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The killingly awful search for a literary agent

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

From 2018 to 2019 I approached twenty-one agents for my novel “Honeysuckle Rage and the Everlasting Tree.” I got eleven rejections. The rest didn’t respond at all. Disheartened, I left it for a year. Then I gave in to internal … Continue reading →

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How to ruin your chances with an agent

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

Who is the first agent you approach? The best one, of course, whoever you think that may be. In my mind, it’s the Curtis Brown agency. So when the time came for me to start trotting my new novel around … Continue reading →

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What those rejection letters really mean

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve been trying to find an agent for Honeysuckle Rage and the Everlasting Tree for nearly two years now. In that time, I’ve become utterly convinced that my bright, shining, lovely novel that I thought everyone would like was a … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Susannah J. Bell

I’m not wild about making resolutions. And promising myself that I’ll go to the gym more often or eat more salads or work harder or be friendlier seems to have the opposite effect. Setting writing goals seems to work, though. … Continue reading →

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My new website is published!!!

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I know this is just an auto-letter from Weebly but it’s rather splendid anyway! In the UK, it was actually born at about midday with mild February sunshine pouring in the window and an entire afternoon ahead with … Continue reading →

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Flesh for Sale is published!

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

As promised, FLESH FOR SALE is published! It was actually out already on Tuesday. You know how it is, you want to make sure that it comes out all right on Amazon so that you can redo it if it … Continue reading →

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Who are the Fleet?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

Once, in another era, another epoch, when there could not be time, where there could not be space, in a universe that existed in conjunction with the cosmos but was not subject to its linear decay, games were played by … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a terrible writer

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

I’m just a copy of an imitation (MM) There’s only one reason why anyone self-publishes: they’re too crap to be published in the Real World. You can fool yourself all you want but it’s the truth. That doesn’t mean you … Continue reading →

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How to write a successful Dan Brown novel in 10 easy steps

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

Choose a popular subject. Research it with great care (or get your research assistant/wife to do all the legwork) and then carefully reproduce huge tracts of your research in your novel. Be extra-careful to have large info-dumps at strategic points … Continue reading →

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I AM PUBLISHED

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

ULTRA is published. Its cover grows green on Amazon, my name in cool, clean white. Susannah J. Bell. That’s me. Author. Writer. One book out there in the universe for all to see, my soul exposed, my heart ripped open. … Continue reading →

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