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Ruminations on the act of writing and the inspiration behind it.

A Talent Within gets great ratings!

July 12, 2023 by Suzanne Lenoir

A Talent Within Cover

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.”

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This month, I held my novel in my hands.

June 13, 2023 by Suzanne Lenoir

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Today is publication day! My book is out in the world. I finally had the joy of opening a box of paperbacks and holding one in my hands. This has literally been years in the making. I starting writing short stories as a teen, mostly to entertain my friends. Then as a young adult, I […]

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How do I pronounce that name?

April 25, 2023 by Suzanne Lenoir

When writing fantasy, names can be a big problem. Should I use names people recognize? Should I use names accurate to the medieval period? Should I make them up?

In my case, I did a little of all the above. […]

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Spices, water systems, fabrics, oh my!

March 15, 2023 by Suzanne Lenoir

spices

When you read my debut novel, A Talent Within, you’ll see I’ve kept a lot of the details accurate to medieval Europe, but in my own world of Valmora.

So why did I take the time to be certain my characters are eating spices appropriate to a specific time and region in European history, if I’m writing fantasy? […]

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Bold Strokes Books

June 22, 2022 by Suzanne Lenoir

I’m now an author in the stable of Bold Strokes Books, a leading publisher of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer fiction since 2004. I’d like to thank the owner, Len Barot, for providing opportunities for writers of sapphic fiction to be published. Also, a big thank you to all the editors, marketers, and other […]

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A Little Bit About Me

March 4, 2022 by Suzanne Lenoir

I’m an aspiring writer of women loving women (wlw) fiction, sometimes referred to as lesfic or queer fiction. As a teenager, I dreamed of someday authoring a book. Not to make money, or to enjoy accolades of any kind, but to see what I wanted to read. Strong women doing the same things men did, […]

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Thank You, GCLS

July 5, 2021 by Suzanne Lenoir

A hearty thank you to the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) and all you do for aspiring queer authors. I’d never been the author of anything other than a quantitative research paper when I decided to take the leap and apply to the GCLS Writing Academy program. Even if a publisher never takes my writing, […]

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Pinterest As Writing Tool

July 5, 2021 by Suzanne Lenoir

Even if I’ve been somewhere many times, I still wonder if my recollection is truly correct. Particularly, if the place is historical and halfway around the world, or if I haven’t seen it in a decade, or if I’ve never seen it at all. When I started my manuscript, I collected images of period appropriate […]

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