Susan Savage Lee
@susansavagelee.bsky.social
I write academic articles focused on Indigenous Studies and Comparative Literature. For fiction, I write magical realism, psychological thrillers, and horror.
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What’s the most unusual place where you’ve written a scene? On an airplane napkin during the flight #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What’s the most unusual place where you’ve written a scene? On an airplane napkin during the flight #writingq #WritingCommunity
If you could change one thing about the publishing industry, what would it be? I wish that being a debut author was welcomed, not rejected #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you could change one thing about the publishing industry, what would it be? I wish that being a debut author was welcomed, not rejected #writingq #WritingCommunity
How does your world shape your characters’ moral boundaries? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How does your world shape your characters’ moral boundaries? #writingq #WritingCommunity
If your book had a core emotion, what would it be? For my current WIP, I would say desperation #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If your book had a core emotion, what would it be? For my current WIP, I would say desperation #writingq #WritingCommunity
How do you decide what to leave unexplained in your WIP? In my novels, I always explain how the supernatural elements came to be because there’s space for it, but not with short stories #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
How do you decide what to leave unexplained in your WIP? In my novels, I always explain how the supernatural elements came to be because there’s space for it, but not with short stories #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s something in the publishing world that’s a mystery to you? For me, it’s self-publishing. I want to do trad publishing, but I’ve considered self-publishing. I just don’t even know where to begin #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What’s something in the publishing world that’s a mystery to you? For me, it’s self-publishing. I want to do trad publishing, but I’ve considered self-publishing. I just don’t even know where to begin #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s the most unexpected place you’ve found a story idea? In my backyard as I ear hustled when a group of cyclists rode by #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What’s the most unexpected place you’ve found a story idea? In my backyard as I ear hustled when a group of cyclists rode by #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s something that your MC doesn’t know about him/herself yet? Ray doesn’t know that he has the capacity to kill #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What’s something that your MC doesn’t know about him/herself yet? Ray doesn’t know that he has the capacity to kill #writingq #WritingCommunity
What structure or experimental form do you wish more writers would try? I really like blending genres because I think their boundaries can be stifling #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What structure or experimental form do you wish more writers would try? I really like blending genres because I think their boundaries can be stifling #writingq #WritingCommunity
Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s a book you love that most people misunderstand? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What’s a book you love that most people misunderstand? #writingq #WritingCommunity
How much of your writing occurs during the revision process? Before I started planning a few chapters ahead at a time, a lot. Now it’s a marginal amount #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How much of your writing occurs during the revision process? Before I started planning a few chapters ahead at a time, a lot. Now it’s a marginal amount #writingq #WritingCommunity
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
How do you keep track of your story arc? I’ve started using a spreadsheet where I can identify details, characters, date, main action, conflict, and things to add #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How do you keep track of your story arc? I’ve started using a spreadsheet where I can identify details, characters, date, main action, conflict, and things to add #writingq #WritingCommunity
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s the best sentence you’ve ever written? Still waiting for mine 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What’s the best sentence you’ve ever written? Still waiting for mine 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
What does the revision process look like to you? What do you cut first? I always cut extra words or unnecessary backstory #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What does the revision process look like to you? What do you cut first? I always cut extra words or unnecessary backstory #writingq #WritingCommunity
What draws you to blur or break genre boundaries? My stories just don’t fit neatly into one genre #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What draws you to blur or break genre boundaries? My stories just don’t fit neatly into one genre #writingq #WritingCommunity
Do your characters ever surprise you by taking on new traits as you write? Mine do all the time #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do your characters ever surprise you by taking on new traits as you write? Mine do all the time #writingq #WritingCommunity
Are there any topics that are off limits when you’re reading? I always skip animal cruelty scenes in horror. Just nope #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Are there any topics that are off limits when you’re reading? I always skip animal cruelty scenes in horror. Just nope #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
How do your other characters feel about your MC? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How do your other characters feel about your MC? #writingq #WritingCommunity
What is something you love to read or watch, but have trouble reading and watching again? The movie Old was amazing, but too unsettling to watch more than once a year #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is something you love to read or watch, but have trouble reading and watching again? The movie Old was amazing, but too unsettling to watch more than once a year #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
What does love make your MC do? Something good? Something not so good? Love turns my MC, Ray, into a killer #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What does love make your MC do? Something good? Something not so good? Love turns my MC, Ray, into a killer #writingq #WritingCommunity
What would your MC dress up as for Halloween? Ginger would go as a late ‘60s rock star #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What would your MC dress up as for Halloween? Ginger would go as a late ‘60s rock star #writingq #WritingCommunity
What makes a writer memorable? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What makes a writer memorable? #writingq #WritingCommunity