Susanna
@susannaauthor.bsky.social
After decades of technical and content writing, this old white hippie has just published Drowning in Deception, an edgy cozy mystery. Happy when I can wear shorts and a tee shirt every day. #SinC / Guppies Member. https://susannasullivan.com
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After Three Hours with Tech Support, I Was Too Frustrated for Revisions
Sometimes the work doesn’t happen—and that’s the story
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It's been an interesting week here at my writing retreat. I've been forced to spend ridiculous amounts of time dealing with a tech issue instead of writing. Frustrated much?
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This little excerpt from AN UNLIKELY STORY gives you an idea of Agatha's personality. She's smart, she's sassy, she's brave, and she only steals from (or cons) those who deserve it.
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#AmReading #mystery
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#AmReading #mystery
January 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This little excerpt from AN UNLIKELY STORY gives you an idea of Agatha's personality. She's smart, she's sassy, she's brave, and she only steals from (or cons) those who deserve it.
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#AmReading #mystery
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#AmReading #mystery
#AmReading: MURDER AT THE MAYFAIR HOTEL by CJ Archer.
[1/2] Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who
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#mystery
[1/2] Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who
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#mystery
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
#AmReading: MURDER AT THE MAYFAIR HOTEL by CJ Archer.
[1/2] Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who
buff.ly/MP31Xuw
#mystery
[1/2] Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who
buff.ly/MP31Xuw
#mystery
#AmReading: AN UNLIKELY STORY by Gina X Grant. Short stories fill in the gaps in the life of smart, sassy criminal Agatha Shadewell. Learn about:
➡️ Agatha's family
➡️ Agatha's betrayal
➡️ The FBI agent who chases her for decades
➡️ People she helped
➡️ And lots more
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#mystery
➡️ Agatha's family
➡️ Agatha's betrayal
➡️ The FBI agent who chases her for decades
➡️ People she helped
➡️ And lots more
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#mystery
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
#AmReading: AN UNLIKELY STORY by Gina X Grant. Short stories fill in the gaps in the life of smart, sassy criminal Agatha Shadewell. Learn about:
➡️ Agatha's family
➡️ Agatha's betrayal
➡️ The FBI agent who chases her for decades
➡️ People she helped
➡️ And lots more
buff.ly/KulX2Bu
#mystery
➡️ Agatha's family
➡️ Agatha's betrayal
➡️ The FBI agent who chases her for decades
➡️ People she helped
➡️ And lots more
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#mystery
It was interesting -- the longer I waited, the less antsy I felt. It was a strange cultural lesson.
#CulturalDifferences #Panama #WritersLife #AmWriting
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#CulturalDifferences #Panama #WritersLife #AmWriting
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On Time. . . They Didn't Think that Word Means What I Think it Means
It’s been quite a week here in my little winter hideaway.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
It was interesting -- the longer I waited, the less antsy I felt. It was a strange cultural lesson.
#CulturalDifferences #Panama #WritersLife #AmWriting
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#CulturalDifferences #Panama #WritersLife #AmWriting
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Just in case anyone thinks the #WritersLife is glamorous, let me tell you there's nothing glamorous about spending hours and hours trying to fix an email issue when all the tech companies involved point the finger elsewhere.
The good news is, I think it's fixed. (Crossing fingers.)
The good news is, I think it's fixed. (Crossing fingers.)
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Just in case anyone thinks the #WritersLife is glamorous, let me tell you there's nothing glamorous about spending hours and hours trying to fix an email issue when all the tech companies involved point the finger elsewhere.
The good news is, I think it's fixed. (Crossing fingers.)
The good news is, I think it's fixed. (Crossing fingers.)
[1/2] Last week I had the pleasure of attending a concert by Panama's Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in the Iglesia (church) Santa Librada in Las Tablas, the town my husband and I lived in for several years.
They opened with the 1812 Overture, and the drummer was REALLY getting into it, dancing ...
They opened with the 1812 Overture, and the drummer was REALLY getting into it, dancing ...
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
[1/2] Last week I had the pleasure of attending a concert by Panama's Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in the Iglesia (church) Santa Librada in Las Tablas, the town my husband and I lived in for several years.
They opened with the 1812 Overture, and the drummer was REALLY getting into it, dancing ...
They opened with the 1812 Overture, and the drummer was REALLY getting into it, dancing ...
