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Join Me for a Virtual Library Visit From my Living Room!

I’m delighted to announce a virtual library event via Zoom, hosted by the Wood Dale Public Library of Wood Dale, Illinois. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, August 11 at 7 p.m. Central Time. Since I always get the math wrong on time zones, I’ll let you figure that out for where you live. I’ll…

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A Glance Back – Word Banishment!

Sue Harrison, 2012, Lake Superior State University Evening News Photograph Way back in the mid-1980s, I was a young mother who had just completed her first novel – Mother Earth Father Sky. I was receiving enough rejection letters from publishers and agents to wallpaper our living room. To shore up my sagging self-esteem, I decided…

Carpel Tunnel

When I present at writers’ workshops, I often quote that ancient Chinese curse,”May you live in interesting times.”  My point is that, although it is NOT a good thing for real people to live during interesting times (wars, famines, earthquakes), it IS a very good thing for your characters to live during interesting times, because interesting times are exciting.  I’m not…

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