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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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Which cover to you like the best?

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

The publication of my brand new anthology is drawing near!  I only need to sort out the cover, then I can head off to KDP and start uploading stuff.  But WHICH cover? There are basically two birds to choose from … Continue reading →

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Susannah J. Bell

I was devastated to hear this morning of the death of Carlos Ruiz Zafón.  He was my favourite author, someone whom I aspired to in my own writing.  I wanted to spend the rest of my life reading his books.  … Continue reading →

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Last day of the year!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Writers don’t pat themselves on the back often enough, so I thought today, being the last day of the year, would be a good day to look back and see what I’ve accomplished.  If anything! I completely overhauled my website, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blue Mars

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Finishing the Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is a mark of honour, rather like being able to say you’ve read War and Peace or all seven volumes of Proust.  With ten years between each volume, I can’t say this series … Continue reading →

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Is it worth bringing out new editions of your self-published books?

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Yes, definitely.  I could just leave it there!  There are so many reasons, not least of which is checking for errors.  I personally like updating my published books if I bring out a new book – I would definitely want … Continue reading →

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When self-publishing becomes a major league drag

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Just uploaded my gorgeous new cover (from The Cover Collection) for THE EXODUS SEQUENCE!  It’s considerably more noticeable than the cover I cobbled together, with really rich, bright colours and spacey enough to tell what genre it is. I also … Continue reading →

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Last day to get my books free (for all E-readers)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve gone quite cross-eyed with promotions this week, having to rely mostly on Twitter.  This has not been ideal for obvious reasons, Twitter being a flood of ads that produces no results at all except perhaps a few more follows … Continue reading →

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The Shrinking Singularity that is my Local Library

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

I haven’t been to my local library for years.  I stopped going because I could never find anything to read.  There were a few new books on display but never anything I actually wanted to read.  The shelves themselves remained … Continue reading →

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Dear 2016, What do you mean 2017 is going to be worse?

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

Trending on Twitter earlier this week was a “Dear 2016” line (not actually a hashtag).  One of the saddest was someone asking 2016 not to take Carrie Fisher, which it then promptly did, along with her mother.  The general idea … Continue reading →

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