Wise Words is back! After a hiatus, there's a new word puzzle in this week's Substack. Check it out at susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/185120165/...
The challenge: to fill in the blank with the more appropriate word, FLAIR or FLARE.
#AmReading #AmWriting #mystery #CozyMystery
The challenge: to fill in the blank with the more appropriate word, FLAIR or FLARE.
#AmReading #AmWriting #mystery #CozyMystery
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Wise Words is back! After a hiatus, there's a new word puzzle in this week's Substack. Check it out at susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/185120165/...
The challenge: to fill in the blank with the more appropriate word, FLAIR or FLARE.
#AmReading #AmWriting #mystery #CozyMystery
The challenge: to fill in the blank with the more appropriate word, FLAIR or FLARE.
#AmReading #AmWriting #mystery #CozyMystery
Every week on my Substack I highlight a quote I've recently come across in my reading. This week, they're all about using the sense of smell to describe abstract concepts!
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#AmReading #AmWriting
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#AmReading #AmWriting
January 23, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Every week on my Substack I highlight a quote I've recently come across in my reading. This week, they're all about using the sense of smell to describe abstract concepts!
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#AmReading #AmWriting
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#AmReading #AmWriting
#AmReading: THE FAMILY VAULT by Charlotte MacLeod. 1st in the series featuring Sarah Kelling.
Sarah's life is complicated enough before the body of a stripper is found in the family's private vault near Boston Common, then more deaths follow. What's a young widow to do?
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Sarah's life is complicated enough before the body of a stripper is found in the family's private vault near Boston Common, then more deaths follow. What's a young widow to do?
buff.ly/MclZaHp #mystery
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
#AmReading: THE FAMILY VAULT by Charlotte MacLeod. 1st in the series featuring Sarah Kelling.
Sarah's life is complicated enough before the body of a stripper is found in the family's private vault near Boston Common, then more deaths follow. What's a young widow to do?
buff.ly/MclZaHp #mystery
Sarah's life is complicated enough before the body of a stripper is found in the family's private vault near Boston Common, then more deaths follow. What's a young widow to do?
buff.ly/MclZaHp #mystery
#AmReading: MURDER IN CHRISTMAS RIVER by Meg Muldoon. 1st in the Christmas River series.
Cinnamon Peter has a lot going on -- recovering from divorce, winning the annual gingerbread house competition. She doesn't need to find a dead body behind her shop.
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#AmWriting #mystery
Cinnamon Peter has a lot going on -- recovering from divorce, winning the annual gingerbread house competition. She doesn't need to find a dead body behind her shop.
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#AmWriting #mystery
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
#AmReading: MURDER IN CHRISTMAS RIVER by Meg Muldoon. 1st in the Christmas River series.
Cinnamon Peter has a lot going on -- recovering from divorce, winning the annual gingerbread house competition. She doesn't need to find a dead body behind her shop.
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#AmWriting #mystery
Cinnamon Peter has a lot going on -- recovering from divorce, winning the annual gingerbread house competition. She doesn't need to find a dead body behind her shop.
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#AmWriting #mystery
Oh, look -- DROWNING IN DECEPTION has an average 4.4 star rating on Goodreads. . . It's available in KU if that interests you. . . See link in bio. . .
#AmWriting #DrowningInDeception #mystery
#AmWriting #DrowningInDeception #mystery
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Oh, look -- DROWNING IN DECEPTION has an average 4.4 star rating on Goodreads. . . It's available in KU if that interests you. . . See link in bio. . .
#AmWriting #DrowningInDeception #mystery
#AmWriting #DrowningInDeception #mystery
It's been an interesting week here at my writing retreat. I've been forced to spend ridiculous amounts of time dealing with a tech issue instead of writing. Frustrated much?
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
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After Three Hours with Tech Support, I Was Too Frustrated for Revisions
Sometimes the work doesn’t happen—and that’s the story
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January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's been an interesting week here at my writing retreat. I've been forced to spend ridiculous amounts of time dealing with a tech issue instead of writing. Frustrated much?
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
And now, would the letter E please step up . . . These are the books I read in 2025 with series names starting with E.
➡️ Emilia Walsh Cozy Mysteries by Abigail Scott
➡️ Emma Langley by Emily Organ @moronova.bsky.social
You can find all 260 titles at buff.ly/M5F3mto
➡️ Emilia Walsh Cozy Mysteries by Abigail Scott
➡️ Emma Langley by Emily Organ @moronova.bsky.social
You can find all 260 titles at buff.ly/M5F3mto
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
And now, would the letter E please step up . . . These are the books I read in 2025 with series names starting with E.
