Tag Archives: sadness

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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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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