Writers-Life

Susan Stoderl

3 days ago
2 min

Writers-Life

My Writer's Life | Autobiographical Tale 4 | The House on the Corner Unveiled

A mysterious house on the corner and the return of the prodigal daughter.

My Writer's Life | Tale 3 | Forbidden Room | Part of the Beginning of my Writer's Life

Susan Stoderl

Aug 23
2 min

Writers-Life

My Writer's Life | Tale 3 | Forbidden Room | Part of the Beginning of my Writer's Life

Tale 3 from My Writer's Life--how I became a writer

My Writer's Life | Tale 1: The Forbidden House

Susan Stoderl

Aug 9
2 min

Women Writers

My Writer's Life | Tale 1: The Forbidden House

My writer’s life began the day my curiosity enticed me to try sleuthing. I had to occupy myself somehow as an only child in the middle of...

Writer's Life | Interrelated Components and Synchronicity in Writing Themes

Susan Stoderl

Mar 29
2 min

Writers-Life

Writer's Life | Interrelated Components and Synchronicity in Writing Themes

This week I saw multiple unintended synchronicities in my social media posts and creative life. That’s when I saw creation as a spiraling...

A Lifelong Journey | Writer's Voice and Vision

Susan Stoderl

Feb 23
2 min

Writers-Life

A Lifelong Journey | Writer's Voice and Vision

This blog describes how an author finds their true voice and vision. It is a lifelong quest.

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books

Susan Stoderl

Nov 17, 2023
2 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books

At four years old, I began piano lessons with my mother, mostly to get her attention. I lived with my grandmother while my mother worked....

Writer’s Life | Keeping Your Creativity On Fire

Susan Stoderl

Nov 10, 2023
1 min

Writers-Life

Writer’s Life | Keeping Your Creativity On Fire

Often my writer's life gets overwhelmed trying to get by book writing done. (Hint: Most of that is not writing fiction, but marketing—my...

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

Susan Stoderl

May 19, 2023
3 min

Writers-Life

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

For marketing reasons, I wrote a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work, the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Read Sneakers...

Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast

Susan Stoderl

May 12, 2023
1 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast

#SophiaoftheBrightRedSneakersSeries, #Prequel, #Literacypodcast, #middlegradefiction, #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingcorner...

A Middle-Grade Indie Author’s Life | To-Do List v. Completed List

Susan Stoderl

Apr 4, 2023
1 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

A Middle-Grade Indie Author’s Life | To-Do List v. Completed List

To-Do on the Business End of Writing Read all those emails from the writers and entrepreneurs that already know what I need to know. Make...

From Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008)

Susan Stoderl

Mar 17, 2023
1 min

Women Writers

From Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008)

During my second career, after singing and running a small opera company, I began composing art songs and opera. In 2008, I wrote about...

Writer’s Life | Self-Promotion—Only One Word For It

Susan Stoderl

Mar 10, 2023
2 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Writer’s Life | Self-Promotion—Only One Word For It

YIKES! (That’s the nicest word I could think of.) Are you telling me I have to get out there and talk to people and collaborate with...

A Most Unusual Writer’s Life | Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394–d. 1465)

Susan Stoderl

Feb 14, 2023
2 min

Writers-Life

A Most Unusual Writer’s Life | Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394–d. 1465)

In 1406, Charles and his first wife and cousin were married. He was twelve, and she was seventeen and already a widow. She died of...

What I Would Do Differently | Part 2: Know Why You Are Writing

Susan Stoderl

Jan 17, 2023
2 min

Middle-Grade Fiction

What I Would Do Differently | Part 2: Know Why You Are Writing

Knowing why you write before, during, and after self-publishing a book is important. The reasons why you write determine what story you...

Fanny Fern Tales | Getting Up the Wrong Way

Susan Stoderl

Aug 17, 2022
1 min

Fanny Fern Series

Fanny Fern Tales | Getting Up the Wrong Way

This will be the first in a series of readings of Fanny Fern's columns which were published in The New York Ledger. Excerpt two will be...

Self-Publishing | A Merger of Two Biggest Publishers

Susan Stoderl

Aug 3, 2022
1 min

Writers-Life

Self-Publishing | A Merger of Two Biggest Publishers

As many of you may know, the U.S. Department of Justice is suing to block a merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. If...

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