the titles of my Exodus Sequence stories have double – or triple – meanings.  I loved playing around with them and discovering more ways that the title could work.  In “Wired,” the prison … Continue reading →

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