Susan Wingate, Writer
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My Writing Life...
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I took nearly the entire week off the week of July 4th and feel wonderful. I almost said, "I feel guilty," but I really don't! After Bob and I watched a ton of movies and celebrated the holiday, I looked around and realized we'd gotten nothing done around the house. Bob jumped up to bat and fixed the drip, it started as a drip, anyway, and turned into a full-blown fixture replacement. Now, we have a shiny new faucet and it's brightened up not only the bathroom but my spirits about the damnable "drip!"
The July/August edition of my eNewsletter, SINCERELY, SUSAN, is out and you can link to it by pressing: Susan's eNewsletter!
Amazon.com has ordered a boat-load of my book, OF THE LAW. A tingle ran up my spine and covered my scalp, a thousand butterflies all batting their wings at once! Holy Cow! I've heard when the fish bites, it bites hard.
When things like this happen, the sense of renewed encouragement is just the push a writer needs. This one I will live off for weeks to come.
To see my interview with ArizonaWebTV was a HUGE success. You can go to the website and view it until July 9th!
Take these steps to watch my interview:
1. Click on this link, ArizonaWebTV, then go through the following steps,
2. Then go to any of the channels (PhoenixWebTV, ScottsdaleWebTV, etc.),
3. then click on "Authors" page,
4. then press "Click Here" to go to the TV Authors Club,
5. and FINALLY, press on my name (Susan Wingate) to view it.
It's pretty cool! I hope you check it out. If you do, let me know what you think. I suppose I could've had better posture - ho hum and oh well! I'll do better next time.
My Blogsite has tons of my writing samples, if you're interested. They are tons of fun. I'm using ideas from my actual dreams and developing them (or not) into stories. I say, "or not", because some of the dreams end pretty weird as dreams will do. Some other dreams are fully developed and those sequences are the ones that feel like the classic story line with a beginning, middle, and ending.
My Upcoming Reading Events for OF THE LAW:
6/14/07 @ Barnes & Noble, Scottsdale, AZ - Hwy 101 & Shea Blvd - Interview and Taping of ME with ArizonaWebTV's famous Danielle Hampson.
7/31/07, 2p to 4p - Orcas Island Public Library, 500 Rose Street, Eastsound, WA (360) 376-4985
8/11/07 TeleReading, Just Dial In! (800) 371-8200 Access Code: 08121958 for BETTER information about this teleconference reading, check out my website at: www.susanwingate.com
9/7/07, 7:30p - Griffin Bay Books, 155 Spring Street, Friday Harbor, WA (360) 378-5511
And there are more events coming up!
P.S. My new book, OF THE LAW, has its own website at: www.ofthelaw.com.
Susan Wingate Writer's Blog
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Susan Wingate, author of OF THE LAW, writes and chats on her new blog. A quick cruise through this snappy blog will leave you wanting more when writing samples just aren't enough.
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You can find other Dream Sequences on my blog @ www.susanwingate.blogspot.com
The foaming water pitched violently out at Thunder Bay's edge at least one thousand feet away. Still, there was trepidation in Arna's heart when she gazed at it through a foggy window in the hotel's lobby. She knitted a carriage robe small enough to fit an infant. The others rattled on not noticing the line that formed where charcoal-colored clouds met the boiling water. Waves crashed against the sand abusively as if scolding an insolent child. The water knew as did the sky something bad was coming.
Dr. Tiplin's concoction - his mixture of eucalyptus, menthol, and cocaine - was still wet in the mortar where he'd crushed the thick loden leaves. The eucalyptus and menthol would evaporate soon leaving behind them a medicine-scent, one he could sell. Two days, complete from leaf to vial, he'd have Tiplin's Mood Enhancing Snuff for his patients who suffered with melancholy.
Arna let Lars give her the first dose. It felt funny and burnt her sinuses and she didn't want anymore after that. It only worked to agitate her further about the storm in the distance. The sky was different, it seemed to be pushed from behind like some terrestrial bulldozer and looked like it wanted to excavate everything in its path.
Bitta, Lars' flirty wife, wouldn't shut up and it irked Arna to the point of scolding her. Arna wanted to tell the group about the lurking tempest and began to talk but once again Bitta interrupted.
"Look how dark the sky..." Bitta started.
"Then, when she showed me the scarf, I knew I had to have it. It made the outfit complete and without it, well, I wouldn't look simply ravishing now, would I?" She giggled at Andor, Arna's young husband and soon father-to-be, then smiled at her own, Lars. This was the fifth time she'd interrupted Arna and she was angry.
"Bitta, you just won't stop, will you? I've been trying to say something important but you just won't quit talking."
Bitta seemed unfazed by Arna's reprimand and rubbed at her silk scarf but Andor could see Arna was steaming. Husbands and wives possess a special connection. Andor shot Bitta a look that meant, "Bitta, stop. Arna is serious."
Lars, Bitta's husband of five years - five years with no children - tapped his foot to the piano player's version of Maple Leaf Rag. He kept a vial of snuff conveniently in his pocket and sniffed some every ten minutes or so each time he ordered a fresh mug of ale. The snuff numbed them and together, Lars and Bitta, sniffed two
Susan Wingate Books
Mystery novel, OF THE LAW, and short story collection, RAVINGS OF A MAD GENTLEWOMAN
Of the Law
Harvey Flemings' life as Police Chief on small Dahl Island becomes embroiled in a maze of deceit, adulterous encounters, bribery, and murder - a couple of them. Failure to bring to justice the corrupt Leona Malouf (the wealthiest woman on the island) colors Harvey's every thought. Despite the impermeable legal fortress she has surrounding her, Harvey vows to end Leona's run of terror. Doing so, he enters a world of sinister thought. The very element he's fought against his entire life grabs hold of his moral collar and will not let go. Will he win his fight against evil? Or, will he be destroyed?
List Price: $21.95
Ravings of a Mad Gentlewoman: A Bold Collection of Writing
A collection of short stories, essays, and poetry by Susan Wingate.
List Price: $16.95
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LindaJM wrote...
Congratulations on the book and the interview. And thanks for the book recommendations!!
Posted July 27, 2007
DeePower wrote...
Congratulations on your book. It's a great feeling isn't it? Come by How to Get a Book Published. Or Over Time, the novel
Posted July 10, 2007
Monica VanAppel-Percich wrote
Very cool lens! I didn't know such a thing existed until now. Susan, you are constantly broadening my horizons!
Posted June 07, 2007
Y K Randall wrote
Great lens, I can just feel your vitality all over it. congratulations on the publication of your novel
Posted June 07, 2007
Whidbey Island Writer's Conference
Plan your next vacation around a trip to Whidbey Island, WA and attend a writer's conference!
You're planning a trip AND you're a writer? Well, why don't you hold two bushes in the hand of a bird... huh? You get it - plan your vacation around a writer's at Whidbey Island Writers Conference: www.wiwa.org/Conference. Have fun while you learn more about the writing industry.
by Susan Wingate
I'm happy to say in May 2007, my first novel, OF THE LAW, was released. I write fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays. For hobbies, I paint and play...
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