Susan Breen, Author at Miss Demeanors

5-Minute Writing Tips

September 26, 2022 Susan Breen #inspiration

Sometimes you just have to admit defeat. No matter how hard you try, there’s simply no time to write. This[…]

Wisdom

September 9, 2022 Susan Breen #inspiration, Books, Uncategorized

Always Mary Oliver. Usually Anne Lamott and William Kent Kruger. Lou Berney. These are the writers I turn to when[…]

4 Things Book Clubs would like writers to know

August 1, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

Writers spend a lot of time talking to other writers. We have to. They’re the only people who understand the[…]

What All Writers Can Learn From Mysteries

July 19, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

No one gets murdered in my new novel. It’s a mainstream story, with plenty of action and fun. Just no[…]

He did what?

July 6, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

When you’re a mystery writer, you’re always trying to figure out why people do what they do. Sometimes you can[…]

How do I look?

June 23, 2022 Susan Breen Photographs

So I just got my new author photo, which I love, but it also makes me think of all the[…]

Loglines

June 10, 2022 Susan Breen Books, Tips and Tricks

I spent last weekend as a workshop leader at the NY Pitch conference, listening to various editors and agents talk[…]

I was going to draw up a list of great books to read for Memorial Day, and then I happened to wander over to the American Writers Museum and saw that they had already compiled a wonderful list. So I thought perhaps I might just borrow/steal/be inspired by it.