➡️ Emilia Walsh Cozy Mysteries by Abigail Scott
➡️ Emma Langley by Emily Organ @moronova.bsky.social
You can find all 260 titles at buff.ly/M5F3mto
➡️ Emilia Walsh Cozy Mysteries by Abigail Scott
➡️ Emma Langley by Emily Organ @moronova.bsky.social
You can find all 260 titles at buff.ly/M5F3mto
Absolutely brilliant, especially this paragraph: open.substack.com/pub/lisemccl...
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Absolutely brilliant, especially this paragraph: open.substack.com/pub/lisemccl...
[1/3] I recently published a list of all the #fiction books I read in 2025. There were 260 of them, mostly #mystery with a smattering of other types. Here's a peek -- this is just the book series I dipped into that begin with the letter D...
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#AmReading #AmWriting #cozymystery
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#AmReading #AmWriting #cozymystery
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
[1/3] I recently published a list of all the #fiction books I read in 2025. There were 260 of them, mostly #mystery with a smattering of other types. Here's a peek -- this is just the book series I dipped into that begin with the letter D...
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#AmReading #AmWriting #cozymystery
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#AmReading #AmWriting #cozymystery
I really enjoy it when writers turn a trite aphorism into something interesting. Like this -- it was one of the Notable Quotes I featured in my Substack this week. You can see them all, as well as some other good stuff, at susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/184360696/...
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I really enjoy it when writers turn a trite aphorism into something interesting. Like this -- it was one of the Notable Quotes I featured in my Substack this week. You can see them all, as well as some other good stuff, at susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/184360696/...
They say consistency is key to developing a loyal, engaged following on social media. The last few weeks I have been completely inconsistent. Why?
➡️ Busy
➡️ Traveling
➡️ Having some fun
➡️ Getting settled in to my winter retreat.
Expect further inconsistency!
TY for your attention to this matter. 🤣
➡️ Busy
➡️ Traveling
➡️ Having some fun
➡️ Getting settled in to my winter retreat.
Expect further inconsistency!
TY for your attention to this matter. 🤣
January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
They say consistency is key to developing a loyal, engaged following on social media. The last few weeks I have been completely inconsistent. Why?
➡️ Busy
➡️ Traveling
➡️ Having some fun
➡️ Getting settled in to my winter retreat.
Expect further inconsistency!
TY for your attention to this matter. 🤣
➡️ Busy
➡️ Traveling
➡️ Having some fun
➡️ Getting settled in to my winter retreat.
Expect further inconsistency!
TY for your attention to this matter. 🤣
#AmReading: AN AMBUSH OF TIGERS by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, the last (so far) in the terrific Dr. Nell Ward series of mysteries. Nell and Rav finaly get married, with a multi-day celebration in India. Then it all falls apart. . . [1/2]
#mystery #ecology
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#mystery #ecology
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January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#AmReading: AN AMBUSH OF TIGERS by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, the last (so far) in the terrific Dr. Nell Ward series of mysteries. Nell and Rav finaly get married, with a multi-day celebration in India. Then it all falls apart. . . [1/2]
#mystery #ecology
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#mystery #ecology
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Now that I've wrapped up 2025, it's time to plan for 2026. Which one of these pictures more closely resembles your planning process??
#planning #2026 #AmWriting #mystery
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#planning #2026 #AmWriting #mystery
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January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Now that I've wrapped up 2025, it's time to plan for 2026. Which one of these pictures more closely resembles your planning process??
#planning #2026 #AmWriting #mystery
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#planning #2026 #AmWriting #mystery
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[1/2] Moving right along. . . Series I read in 2025 starting with C. Have you read any of these already?
➡️ Cassandra Bell by Tracy Higley
➡️ Charlie Cooper by Deany Roy
➡️ Claire Baskerville by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
#AmReading #ReadingList2025 #fiction #mystery #HistoricalFiction
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➡️ Cassandra Bell by Tracy Higley
➡️ Charlie Cooper by Deany Roy
➡️ Claire Baskerville by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
#AmReading #ReadingList2025 #fiction #mystery #HistoricalFiction
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January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
[1/2] Moving right along. . . Series I read in 2025 starting with C. Have you read any of these already?
