Susan Stoderl
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Excerpt | Author Susan Stoderl Reads Chapter 8 from Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
In this reading from "Chapter 8, Through the Locks," two enslaved children are fleeing slavery through the Great Dismal Swamp.
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
May 17, 20242 min read
Prairie Dust | A Historical Family Saga of Homesteading on the Eastern Colorado Prairie, Chapter 2, Part 4
Another birth terrified Flora. Her last experience had been in a hospital forty-seven miles from Blue Springs.
Susan Stoderl
May 11, 20242 min read
Prairie Dust | A Historical Family Saga of Homesteading on the Eastern Colorado Prairie| Chapter 2, Excerpt 3
Jim receives a letter from Flora with unexpected news.
Susan Stoderl
May 3, 20242 min read
Prairie Dust, a Historical Family Saga of Homesteading on the Eastern Colorado Prairie | Chapter 2, Excerpt 2
Prairie Dust, a historical family saga, depicts the trials and tribulations of homesteading on the Eastern Colorado prairie. Jim...
Susan Stoderl
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Prairie Dust | A Historical Family Saga of Homesteading on the Eastern Colorado Prairie | Chapter 2, Excerpt 1
Prairie Dust | a Historical Novel in Serial Form
Susan Stoderl
Apr 19, 20243 min read
Prairie Dust | A Historical Family Saga of Homesteading on the Eastern Colorado Prairie | Chapter 1, Excerpt 3
Prairie Dust is a historical family saga depicting the trials and tribulations of homesteading on the Prairie
Susan Stoderl
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Prairie Dust | A Historical Family Saga of Homesteading in Eastern Colorado | Chapter 1, Excerpt 2
Prairie Dust is a historical family saga depicting the trials and tribulations of homesteading on the Prairie
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
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Excerpt | Chapter 3: Intersection Between Good and Evil," from Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
The children of Ezekiel Stewart are about to meet their new mother on the Veranda of Oak Grove Plantation in 1834. They have their doubts.