Author Archives: Susanne Matthews

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales and another scene from Beneath the Ashes. Picture prompt scenes are limited to 300 words. Here’s my picture. Enjoy. “I appreciate that, thank you. I do feel badly about being dumped on you like this. No one wants a guest who overstays her welcome.” He shook his head. “YouContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From a Picture”

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. I’m pleased to say that spring appears to be here to stay! This week, our word prompt is STONE. I’m continuing with my contemporary paranormal romance, Beneath the Ashes. Lucie stared at the man whose voice caressed her like a lover even if his appearance didn’t seem familiar. TheContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word STONE”

Welcome to this month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog. After a month of blogging from A to Z I feel the need to keep going, so today’s blog is perfect for that. This month’s question: When you are working on a story, what inspires you? It’s hard to answer this question becasuse for me, itContinue reading “IWSG Monthly Blog May 2023”

Have you ever wanted a do-over, a chance to go back and make things right? At times, we all do, but for Neil and Nancy, they may have a chance to do just that. Four years ago, a car accident robbed Nancy Frost of her child and her mother, taking what was left of herContinue reading “On Sale May 2023, Sworn to Protect”

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. Our word is INTENSE, and I’ve used the verb form of the word in a post from my current work in progress on a new book from a new series called Timeless Love. The first book, Beneath the Ashes, deals with a love lost when Mount Vesuvius blew itsContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word INTENSE”

We made it! Today is the last day of the challenge. I’ve enjoyed writing these posts and hope you have enjoyed reading them, too, and that in the process, you’ve learned a bit about me, my writing style, and my books. My last post for Z this year is Did You Know that with allContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Zealous”

It’s a typical spring day here, one with dark skies and rain, but since I have to work to meet the deadline on my new book, it works for me. Today, my Did You Know? is all about Young Adult fiction. Did you know that along with all the other books I’ve written I didContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Young Adult”

Welcome back. The sun’s shining, and we’ll have double digits in temperature, so I’m hoping for some time outside and a chance to unwind. Today’s letter is X ,and I’ve chosen X-rated to answer this question, did you know that the hardest scenes for me to write are the hot, steamy X-rated sex scenes? IContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: X-rated”

Here we go again, another day another blog post. Today is one of those days where everything that could go wrong has. I’m sure you’ve had days like that which is why mu W Did You Know? is this. Did you know wine helps me iron out the day to day wrinkles in both myContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge: Wine and Wrinkles”

Good morning. It’s another undecided spring day here, but I’m slowly seeing Mother Nature’s green thumb as new life springs up all around me. Trees are budding, flowers are sprouting … ah, the joys of allergy season abound. Today’s letter is V, and my Did you know? for the day centers on vision and visualizing.Continue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Vision and Visualizing”