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After decades of technical and content writing, this old white hippie is deep into revisions on my 2nd book of fiction, a cozy mystery. Happy when I can wear shorts and a tee shirt every day. #SinC / Guppies Member. https://susannasullivan.com

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Ever thought about becoming an #ARC (advance review copy) #reader but weren't sure what's involved? I spell it out for you.

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#AmWriting #AmReading #ReadingCommunity #Mystery #EdgyCozy

How do Advance Review Copies Work? Here's Everything You Always Wanted to Know

But Were Afraid to Ask ARC stands for advance review copy. It’s a book you get before the publication date so you have an opportunity to read and review ahead of time.

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Do you play our weekly word game? Here's this week's: your task is to choose the more appropriate word to fill in the blank. Your choices (alphabetically) are PALL or PALLOR.

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#AmReading #AmWriting #WordGames

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 3d

We need more like this! He didn't let the question frame the narrative, instead he told it like it really is.

Paula Martinac 🏳️‍🌈 📚 ❌👑 @paulamartinac.bsky.social · 3d

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 3d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Every week I pull out an interesting quote (or two or three) from what I'm reading. This one is interesting because of the narrator's opinion about what's "normal" on the streets of Cairo.

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#AmReading #AmWriting #Quotes

Quote from THE PAINTED QUEEN by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 4d

#AmReading: MURDER IN THE WINTER WOODS by Katie Gayle. It's nearly #Christmas, and the village is all dressed up, with the Christmas Market in full swing. Then tragedy strikes when the local taxi driver is found dead on a dark road, run over by a hit-and-run. Or is it?

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#Mystery

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Moving from summer into cooler weather is something I always fight against. Now I concede. I've lost the battle this year. Two days ago I put away my shorts and pulled out the jeans. Today it's a long-sleeved shirt. Sigh.

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 4d

#AmReading: THE CHRISTMAS MARKET MURDER by Peter Boland. Fiona, Partial Sue, and Daisy are back! The Christmas Market is attracting visitors to town despite the sicko who's prowling the streets attacking lone walkers. Layered, witty, and clever.

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#ReadingCommunity #Mystery

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 5d

How do Advance Review Copies Work? Here's Everything You Always Wanted to Know

But Were Afraid to Ask ARC stands for advance review copy. It’s a book you get before the publication date so you have an opportunity to read and review ahead of time.

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely. Criticism does not equal treason. Servile agreement might. Thanks to wordsmith.org for highlighting this today.

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 10d

It's time to play another Wise Words game! Check out my Substack and choose which word is the better choice to fill in the blank in this sentence.

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#AmReading #AmWriting #WordGames

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 10d

I love this quote! Something about the image of turning into an actual red herring and swimming away is just entrancing. Every week in my Substack I post quotes that grab my attention in some way, like this one. See more at:

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#AmWriting #quotes

Quote from The Christmas Market Murder by Peter Boland

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 10d

I passed the citizenship test! I wonder how many of our country's leaders today can do that?

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Can you pass the new U.S. citizenship test?

The federal government rolled out a longer, harder exam this month for aspiring Americans. Test your knowledge with our quiz.

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 11d

#AmReading: PUZZLE ME A MURDER by Roz Noonan. Alice and her friends love jigsaw puzzles and gossip. But tonight, Ruby's mad. She's just found out her husband's having an affair. Then she finds him dead. . .

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#Mystery #CozyMystery #AmWriting

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 11d

#AmReading: MURDER ON THE FIRST DATE by TE Scott. Ladies of the Wronged Women's Cooperative in a small Scottish town usually take on domestic detective inquiries. But after a schoolteacher is murdered, they decide to investigate.
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#CozyMystery

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 12d

Hey, #mystery #readers -- the #ARC for the first book in my new series is looking for readers. . .

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#AmWriting #AmReading

Plunge in Now and Get an Early Peek at Drowning in Deception!

And the news is. . . .drumroll please. . . I’m now actively soliciting ARC readers for the first book in my series, Drowning in Deception. You interested?

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 12d

Wow. Just wow. This needed to be said.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13d

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 13d

And disproportionately hurts people in red states.

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 13d

I'm about to make my book available to ARC readers. Excitement mounts!!! If you're interested in joining the ARC team for my upcoming first-in-series #mystery let me know!

#AmWriting #CozyMystery

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 16d

Did you play our Wise Words game last week? If so, you'll find the solution here - susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/176171327/...

If not, check out my latest newsletter on Substack on Wednesday, for a new puzzle.

#AmWriting #AmReading #WritingCommunity #WordGames

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 17d

#AmReading: This week I'm featuring three quotes notable for their entertaining, self-deprecating tone. Enjoy!

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 17d

Proud of my alma mater, adding to the campus a building that will be completely powered by #geothermal energy.

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#MiddleburyCollege #RenewableEnergy

$13 million renovation to Stewart Hall furthers Energy2028 efforts - The Middlebury Campus

Over the summer, long-planned renovations to the first year residence Stewart Hall began. The renovations will update aging facilities in the dormitory as well as support Middlebury’s Energy2028 initi...

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 18d

He's supporting himself in London, barely, as a bookseller in Cheapside, which is where Elizabeth meets him.

Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 18d

#AmReading: MR. DARCY'S BOOKSHOP by Summer Hanford. Interesting reworking of the romance between Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Here, Darcy's been cast off by his father because he won't marry Anne DeBourgh.

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#JaneAusten #AmWriting

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 19d

I've been resisting doing video for a long time. This article might make me rethink that position. Maybe.

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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

YouTube Is the Long Game Every Author Should Be Playing

Learn how authors can use YouTube to grow their audience, build trust with readers, and create evergreen content that sells books.

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Susanna @susannaauthor.bsky.social · 19d

When I'm writing my first draft, it's all about the word count. Later, not so much.

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