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Christi R. Suzanne - Writer

Draft 1 of a book-shaped thing + other things

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Apr 6, 2022
3 min

Draft 1 of a book-shaped thing + other things

Oregon coast in the spring I have now completed a 73k word draft of my current work in progress. I won’t go into much detail as the story may shift, but the themes include ghosts of the past, women motorcycle stunt riders, mother-son relationships, time travel, the idea of how time can shift perspectives, and letting go. First, I want to know what working title you would choose. Please take the poll below. We all know that titles change before the final novel is published so

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Publishing Q and A with Sheala Henke

christi-r-suzanne

Nov 8, 2018
6 min

Publishing Q and A with Sheala Henke

Today our Q and A takes a slightly different angle. Sheala Henke, fantasy author, talks about her path to a traditionally published fantasy novel. Born and raised in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, and local CSU alumni, Sheala Dawn Henke is a veteran educator, with nearly twenty years in the trenches. She’s the author of an honored title for the ‘What’s New in Young Adult Literature, 2018 Edition’ with her YA Climate Fiction series, IDEA33 and the new release w

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Author Q and A with Erica Steele (this week includes author toolbox blog hop)

christi-r-suzanne

Oct 17, 2018
4 min

Author Q and A with Erica Steele (this week includes author toolbox blog hop)

#authortoolboxbloghop is a way to support other authors and to gain a little exposure as well. Check out other bloggers posts as well in the link above. Okay, on to the interview! I love doing these Q and As with different authors. I learn from each one and I get to know more about people that I’ve known for years. A good example of this is my friend, Erica. We met through a writing class at The Attic Institute in Portland, Oregon a few years ago. We were all there to finish

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christi-r-suzanne

Sep 9, 2018
2 min

It takes more than long locks & a killer one-liner

(previously written) I am closing in on week two at home with a newborn. Whoa. The whole experience is rather indescribable, the word that best describes it is ineffable. My husband and I were talking about how surreal, wonderful and awe-inspiring this whole pregnancy and birth thing is and when he was trying to describe it to a friend he said that word popped into his head. in·ef·fa·ble inˈefəb(ə)l/ adjective 1 too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.”the

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Q & A with Author Rain Sivertsen

christi-r-suzanne

Sep 6, 2018
4 min

Q & A with Author Rain Sivertsen

In this Q and A Rain Sivertsen answers my questions. Let’s learn a little more about her. Rain Sivertsen is a 25-year-old fantasy writer currently working on her first novel, a YA fantasy she intends to self-publish by 2019/20. She is also working on a darker fantasy trilogy about vampires. Everything Rain writes takes place in a fantasy world called Hurst where she spends most of her time, while her corporeal self is located in the beautiful city of Prague –which might be th

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Creating, growing, & purposeful intention!

christi-r-suzanne

Aug 16, 2018
2 min

Creating, growing, & purposeful intention!

Perfect cup holder! I recently read this New York Times piece about rebranding motherhood. There were quite a few things I liked about it. One main thread is the story of the author of the piece becoming a mother, that naturally spoke to me. I have worried over this since we decided to try and get pregnant ourselves. I worried about timing and having the time to write after Baby is here (any day now!). I already have a full-time job and limited time to write. However, I make

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Q & A with Author, Erin Kettle

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Jul 5, 2018
3 min

Q & A with Author, Erin Kettle

I met Erin at The Attic Institute in Portland. We took a novel writing class with Whitney Otto that connected us and kept us writing. I’m so glad we’ve kept in touch and now you get to learn a little more about her. Erin Kettle is an author of women’s fiction. Her career is also in communications and Erin’s last two books were chosen to compete in a variety of unpublished fiction contests including Writer’s Voice on “Team Coffeehouse,” Query Kombat 2016, WriteClub 2016, Pitch

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Breaking through

christi-r-suzanne

May 24, 2018
2 min

Breaking through

First, I think I found a way to keep my BRILLIANT title (for now): Lana Bong’s Shanghai Market. It has something to do with tieing it in at the very end. Hopefully, some of you will get to read it someday. After that, I started thinking about why I would pick up this novel and read it. I realized it had a lot more to do with the sea life and animal themes that run throughout the piece. While I like the main idea of finishing what someone left behind for you to do, I’m a sucke

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10 more minutes . . .

christi-r-suzanne

May 17, 2018
2 min

10 more minutes . . .

waiting there are in life. While I waited to get inspiration for this blog post, in fact. The picture of my dog waiting for me to finish writing before her morning dog walk popped into my head. She doesn’t look too thrilled and that’s because just when she thought the wait was over . . . I asked her for ten more minutes. That’s hard for a dog who wants to get outside and go to the bathroom or sniff every blade of grass in sight. This type of waiting I’m going to label waitin