➡️ Cassandra Bell by Tracy Higley
➡️ Charlie Cooper by Deany Roy
➡️ Claire Baskerville by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
#AmReading #ReadingList2025 #fiction #mystery #HistoricalFiction
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➡️ Cassandra Bell by Tracy Higley
➡️ Charlie Cooper by Deany Roy
➡️ Claire Baskerville by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
#AmReading #ReadingList2025 #fiction #mystery #HistoricalFiction
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[1/2] Brought to you by the letter B. . . All the series I read in 2025 that start with B
➡️ Baker Street Mysteries by Holly Hepburn
➡️ Belchester Chronicles by Andrea Frazer
➡️ Bell & Tate by Irina Shapiro
Here's the whole list. buff.ly/QBUKD1v
#AmReading #BookList2025 #fiction #mystery
➡️ Baker Street Mysteries by Holly Hepburn
➡️ Belchester Chronicles by Andrea Frazer
➡️ Bell & Tate by Irina Shapiro
Here's the whole list. buff.ly/QBUKD1v
#AmReading #BookList2025 #fiction #mystery
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
[1/2] Brought to you by the letter B. . . All the series I read in 2025 that start with B
➡️ Baker Street Mysteries by Holly Hepburn
➡️ Belchester Chronicles by Andrea Frazer
➡️ Bell & Tate by Irina Shapiro
Here's the whole list. buff.ly/QBUKD1v
#AmReading #BookList2025 #fiction #mystery
➡️ Baker Street Mysteries by Holly Hepburn
➡️ Belchester Chronicles by Andrea Frazer
➡️ Bell & Tate by Irina Shapiro
Here's the whole list. buff.ly/QBUKD1v
#AmReading #BookList2025 #fiction #mystery
Here are just the book series starting with A from my 2025 reading list. You'll find the full list at buff.ly/QBUKD1v
➡️ Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
➡️ An American in Paris by Colleen Cambridge
➡️ Aromatherapy Apothecary by Kim Davis [1/2]
#AmReading #BookList2025 #mystery #fiction
➡️ Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
➡️ An American in Paris by Colleen Cambridge
➡️ Aromatherapy Apothecary by Kim Davis [1/2]
#AmReading #BookList2025 #mystery #fiction
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Here are just the book series starting with A from my 2025 reading list. You'll find the full list at buff.ly/QBUKD1v
➡️ Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
➡️ An American in Paris by Colleen Cambridge
➡️ Aromatherapy Apothecary by Kim Davis [1/2]
#AmReading #BookList2025 #mystery #fiction
➡️ Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
➡️ An American in Paris by Colleen Cambridge
➡️ Aromatherapy Apothecary by Kim Davis [1/2]
#AmReading #BookList2025 #mystery #fiction
All the books. . .
Here's my list of all the #fiction I read in 2025. It's mostly #mystery, of course, but there are some other genres represented as well.
I hope you find something on this list that YOU would love to read!
#ReadingList2025 #AmReading #AmWriting
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
Here's my list of all the #fiction I read in 2025. It's mostly #mystery, of course, but there are some other genres represented as well.
I hope you find something on this list that YOU would love to read!
#ReadingList2025 #AmReading #AmWriting
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All the (Fiction) Books I've Read in 2025
As I did at the beginning of last year, I’m sharing with you a list of all the fiction books I’ve reading this year.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
All the books. . .
Here's my list of all the #fiction I read in 2025. It's mostly #mystery, of course, but there are some other genres represented as well.
I hope you find something on this list that YOU would love to read!
#ReadingList2025 #AmReading #AmWriting
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
Here's my list of all the #fiction I read in 2025. It's mostly #mystery, of course, but there are some other genres represented as well.
I hope you find something on this list that YOU would love to read!
#ReadingList2025 #AmReading #AmWriting
open.substack.com/pub/susannas...
Last night's full wolf moon rising over the Pacific Ocean was absolutely gorgeous. My phone camera doesn't do it justice.
January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Last night's full wolf moon rising over the Pacific Ocean was absolutely gorgeous. My phone camera doesn't do it justice.
Best wishes for a very Merry Christmas. May your day be filled with good cheer, good friends, good wishes, and good books.
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Best wishes for a very Merry Christmas. May your day be filled with good cheer, good friends, good wishes, and good books.