Author Archives: Susan

Publishing Industry Lowdown (April 30-May 18)

It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part [...]

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Getting a multi-book deal–what does it mean?

Getting a multi-book deal sounds pretty dream-worthy. Like, the only thing better than getting one book published is having several, right? Well, like everything in life, there are some wonderful things about multi-book deals…and some bad. Disclaimer: I am more grateful than you can ever, EVER know about becoming a published author. But everyday I learn [...]

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The Perilous Gard and The Assassin and the Underworld: book recommendations

5 out of 5 stars. I adore this book. ADORE. I think I first read it in the fifth grade, and it remains one of my favorites. I have reread it more times than I can count, and I love The Perilous Gard more with each reread. In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to [...]

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What are the odds?

Of your house getting struck by lightning? Because that happened to MY house last week. And not only did it scare the bejeezus out of my husband, my visiting family, and my poor, poor pets, but it also fried our internet router. Worse, my crappy internet service provider can’t come to fix the aforementioned fried router until Friday. [...]

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Blog Hiatus…

I have family visiting this week, so I’ll be away from the blog. But while you’re here, BE SURE to check out the cover reveal for Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass today! Plus, the Throne of Glass Facebook page had been revamped with all sorts of cool stuff, so browse while you’re there! See you in week! [...]

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Publishing Industry Lowdown (April 23-27)

It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part [...]

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My Current Writing Music

I’m deep in the trenches of my Screechers rewrite. I’m almost to 50K, and thankfully, I’m not sick of the story yet. I’ve cut a lot from the original manuscript and written in new POVs to show the same scenes. It has taken time, and I’ve had to plan this book out more than any other book [...]

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My Favorite High Fantasy Series (Adult)

High fantasy: Epic stakes, magical powers, chosen ones, and prophecies. Creatures of the non-human variety, medieval warfare, royalty, and feuds. It is, in a word, SWEEPING. I love high fantasy, and since childhood, it has been my go-to genre in the adult reading world. As such, I thought I’d lay out a few of all [...]

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Publishing Industry Lowdown (April 16-20)

It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part [...]

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Something Strange & Deadly Character Art

For the purposes of promotion, I’ve hired an amazing illustrator named Natalia Pierandrei to create character art for Something Strange & Deadly. I won’t tell you what exactly I’m doing with these images–that’s still Very Top Secret–but I just HAD to share Natalia’s preliminary sketches with. They are nothing short of exquisite (as is all [...]

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    Hi! I'm Susan Dennard. I'm a reader, writer, animal-lover, and cookie-eater. My debut novel, Something Strange and Deadly, will be available in July 2012!

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