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Microfiction:  how my tiny writing got me back on track

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

I seem to have lost the knack of writing microfiction.  It was never something I thought about.  Much.  Or ever, to be honest.  But then the pandemic hit and the first lockdown came along and throttled all my writing efforts … Continue reading →

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Five tips to get you through your writing life

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell
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How to finish a story

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

This question came my way recently from someone who enjoyed writing and wrote a lot … but didn’t know when to stop the story.  So he just kept on writing and writing and had a number of novels and short … Continue reading →

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The story that refused to write

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve been battling with a short story for what feels like a thousand years.  It’s actually been less than three months which is probably not THAT long given that it has quite a high word count but it’s going so … 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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Finding inspiration in a walk at dawn

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

A cold, crisp winter’s morning with a blush of orange on the horizon (mostly hidden by buildings).  A dash down to the river, bundled up in a huge scarf, via Gray’s Inn and Temple Inn, through the columns where they … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

A new year means resolutions. The kind of writing resolutions I SHOULD be making would go something like this: Write more! Promote more! Learn about marketing! Engage with, you know, erm, people! Sell your soul! Okay, so by the time … Continue reading →

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A Sequel for Spooked

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

The story of Angelica Zippoli (or Zipp) has been the most popular of my Exodus Sequence stories so far. I think that might have a lot to do with the fantastic cover! I found it on Pexels and though I’ve … Continue reading →

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Coming up for air

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve had my head down for a few months writing non-stop in an attempt to out-create the hard ride life seemed to be giving me. The drafts still need a lot of editing (and one of them needs complete rewriting) … Continue reading →

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Mass Observation Day

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Susannah J. Bell

Mass Observation Day occurred on the 12th of May.  I heard about it on the radio the day before so thought it would be interesting to take part.  However, once I’d written up something on the day in question, I … Continue reading →

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