Author Archives: Susanne Matthews

Today’s A to Z challenge is below this blog. Here it is. April. One quarter of 2023 is already behind us. Time seems to fly these days, or perhaps, I’m just getting slower. We’ll be celebrating Easter this weekend, and I still have some of my outdoor Christmas decorations out–frozen in the ground. Time waitsContinue reading “April ISWG Blog Post”

Welcome back. Believe it or not, it’s a balmy 8 degrees Celsius (48 F) and sunny, but we are under the threat of a freezing rain episode later tonight and tomorrow, so I’m putting this together and getting it ready to fly into cyberspace a day early. Even if I lose power, the blog willContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Blog: D is for DNA”

Welcome back to the A to Z challenge blog. Today, my Did You Know? features the letter C and probably the most critical aspect of any novel, character development. Every author knows that character development means creating unique, believable, three-dimensional characters that the reader will bond with, care about, and invest a bit of themselvesContinue reading “2023 April Blogging A to Z Challenge: Letter C Character Development”

Welcome back to Tuesday Tales, the weekly blog that gives you a peek into our works in progress. It’s hard to believe we’re in April and that Easter is less than a week away. It still seems as if we just celebrated Christmas! This week, our word prompt is TOUGH and our scenes are limitedContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word TOUGH”

Welcome to April 3, and Day 2 of the challenge blog since Sunday’s don’t count, although I did blog yesterday. Mother Nature is having a rough month, or maybe that’s me, and it’s only a few days old. Here in Canada, where we measure temperature in degrees Celcius, the temperature on Saturday afternoon was 16,Continue reading “2023 Blogging A to Z The Road Not Taken and Bifurcation”

April 2! The sky is clear, the sun is shining, but it’s -7 Celsius (19 F), but thanks to the wind feels like -16 Celsius (3 F). This week I want to highlight a scene from my romance, Wedding Bell Blues. Romance, mermaids, cursed treasure, and more. MJ’s having a bad year. She’s canceled herContinue reading “Sneak Peek Sunday: Wedding Bell Blues”

Welcome to this year’s A to Z Blog Challenge. My theme this year is Did You Know? It’s a composite of things I’ve learned over the last ten years writing, researching, and editing. For each post I’ll publish, I’ll give the question and answer it, adding information on how I used it in my writing,Continue reading “2023 A to Z Blog Challenge: April 1”

Welcome to the last post for the month of March and the first in my new Contemporary Romance, Finding Melinda. Have you ever taken one of the DNA tests they advertise? I did a few years ago as part of the research I was doing for a book I was working on at the time.Continue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word SILVERY”

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales, the blog that gives readers a peek at an author’s work in progress. This week’s post will be the last one from Atonement, my psychic romance/paranormal suspense novel. It’s been a long haul as those of you following the blog know, but it’s finished, and I’m happy with it.Continue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word CHAOS”

With spring comes April and this year’s blogging challenge. Today is Theme Reveal Day! It’s that time of year when I have to pick a theme for this year’s A to Z Blog Challenge. Lat year. I worked with literary devices, the year before that with cocktails. The theme this year will be Did YouContinue reading “Blogging From A to Z Blog Challenge 2023”