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Aspiring Writer Q and A Series, Edition I: Beth Green, Crime Fiction Author

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May 3, 2018
4 min

Aspiring Writer Q and A Series, Edition I: Beth Green, Crime Fiction Author

I had the pleasure of interviewing Beth Green, freelance writer and aspiring novelist, for the first edition of the title of this post! I first met Beth through one of the Manuscript Wishlist (MSWL) holiday party Google Hangouts in 2016. Lot’s of great resources for aspiring authors there too. Anyway, we chatted and offered to help each other with beta reading. It was so great to have feedback from her and to get to know her over the past year or so. Thank you to MSWL for hav

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Entering Writing Contests

christi-r-suzanne

Apr 26, 2018
2 min

Entering Writing Contests

Chapter cards as a result of entering #RevPit. I thought I’d share a little quick insight into why I like entering writing contests like #RevPit and Pitch Wars. Right now #RevPit is winding down and narrowing in on each editor’s picks. Each editor will work with just one writer to hone their full manuscript and query letter so it is ready for querying out in the world! Truth be told, I don’t enter these contests because I think I will get chosen. Sounds weird, right? Don’t ge

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Revisions: Homestretch

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Apr 19, 2018
1 min

Revisions: Homestretch

Today’s post will be super short. I need to save all of my energy for revisions and a short road trip we are taking this weekend. I’m in the home stretch of my latest round of edits for my current work in progress. I only have about 50 pages left to edit, but they are the ones that need the MOST work! I know this and still, I procrastinate! I feel a little like this turtle . . . I wonder if I will ever truly get there. I don’t want to rush it, but I’m also starting to feel li

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Blogging in 2018 & when your title might not work anymore

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Apr 5, 2018
2 min

Blogging in 2018 & when your title might not work anymore

So, I think I’m going to start blogging again (let me know if you think it’s a mistake)! I’ll try for one post per week and see if that is sustainable. I’ve just finished my second novel (well, will it ever really be finished?). For now, I’m into writing shorter pieces and thinking about future bigger projects. Image by Rebecca Stanek in Flikr Creative Commons. In the coming months, I’ll be mostly revising my novel and sending out queries to agents and then small presses. I’m

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#RevPit Bio Hop post

christi-r-suzanne

Mar 29, 2018
2 min

#RevPit Bio Hop post

Okay, so I haven’t blogged in awhile, but today that changes! At least for this post, I’m doing for #RevPit Blog Hop. I love these events because I always meet at least one awesome writer virtually and keep in touch. I have always considered myself a generalist. I want to know a little bit about as much as I can, I would say everything, but that’s impossible, so—my favorite subjects: Dogs Animals Botany Collections & Collectors (matchbooks, spoons, thimbles, etc.) The oce

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777 Challenge Accepted

christi-r-suzanne

Sep 1, 2015
1 min

777 Challenge Accepted

J Stryker, a writer I met through a twitter pitch party, tagged me for the 777 challenge. He’s got some great book ideas so you should check his stuff out. Thanks for tagging me! Anyway, the objective of the 777 challenge is to share seven lines from page seven of your manuscript, then tag seven more writers. Here’s my 7 lines (or sentences). . . This excerpt comes from my finished novel, MORT ADDENDUM (currently looking for representation). Background image by T0kkie Pokie

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christi-r-suzanne

May 22, 2015
1 min

Interview with Rebecca Kelley, author of Broken Homes & Gardens

I first met Rebecca in an advanced fiction workshop at Portland State University in the Spring of 2002. I’ll never forget one of the scenes in a short story she had written. A woman is cutting up a cucumber for a salad that she is going to share with her boyfriend. She alternates between thick and thin slices, so she cuts up the cucumber in “thick, thin, thick, thin” slices. The details you put into that scene created an authentic story for me and I feel like that is translat

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Review: The Tiger’s Wife

christi-r-suzanne

Jul 24, 2014
2 min

Review: The Tiger’s Wife

I admired the quality of writing throughout this book. I loved much of the story told. My favorite thread was The Deathless Man. I kind of forgot about the thread about Natalia (the main character) and how she was a doctor looking for her grandfather’s clothes, so that one wasn’t very memorable. Overall, I do wish that I would have gotten to know the character’s a bit more. I think I just like to know who is telling the story and why we need to care about the main characters.

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Review: Death in Venice, California

christi-r-suzanne

Jul 11, 2014
1 min

Review: Death in Venice, California

“I was genuinely interested in Frame’s purported aimless vacationing and was happy to go along for the ride.” Read my review on The Lit Pub’s blog: http://thelitpub.com/featured-books/death-in-venice-california/ View all my reviews #California #DeathinVenice #novel #review

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