I am passionate about historical fiction and historical romance. I have 14 published books, and I work with writers 1:1, teach workshops, and create online courses on a variety of craft issues. I have a historical novel course, a scene-building course, and will soon launch a course on writing historical romance.
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, This is a very quick reminder that Listen to the Wind, book 1 in my Orphans of Tolosa trilogy, is free today and tomorrow! It's also available on Kindle Unlimited for any of you who subscribe. I hope you enjoy reading this book that was nearly 20 years in the making. Susannee Get your free copy! 17 Lincoln St, Biddeford, ME 04005Unsubscribe · Preferences
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, For some time now, you've been accustomed to hearing about my Regency romance series, Double-Dilemma Romance. In fact, book 4 in the series—The Falconer's Lost Baron—will be out on December 1! But—call me crazy—something about the season, about the coming winter and the glorious changing leaves of autumn, made me look back to my Medieval trilogy, The Orphans of Tolosa. I decided to give it new life, for a number of reasons. Reason #1: These were...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, Before you hop over to whichever side of the generative AI fence you tend to feel comfortable on, I'd like to share with you how I manage to be on both sides of that hot-button issue. And I'm frankly not in the least uncomfortable about it. First, four of my books were pirated and used to train Claude.ai. If Anthropic had actually purchased the books, I might just have gone, "Eh. So what." That's because the nature of LLM (large language model)...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, Sigh. Another week passes. A sobering reminder that time is a non-renewable commodity. I constantly marvel at what a privilege it is that people will actually take the time to read my books. Reading a 100k-word novel takes a chunk out of someone's life, so I thank all of you who have granted me that time! Enough Wednesday philosophy—it's time to spill some tea. I hope you're not expecting Lady Whistledown here (rewatching Bridgerton). I'm not a...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, I hardly know where to start (and as proof, I've erased the first line of this email five times already)! I guess I'll start with something new: PREPTOBER. Many on this list will remember NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month. Well, that event sort of imploded amid scandal and controversy... ...leaving a gap in the 20-year practice of trying to bang out those 50k words in 30 days. This year, ProWritingAid has leapt into the breach by creating...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, These weeks do fly by. We're now officially into Autumn! I love this season, perhaps because I live in New England, where the trees put on a spectacular show as they get ready to shed their leaves and go dormant for the winter. Sometimes I wish I could do that too. But this winter I certainly won't be hiding away and resting! The fourth book in my Double-Dilemma Romance series, The Falconer's Lost Baron, will be out on December 1, and it's...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, The other night I had dinner with dear friend, fellow author, and expert editor Dori Ostermiller. I often teach workshops at her studio in the town I lived in for 35 years. (And I'm facilitating one on October 5—more below.) Dori is finishing a memoir manuscript and of course we talked about it and about memoir in general. She asked me why I wouldn't write one. I've had a really interesting life and could say a lot. I had to tell her, I will...
News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear friends, I've been burying myself in the world of romance and really enjoying my time there. Who doesn't love a happy ending? A happy ending and getting to know a cast of characters it's easy to fall in love with. That's what I've found in my latest read (OK, my latest listen...) I'd like to introduce you to Christina Dudley Christina writes traditional Regency romance—read: very sweet—which is close to what I'm writing at the moment. I love her...