So I tried to be fancy, but

Sorry about that announcement email you just got. I tried to be fancy and do an overlay and all sorts of things that looked just fine on the preview. Exciting stuff! But I see in the email it was just a mess. But I am learning! Here is the simple and easy to read version: … Continue reading So I tried to be fancy, but →

Atahualpa’s Mummy Kindle Version Released

Yes! The 2nd Edition of Atahualpa's Mummy is out on Kindle today. New cover. I love this cover! Small details changed in the text to align with the rest of the series. Print book is coming. Then we line up all the pieces for Merlin's Tomb and Aztalan's Idol as quick as our author brains … Continue reading Atahualpa’s Mummy Kindle Version Released →

Monday March 23 – Kindle Version!

Author Notes from Susan Wachowski and Nan Sampson: Atahualpa's Mummy, 2nd Ed, cover revealed! The Kindle version is out March 23, but you can quick pre-order now! There were days I thought we'd never get to this point, but here we are. Lady Esme, Kinzy, and her side dragon, Trell, are ready for their first … Continue reading Monday March 23 – Kindle Version! →

Publishing is so Weird

Author's Notes: Let us add some honesty to this publishing a book business here. Our target was February for the re-release of Atahualpa's Mummy, Book 1 of the Harrogate Chronicles, with the new book cover and some minor alterations to fit the series that we had to shorten up a bit. Whew. Issues with the … Continue reading Publishing is so Weird →

Life Teaches You Patience

24Jan2026 Author's Notes: 3 years. What have I done with myself? Well, discovered my health really does matter and I have a bizarre combo of things to deal with now, mentally and physically. Oh, and we finished writing Book 2 and 3 of The Harrogate Chronicles! Psoriasis. Epilepsy. Physical therapy. Uveitis. Cataracts. Retinal Tears. And … Continue reading Life Teaches You Patience →

Time to Get Back in the Game

24 hours left of the Hive's Spring Writers Retreat in Reedsburg Wisconsin, and I choose to work on my website. Except it has been so long I both don't remember what I am doing and WordPress has changed just a bit...or maybe it's my memory? The last few years have seen Covid strike my family … Continue reading Time to Get Back in the Game →

Meanwhile During the Pandemic…

So what has been happening that has kept Sue away from her author site for so long and just where is that book she promised? Ha! As a newbie book author I have learned things, and one of the mistakes I made meant I had to completely re-work our final edits as I did them … Continue reading Meanwhile During the Pandemic… →

Black Holes Make Big News

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. This long-sought image provides the … Continue reading Black Holes Make Big News →

A big scary small world

The internet, online friends, and hope. A few weeks ago I found myself doing a lot of "listening" to friends in Christchurch, New Zealand. The fact that I am sitting in my living room and typing back and forth with people who are hurting on the other side of the world from me in Chicagoland … Continue reading A big scary small world →

Happy Birthday Anne McCaffrey

"That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there." Anne McCaffrey Today would have been Anne McCaffrey's Birthday, a woman who was inspiring, smart, and wrote books that I read repeatedly, … Continue reading Happy Birthday Anne McCaffrey →