Susan Stoderl
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Writing, Road Trips and Wreaths
I thought writing was all-consuming. Wrong! Road trips, sick dogs, and Christmas wreaths are more so.
Susan Stoderl
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Finding Your Ark | Imagination and Literature
The biblical story of Noah’s Ark metaphorically represents a means of escape or protection from an undesirable situation. In my writer’s...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | True Confession | Homophones, Using AI and Editing
I am publishing my serial novel, Eleven Days Toward Death , on my website at a rate of one chapter per week. This week, while proofing...
Susan Stoderl
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Tale 4 | The House on the Corner Unveiled
A mysterious house on the corner and the return of the prodigal daughter.
Susan Stoderl
Aug 23, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Tale 3 | Forbidden Room | Part of the Beginning of my Writer's Life
Tale 3 from My Writer's Life tells how I became a writer.
Susan Stoderl
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Writer's Life | Tale 2 | Playing Grownup
Since I was seven years old, working along, I have been a jack of all trades out of necessity and insatiable curiosity.
Susan Stoderl
Aug 9, 20242 min read
My Writer's Life | Tale 1 | The Forbidden House
My writer’s life began when curiosity enticed me to try sleuthing. Being an only child in nowhere rural Kansas necessitated it.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 28, 20242 min read
A Writer's Life | Historical Fiction
In historical fiction, there’s a literal truth and an emotional truth. The fiction writer tries to show the emotional truth.
Susan Stoderl
Mar 29, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Interrelated Components and Synchronicity in Writing Themes
This week I saw multiple unintended synchronicities in my social media posts and creative life. I saw creation as a spiraling movement.
Susan Stoderl
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Writing Middle-Grade Historical Fiction | Making History Exciting and Thought-Provoking
This passage kick-started my characters' journey, but that was only the beginning of investigating countless issues.
Susan Stoderl
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | A Lifelong Journey | Writer's Voice and Vision
This blog describes how an author finds their true voice and vision. It is a lifelong quest.
Susan Stoderl
Nov 17, 20232 min read
Writer's Life | How Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books
Because two people of color were so kind to me, I feel called upon to show how without our knowing, these false beliefs overtake us.
Susan Stoderl
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Writer’s Life | Keeping Your Creativity On Fire
My writer's life gets overwhelmed while trying to write my various books. (Hint: Most of that is not writing fiction, but marketing)
Susan Stoderl
Apr 18, 20231 min read
Writer's Life | Writers Helping Children Cope | Writing Middle-Grade Books
Middle-Grade writers help middle-grade kids cope.