Tag Archives: short stories

Brand new book!

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

My anthology is published! Wow! I forgot what a rush it is to see a brand new book on Amazon! I had planned to publish it last year, but, you know, 2020 being what it was – quite a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Published, My Books, On Writing | Tagged anthology, collection, ebook, ebooks, Fantasy, fantasy book, KDP, KDP Publishing, kindle, kindle book, kindle prime, New, new book, new books, science fiction, Science Fiction Books, scifi, short stories, the cover collection, The Nightmarist, The Nightmarist and Other Stories, TheCoverCollection | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Getting Published, My Books | Tagged am writing, anthology, book cover, book covers, bookcover, bookcovers, books, choose a book cover, diary of a bloomsbury writer, Fantasy, life of a writer, literary, On Writing, pre-made book cover, romance, science fiction, selling writing, short stories, writer, writers community, writers experience, writers life, writers' life, writing, writing community, writing from alter-space, writing life, writing process | 2 Comments

What to write in lockdown

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Susannah J. Bell

I hadn’t planned to write anything this spring. I had been working on my short story compilation when the lockdown began and, doggedly, I’ve continued to put it together: editing, doing a little rewriting, formatting, etc. Quite a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged lockdown life, short stories, short story, writer, writers life, writing, writing community, writing fantasy, writing from alter-space, writing notes, writing process, writing tips | Leave a comment

What to do when your writing doesn’t write

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Don’t panic. Don’t despair. Don’t run away and resolve never to write again. Don’t let the ocean of failure to close over you so that you are forever drowning and wondering why it is you couldn’t be happy with just … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged am writing, brainstorming, handwriting, ideas, pen and paper, short stories, short story, struggle, take a break, Taking a break, write, writer, writer's block, writer's tip, writers, writers community, writers life, writing, writing by hand, writing fantasy | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Getting Published | Tagged aesthetic, books, covers, fonts, formatting, kdp books, KDP Paperback, KDP Publishing, long short stories, new books, New Editions, novellas, novels, production, science fiction, Science Fiction Books, science fiction series, scifi, short stories, Smashwords, writers life, writing, writing community | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Getting Published | Tagged amazon, Amazon Bookshelf, Amazon KDP gliches, book cover, book covers, books, Connected, connected short stories, ebooks, KDP, KDP Paperback, KDP Publishing, Novelette, novella, science fiction, scifi, short stories, the cover collection, TheCoverCollection, thwarted | Leave a comment

The Substantials

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

It was only after I started writing the Exodus Sequence series that I discovered that collections of connected short stories were already in existence. Even Wikipedia has a page on this, calling them a short story cycle. My reason for … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged Atlanteans, Atlantians, Atlantis, Caged, Connected, Crashed, Exodus Sequence, mars, novella, novellas, Reflected, Sacrificed, self-pub, self-published, self-publishing, short stories, short story, short story cycle, Spooked, Substantials, suicided, The Exodus Sequence, trilogy, Woken, writing | Leave a comment

Flashing a little fiction

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

I seemed to have missed the flash fiction train. It seems to be quite a big thing, particularly online. Having mastered the art of the humongously long novel and short stories that are actually novelettes, brevity isn’t something that comes … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged brevity, experimental fiction, fiction, flash, flash fiction, short stories | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Getting Published, On Writing | Tagged 2017, books, editing, Fleet quintet, life, London, new year, novel, publishing, science fiction, self-publishing, short stories | 2 Comments

Free Read on Amazon!

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Susannah J. Bell

This is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CE976AC #FreeRead #PTSD #SciFi Been having great fun thinking up Tweets for this short story. I decided on lifting quotes directly from the story itself. This is what I came up with: The flash came … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged aliens, amazon, Atlantis, Aura, Exodus Sequence, flashes of light, Free Short Story, hallucination, immortality, Migraine, novelettes, pain, PTSD, sci fi, science fiction, short stories, The Exodus Sequence, Tweets, twitter, violence, Walked, war, war vet | Leave a comment