Susanna
@susannaauthor.bsky.social
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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OMG, OMG, OMG, My Book Listing is Live on Amazon!
It’s really happening! On Saturday morning I woke up to find that Drowning in Deception was live on Amazon for pre-order.
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Three weeks. . . but available for pre-order now. If you love reading #mystery, it will be an excellent post-Thanksgiving story.
#AmWriting #AmReading #EdgyCozyMystery
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A "light, fluffy retirement cozy?" Well, not exactly. . . Here's what this advance review reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, available for pre-order now.
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A "light, fluffy retirement cozy?" Well, not exactly. . . Here's what this advance review reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, available for pre-order now.
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
This is just a piece of the Notable Quote I featured this week on my Substack -- the entire quote was way too long for social media. You can see the entire quote at buff.ly/kGjm5mc
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is just a piece of the Notable Quote I featured this week on my Substack -- the entire quote was way too long for social media. You can see the entire quote at buff.ly/kGjm5mc
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#AmReading: I just finished THE UNLIKELY MURDER CLUB by Gina X Grant. Why is it unlikely? was my first question. Well, because it takes place in the town of Unlikely. Silly question. . .
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#AmReading: I just finished THE UNLIKELY MURDER CLUB by Gina X Grant. Why is it unlikely? was my first question. Well, because it takes place in the town of Unlikely. Silly question. . .
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
Here's another review of DROWNING IN DECEPTION from an advance reader! It's available now for pre-order.
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's another review of DROWNING IN DECEPTION from an advance reader! It's available now for pre-order.
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #Mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #WritingCommunity
Three weeks. . . but available for pre-order now. If you love reading #mystery, it will be an excellent post-Thanksgiving story.
#AmWriting #AmReading #EdgyCozyMystery
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#AmWriting #AmReading #EdgyCozyMystery
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OMG, OMG, OMG, My Book Listing is Live on Amazon!
It’s really happening! On Saturday morning I woke up to find that Drowning in Deception was live on Amazon for pre-order.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Three weeks. . . but available for pre-order now. If you love reading #mystery, it will be an excellent post-Thanksgiving story.
#AmWriting #AmReading #EdgyCozyMystery
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#AmWriting #AmReading #EdgyCozyMystery
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Twisted? Mystery? Oh, yeah! Here's what an advance reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, now available for pre-order.
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Twisted? Mystery? Oh, yeah! Here's what an advance reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, now available for pre-order.
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
Here's what early readers are saying about my new #mystery book, DROWNING IN DECEPTION. Now available for preorder at www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21YK.
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #WritersofBluesky
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #WritersofBluesky
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's what early readers are saying about my new #mystery book, DROWNING IN DECEPTION. Now available for preorder at www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21YK.
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #WritersofBluesky
#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #WritersofBluesky
Hats off to these teen book champions!
My book was one the books these kids saved. They are absolute heroes. But I'm so enraged that ignorant adults put them in this position.
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
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Get to know 3 of those teens here.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hats off to these teen book champions!
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The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
OMG, can't believe how excited I am! The pre-order page for my very first #mystery #novel just went up on Amazon.
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OMG, can't believe how excited I am! The pre-order page for my very first #mystery #novel just went up on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21Y...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
Oooh! BookSirens is featuring the #ARC for my upcoming release, DROWNING IN DECEPTION, in one of their bundles. Nice!
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #mystery
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #mystery
Cozy Murder Mystery ARCs You'll Love
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November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Oooh! BookSirens is featuring the #ARC for my upcoming release, DROWNING IN DECEPTION, in one of their bundles. Nice!
booksirens.com/bundle/cozy-...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #mystery
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #mystery
Every week in my Substack I share quotes that have caught my fancy. Here's one, from British crime writer Reginald Hill:
What did I love? The notion that someone who write, not one, but an entire series of travel guides about towns nobody wants to visit.
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What did I love? The notion that someone who write, not one, but an entire series of travel guides about towns nobody wants to visit.
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#AmReading #AmWriting
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Every week in my Substack I share quotes that have caught my fancy. Here's one, from British crime writer Reginald Hill:
What did I love? The notion that someone who write, not one, but an entire series of travel guides about towns nobody wants to visit.
buff.ly/QwF5W23
#AmReading #AmWriting
What did I love? The notion that someone who write, not one, but an entire series of travel guides about towns nobody wants to visit.
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#AmReading #AmWriting
#AmReading: THE CLOCKS by Agatha Christie. Colin Lamb is walking down the street one day, looking for an address that doesn’t seem to exist. A young woman races out of the nearest house, screaming, and crashes into him.
Poirot concludes it must be a very simple murder.
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#mystery
Poirot concludes it must be a very simple murder.
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#mystery
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#AmReading: THE CLOCKS by Agatha Christie. Colin Lamb is walking down the street one day, looking for an address that doesn’t seem to exist. A young woman races out of the nearest house, screaming, and crashes into him.
Poirot concludes it must be a very simple murder.
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#mystery
Poirot concludes it must be a very simple murder.
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#mystery
I can't believe my first #mystery #novel will be published in 4 weeks!
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
Almost There! Only 4 Weeks Until Drowning in Deception Launches
We’re getting close to publication date, so I’m revealing a little more of the cover for you! Drowning in Deception is still scheduled for release on Kindle on December 1, with paperback publication t...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I can't believe my first #mystery #novel will be published in 4 weeks!
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#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky
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Not to mention Masterpiece Theater, Mystery, and more.
Happy birthday, @pbs, and thank you for (just off the top of my head) Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, Sesame Street, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow, Nova, Frontline, The American Experience, The Magic School Bus, and Nature.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Not to mention Masterpiece Theater, Mystery, and more.
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
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October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WordGames
We need more like this! He didn't let the question frame the narrative, instead he told it like it really is.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We need more like this! He didn't let the question frame the narrative, instead he told it like it really is.
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
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
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#AmReading #AmWriting #Quotes
#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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#Mystery
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#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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#Mystery
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.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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.
#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
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#ReadingCommunity #Mystery
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#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
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#ReadingCommunity #Mystery
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
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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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October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
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#AmWriting #AmReading #ReadingCommunity #Mystery #EdgyCozy
Absolutely. Criticism does not equal treason. Servile agreement might. Thanks to wordsmith.org for highlighting this today.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Absolutely. Criticism does not equal treason. Servile agreement might. Thanks to wordsmith.org for highlighting this today.