by AuthorSue | May 7, 2014 | novels, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
Within 2 hours of landing in Boston, I was told by a friend that she couldn’t get Out of the Ruins via the US Amazon site. She said they had accepted her order weeks ago, only to be eventually told it was unavailable. Hmmm, I said. The next day another friend...
by AuthorSue | Apr 28, 2014 | novels, poetry, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
This Wednesday evening, 30 April, I will be participating in my first event since I’ve returned from my SE Asian book tour. And I couldn’t be more pleased. Made in Greenwich is a gallery, arts centre and meeting place which focusses on encouraging and...
by AuthorSue | Apr 24, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, Writing
I try to give myself a break. I know that the year in which a new novel is published needs to be devoted to giving that novel the best start in life it possibly can get. That means spending a year setting up events, running workshops, writing pieces for blogs,...
by AuthorSue | Apr 17, 2014 | novels, poetry, publishing, short story, Writing
Over the years, I have read, and written, a lot of advice about writing, but I have to admit, this is a subject I don’t read very much about. My guess is, though, that it effects more writers than not. There certainly has been a great deal of research and...
by AuthorSue | Apr 10, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, Writing
Kuala Lumpur was the last stop on my SE Asian book tour. In 36 hours I had two events. One evening I drove about an hour out of town to the campus of The University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur. There I was hosted by the writer, Shivani Siguranathan, and was the guest...
by AuthorSue | Apr 4, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, poetry, publishing, Writing
World-weary authors will talk about their book tours with bleary eyes and gravely throats. But I do love my little tours, although they cost me money (don’t be fooled into thinking they pay for themselves or that anyone else will pay for them for you —...
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