When you get your copy of Good Game, you may be surprised to find a content warning. Considering my debut novel, A Talent Within, had beheadings, lots of sword violence, and other assorted melee, but didn’t need any warnings, I was surprised to find out that I needed to add a warning to Good Game. At first, I […]
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Ruminations on the act of writing and the inspiration behind it.
Creating a game, a company, and teams
When I set out to write a contemporary romance novel about a professional woman gamer, I thought the world building would be less intensive than my fantasy novels. But like everything in writing, I soon discovered how much research was needed and realized I had to create an entire eco-system of gaming to make it […]
Video gaming is my go-to hobby
Anyone who has known me for any length of time will tell you that I’ve been a gamer my entire life. Arcades, Consoles, PC, and now VR headsets. I’ve played them all.
A Talent Within is a GCLS Award Finalist!
I’m proud to announce that A Talent Within has been selected as a finalist in both the debut novel and sci-fi/fantasy categories of the 2024 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, called the Goldies. There were 46 nominations in the sci-fi/fantasy category alone. Many of them from big publishers like Macmillan/Tor. It is humbling to see […]
Short Story Cover Reveal
Drum roll…here’s the cover reveal for my free short story, Hidden. Hidden is a modern take on the Grimm fairy tale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, a contemporary new adult romance that takes place in modern day Rome in a 17th century palazzo, Roman ruins and some catacombs. I can’t wait for you to read it. […]
The first official interview
This month Suzanne is in conversation with moderator Cade Haddock Strong of the Sapphic Lit Pop Up Bookstore along with Lambda award winning author Nan Campbell and author Rita Potter. Hear her answers about young adult fiction and listen to a one-minute reading from A Talent Ignited.
Do you know Vulcan?
Not the Roman God, but the one over Birmingham, Alabama. I’ve been creating A Talent Within characters as miniature figures on Hero Forge, and while I was in the process of changing outfits, I accidently got a pretty good moon shot of poor Hilfa the blacksmith. I kept thinking, this looks really familiar. Then it […]
A Talent Within gets great ratings!
I don’t know who you are, but thank you for the 4- and 5-star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. I can’t tell you how much it means to see reviews telling me you enjoyed the book. My favorites are the ones that say, “I couldn’t put the book down” and “It reads like a film.”