News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, Last week I told you I finished the first draft of Dangerous Drusilla (Book 1 in the forthcoming series, The Pinkstocking Club) and started editing it (a process I love). But as often happens with pantsers and plantsers (for those of you who aren't familiar with those terms, a pantser writes by the seat of their pants, i.e. without outlining, and a plantser does the same but with a little more advance planning) the process spawned an idea that I...

News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, My first week back from Albuquerque has been very, very busy. Catching up on client work, speaking with potential new writers to coach, figuring out how to do that essential but draining marketing—and finishing the first draft of Dangerous Drusilla, the first book in The Pinkstocking Club series. That is what I don't think you'll believe, because, as I said, I sort of don't either. After some sludgy moments where I had a hard time figuring out...

News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, I had a fabulous time in Albuquerque at the Romance Writers of America conference seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I can't express how warm and welcoming and generous the community of romance authors is. I feel seen, appreciated, and as if we're all speaking the same language of positivity and support. I have a small group of friends who are my romance "accountability buddies" whom I met two conferences ago, and all but one of us were...