Reader knows best! Suzan Lauder’s new blog series “Learning from my Mistakes”

A couple of months ago, I thought about all I was learning while editing my latest novel and decided I’d write a few blog posts on the topic to help others learn from my experience. I thought I’d start writing … Read More

How Three Authors Dropped the Ball

This post is not gone. It can be found on the author’s blog at https://suzanlauder.merytonpress.com/how-three-authors-dropped-the-ball/. This is obviously a controversial subject for some, and everyone can express an opinion the subject. It’s ok that people feel passionate about whichever side of … Read More

5 Best Things about Mr. Knightley

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I’m currently immersed in Jane Austen’s Emma as I try to finish my current WIP, a 1970s adaptation of our beloved authoress’s fourth published novel. It’s daunting work, as the original contains intricacies of dialogue, characterization and plot that are simply genius, … Read More

#ChickLitMay A-Z Scavenger Hunt Winner!

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A winner was announced yesterday in the #ChickLitMay A-Z Scavenger Hunt. Those who entered had to visit each of the 26 authors’ blogs and collect the chick lit theme words, A-Z. Tracie Bannister, coordinator of the event, randomly selected a winner … Read More

Shedding Some Light on Light Reading

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“Northanger Revisited-2015” is my short story contribution to Meryton Press’s Sun-Kissed: Effusions of Summer, an anthology released at the beginning of Beach-Reading Season last year. Northanger Revisited is a modernized treatment of Austen’s classic Northanger Abbey that takes place on fictional Northanger … Read More

Party Time- Regency Style

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Road trip! Join me over at JustJane1813 as I help host the Netherfield Ball, i.e., Chapter 18 in Pride and Prejudice. This is part of Just Jane’s chapter-by-chapter group read of the Austen classic: the text of each chapter followed by comments. … Read More

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