I’m back. We won’t even discuss how hard it was to get the internet back. It was an ordeal. An EPIC ordeal. BUT, I came out with two wonderful things… Thing #1 Oh, what’s that? Why yes, it IS a book. In fact’s a A FINISHED SEQUEL. Yep, that’s right. A Darkness Strange and Lovely is now complete. […]
So, I have no internet. ::insert ENORMOUS SIGH:: My router isn’t working, and because we live in Germany, there is no way to get the broken router fixed on a Sunday (or anytime soon, it would seem). And because we live in the middle of nowhere, the nearest internet café is 20 miles away. The […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing […]
You might have seen my book review for Untraceable on Sunday. If not, read it. This book is impressive–and its author, Shelli Johannes, is quite possibly even more impressive. Why do I have such glowing praise for Shelli? Because she’s done something a lot of us are too scared to do: she has indie-published her […]
I don’t normally share my own interviews on my blog, but the questions for this interview were just TOO FUN! So I have to share…plus, there’s another great interviewee (author Eve Marie Mont, author of BREATH OF EYR) and an awesome GIVEAWAY (looooots of swag). Even better, the ladies at Small Reviews and Ruby’s Reads […]
Confession: I love 80s pop. Like, LOVE 80s pop. If you want to guarantee that I get up and dance like an idiot, then put on the Pet Shop Boys. In fact, 80s music has been the inspiration behind myNaNo WIP, Purely Platonic. There’s just SO MUCH ANGST to be had from those 80s synthesizers, […]
Shelli Johannes is making headlines with her indie-published YA thriller, Untraceable. I mean, even Kirkus Reviews loved it–and everyone knows how hard Kirkus is to please. Lucky for moi, I got to read an advanced copy of Untraceable…and lemme just say. WOW. 16 year old Grace was reared in the wilderness. Her first pet was a bear named […]
First order of business: GIVEAWAY WINNER. The new, proud owner of a German advent calendar and assortment of delicious German, Christmas cookies is… Stephanie! Yay! Email me (susan (at) susandennard (d0t) com) with your mailing address, and I will ship this to you ASAP. ♥ Second order of business: Happy Week of American Thanksgiving! I will […]
5 out of 5 stars. In honor of the coming Thanksgiving (and impeding over-indulgence), I thought I’d recommend a slightly different sort of book than my usual YA/MG recs. Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food is…well, shocking. And disturbing. But good–very good. It changed my life and led to a complete overhaul of how I cooked, […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing […]
