Author Archives: Susanne Matthews

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”

Happy Tuesday! It isn’t raining today, but it isn’t snowing either, so I’ll take the win. The last six letters of the alphabet are the hardest ones for me to write about, but today’s letter is U, and I can share some thoughts in a Did You Know that understanding what readers want is anContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Understanding”

Welcome to the last Tuesday Tales post for the month of April, and the last one from Finding Melinda. Next week, I’ll be starting a new book. This week our word prompt is BRIGHT. I’m a few words over 400. Enjoy. After a surprisingly deep and dreamless sleep, Melinda awoke to a beautiful Saturday, theContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word BRIGHT”

Happy Monday! It’s raining here, but green bits and buds are showing everywhere, so it looks like spring is officially here! I hope you had a great weekend. This is our last week together this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed my posts in the 2023 challenge. Public service announcement first! For the second time duringContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Tone”

As a child, I dreamed of becoming a ballerina, but those dreams were never to be–short, fat, and asthmatic do not a ballerina make. But I have always admired their dedication and willingness to truly suffer for their art. Here’s the Blurb:The dance is everything, or is it? Brandi Alexandra Jameson’s entire life has beenContinue reading “Sneak Peek Sunday”

Here we are again, with Mother Nature having a hot flash, but I’ll take it. Today’s Did You Know seals with series. Did you know that according to a number of promotion websites, books in a series sell better than standalone books? When I first started writing, all of my books were standalone. Since IContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Series”

Here we are again, slowly wending our way through the last nine letters of the alphabet, some of them the least used letters of all. Today, the focus is on the letter R. Did you know that getting reviews is one of the biggest challenge an author faces these days? Writing and editing a bookContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Reviews”

I’m back in the groove. I finished Finding Melinda yesterday, making the deadline with a day to spare. LOL Today’s letter is Q and I’ve chosen to do my Did You Know about Quitting. Sooner or later, we are all quitters. Not me, you say? Then you are indeed rare. I can honestly say, I’veContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: Quitting”

I knew it would happen eventually. I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday. Would you believe I got my days of the week mixed up? I have a calendar of activities on my desk, but for some reason, my brain was stuck on Monday when it was actually Tuesday. One of the biggest hurdlesContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog Opportunity and Perception”