by Susan Gabriel | Dec 17, 2020 | Books and Reading
What a crazy and challenging year 2020 has been. I hope you are well and resilient. I am trying to stay grateful and find the beauty in things. Some days are easier than others, but I trust we will get through this difficult time. Temple Secrets Series: Book 3 As you...
by Susan Gabriel | Apr 14, 2016 | Books and Reading
Need a reason to read more? Here’s one: Research says that reading fiction makes you more creative and more open-minded. So if you want to impress your friends and family and make the world a more compassionate place, read on! Reading fiction allows readers to...
by Susan Gabriel | Jul 17, 2015 | Books and Reading, Southern writers
As a southern writer who has revered and admired Harper Lee for decades and considers her classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the best southern novels of all time, I will not be reading Go Set a Watchman, the just published second novel by Lee. A few months ago, I...
by Susan Gabriel | Apr 29, 2015 | Books and Reading
“I don’t actually look for inspiration. I look for ways to recoup the joy of writing when that joy is lost to me. Whenever I find myself stuck or just without any ideas, it’s because I seem to have forgotten how incredibly fun it is to mess around...
by Susan Gabriel | Mar 18, 2015 | Books and Reading, Nurturing Creativity
As many of you know, especially if you read my book Fearless Writing for Women: Extreme Encouragement and Writing Inspiration (published Dec/2013), I love to collect quotes, and that book is absolutely full of my favorites. Since then, I’ve started a new list of...
by Susan Gabriel | Nov 14, 2014 | Books and Reading, The Secret Sense of Wildflower
Book Promotion. Not one of my most favorite things, but I’m learning to love it. One of the things I love the most about the current revolution in the book world and with book promotion is that authors and readers are much more accessible to each other. Authors...
