Susan Stoderl
- May 12
- 1 min
Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast
#SophiaoftheBrightRedSneakersSeries, #Prequel, #Literacypodcast, #middlegradefiction, #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingcorner...
Susan Stoderl
- Apr 4
- 1 min
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...
Susan Stoderl
- Mar 10
- 2 min
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...
Susan Stoderl
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Genre-Bending: Not Fitting In
I was looking for a quote for the graphic on Ms. Gabaldon's website and found one that looked interesting. However, it didn't make much...
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
A Second Peek into Mission 1: All in a Day's Work
High above Fifth Avenue, Wahoo the Raven daydreamed on his string bag hammock. His iridescent black feathers sparkled in the sun. What...
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
Confessions of a Self-Care Avoidance Expert
After putting out my first book last week, I had an endless list of things to do to market it. I was overwhelmed and exhausted and could...
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 16, 2022
- 1 min
Watch Sophia and Pedro Chat About Their Author
#writerscommunity, #middlegradedetectivebook, #middlegradefiction, #middlegradezoobooks, #indiauthor, #writersofinstragram, #writerslife
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Peek into Mission 1: All in a Day's Work
Chapter 1 A New Beginning Nana’s memorial service (arranged by Sophia MacGregor, Life Celebration Planner Extraordinaire) was over....
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
Countdown |6 Days
#writerscommunity, #middlegradedetectivebook, #middlegradefiction, #middlegradezoobooks, #indiauthor, #writersofinstragram, #writerslife
Susan Stoderl
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
The Week Before Sophia Comes Out
I was deciding what to write about today and then it occurred to me. What else could I write about but my anxiety about getting...
Susan Stoderl
- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
More Work Done | More to Do
#WritersLife, #Update, #IndieAuthor, #SelfPublishing
Susan Stoderl
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
Late Bloomer, not once, but twice | Eugenia Lovett West
Eugenia Lovett West was born in February 1923. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College amidst WWII and took jobs with Harper’s Bazaar...
Susan Stoderl
- Aug 24, 2022
- 1 min
Fanny Fern Tales | Getting Up the Wrong Way, Part 2
Part two in my Fanny Fern Tales series is based on her humorist columns published in the New York Ledger in the 1850s-70s. The articles,...
Susan Stoderl
- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
Saturday Series | Walter Mosley
“If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day. The consistency, the monotony, the certainty, all vagaries and passions are...
Susan Stoderl
- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
Writer's Life | The Social Media Battle
In June, I began building a new website and updating social media sites from a composer/writer frame to an indie children’s book author...
Susan Stoderl
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
A Family by Choice — Not Blood
One of the major themes of Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is the creation of her own unique family as an orphan. This would...
Susan Stoderl
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Morning Stillness
I try to begin my day in stillness each morning. I admit to a fetish for candlelight and prefer votive candles in stained glass holders...