Susan Stoderl
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Middle-Grade Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Excerpt
From Chapter 1: Boys, Dragons, and Golden Fleece In this excerpt, the classroom teacher, Bartholomew Smythe, lectures on Jason and Medea...
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
- Jan 17
- 2 min
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...
Susan Stoderl
- Jan 10
- 2 min
What I Would Do Differently | Part 1: The Business of Writing
First-time self-publishing Author | What I Would Do Differently (a series). Part 1: The Business of Writing. Are you prepared?
Susan Stoderl
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
Wahoo's Inventions and Brand
Wahoo the Raven is a great inventor. Shown in the picture to the left are a few of his many inventions with descriptions from Mission 1:...
Susan Stoderl
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Chapter 16 | Where is Vlad? | Excerpt
Super Sleuths Pedro and Sophia hopped off the bus at the 50th Street stop and walked back to 51st. The buildings became increasingly run...
Susan Stoderl
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
An Excerpt from Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Sophia & Pedro vs. THEM
From Mission 1: All in a Day's Work, Chapter 1 Sophia and Pedro were outsiders at the fashionable James Samuel Calder Academy on...
Susan Stoderl
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Self-Publishing = Chaos
#selfpublishing, #indieauthor, #sophiaofthebrightredsneakers, #middlegradefiction, #middlegradeadventure
Susan Stoderl
- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
More Work Done | More to Do
#WritersLife, #Update, #IndieAuthor, #SelfPublishing
Susan Stoderl
- Aug 3, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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...