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Why is it so hard to write a book blurb?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

Does it ever get easier to write a book blurb?  At some point, after you’ve battled day after day, does something suddenly go “ping” and you realise how to string the words together adequately?  I’ve just written nine new blurbs … Continue reading →

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Elation and Revelation

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

A loaded gun won’t set you free (Moby cover) It’s rare in a writer’s life that it happens:  a moment that is so beyond coincidence it would seem you are connected with the Truly Divine. Not to appear too slack, I … Continue reading →

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Very very very very very Gomenzi

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve started preparing FLESH FOR SALE as a .doc for Smashwords and find that every time I come round to editing/managing/preparing this novel, I find myself intrigued all over again by my blurb for V.GOMENZI.  It feels awfully self-indulgent to … Continue reading →

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Transferring Transference

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I’m going completely nuts trying to turn Transference into a paperback.  These are the times when I wish I had VAST gobs of capital and could just get someone else to do it for me.  It’s not the mechanics (spending … 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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Flesh for Sale almost ready for publication!

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

Six months before my mother died, she turned to me and said bluntly,  “I’m never going to read your novels.”  Naturally I was horrified and protested vociferously but of course she was right:  I’d failed utterly to get myself published … Continue reading →

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Fantastically amateurish book trailer for 77p sci-fi novel no-one will ever read!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW__L1KulA   You saw it here first.

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Transference Edit Done

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve finished editing Transference, but I’m not convinced I’ve done a good job.  When I did the initial read-through (when the laughs still worked), I had a number of ideas that could improve it.  Some changes had to be made … Continue reading →

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Editing Transference (2)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

When I did the huge rewrite on Commences, a number of plot changes inevitably occurred that affected the next three novels in the quintet.  Since I’m now working on the second of these novels, I thought I’d better check my … Continue reading →

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