SUSAN KAYE QUINN

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I Guess Fascism is the New COVID

Woke up in a cold terror last night again. That smiling White House photo with Biden and Trump has done more to destroy my faith in democracy than almost anything else. I expected the Rs to fall in line; I did not expect the Dems and the media to normalize fascism. I know they’re doing it to preserve “faith” in… Read More

On Leaving Facebook

I’m leaving Facebook by Jan 20th.But in the process of moving to Bluesky (I’ve been on Mastodon for about 2 years), I realized there’s a gap in the kinds of public writing I like to do, a gap that FB filled — micro-blogging or long-form content where I would write short essays, 200-1000 words, not long enough for a podcast… Read More

How to Join the Fight for a Better World

WORK INSIDE YOUR CIRCLE 🌎🌱 What’s the most important way to fight climate change? I hang out in eco-spaces and I see this question asked a lot. But what people really want to know is… What can I *personally* do to help in the climate fight? And the very best answer to that is: whatever you’re passionate about. Anything you… Read More

The AI Hype Machine

The public is getting played. Played HARD. By corporations and the AI community. Please, smart people who are my friends, do not fall for this. There are three teams right now in the AI community: the RED TEAM, the BLUE TEAM, and the ETHICS TEAM. You’re not hearing much from the Ethics Team because they’ve all been fired by the… Read More

The Growing AI Backlash

The first thing to understand about AI is that the tech industry is incredibly savvy at manipulating the human psyche — they’ve spent decades honing their skills at getting you to click, scroll, give them all your attention, and accept technology as unstoppable. The second thing is that many of the people at the top are on a mission… and… Read More

NEW RELEASE: Of Kindness and Kilowatts

Humanity is trapped in a loop.As the world heats, it takes more energy to keep humanity from dying—a feedback loop that makes net-zero carbon increasingly impossible to reach. Akemi’s job on the Public Utilities Commission has its own daily disasters—making sure the infrastructure of civilization keeps running is the most thankless job on the planet. When a double event hits—heatwave… Read More

NEW RELEASE: You Knew the Price

The choice you make is the future you create.Climate-driven plagues haunt humanity, and it’s Regional Director Zuri Hill-Gray’s job to keep the clean-energy grid running. Zuri has the perfect life—a beautiful home on the Hillstead, a loving family, and a powerful job keeping the LA Basin’s grid humming. If only she didn’t see the ghost of her dead twin in… Read More

Pre-Order: Books 2-4 in the Nothing is Promised Series

You Knew the Price is the second of four tightly-connected novels in a new hopepunk series. It’s about our future, how society will shift and flex like a solar lily in the storms of our own making, and how breaks in the social fabric have to be expected, tended to, and healed. Because we’re in this together, now more than… Read More

NEW RELEASE: When You Had Power (Nothing is Promised 1)

For better, for worse. In sickness and in health.It’s a legal vow of care for families in 2050, a world beset by waves of climate-driven plagues. Power engineer Lucía Ramirez long ago lost her family to one—she’d give anything to take that vow. The Power Islands give humanity a fighting chance, but tending kelp farms and solar lilies is a… Read More

SEEING THROUGH THE WALL

Creativity isn’t just a “nice to have” skill in a future where anything remotely routine will be automated. It’s a life skill that helps in almost every context. For problems ranging from “Why doesn’t my book sell?” to “How can I fix the dishwasher dispenser?” to “How do I make sure I’m eating a healthy diet?” being able to see… Read More

Changing the world

First, women/girls have internalized the idea that they must be perfect or at least twice as good as a man/boy to succeed in the world. Gender roles penalize men in horrible ways as well, but generally, we praise men/boys for just existing and excoriate women/girls for the same–that’s the SOURCE of this perfectionism. BUT… I also agree 100% with this… Read More

I am a storyteller.

But it’s not only professional bards who weave tales. Humans are the storytelling animal. Stories help us decipher the world and ourselves–we use them for instruction and inspiration. Our brains are literally wired to hold onto information better when it comes in narrative form. “You can’t take it with you” applies only to the physical things–your body, your possessions–but you… Read More

Seeing Things

Seeing things in a new way requires seeing the mess for what it is. Sometimes the mess is fine—it doesn’t matter, not really, if the box of junk stays a box of junk. Let go of the psychic toll and move on. Sometimes the mess is indicative of a wider, systemic disorder—a symptom of a larger pathology. Cleaning up THAT… Read More

My Publishing Superpower

My superpower isn’t that I have more knowledge or willpower than the average bear. My superpower is a willingness to take actual data, look hard at the cloud of data beyond just the numbers, and realistically evaluate what’s actually happened—not what I wish happened. Then take that information, fold it into a new understanding of complex systems, knowing that my… Read More

Claiming Your Power

Step 1 – Fight the Normal Fears The ones that say you’re no good at this writing thing. The fear of the judgment of others. The fear of failure. You are not unique in these fears—in fact, it’s easy to say everyone has faced them, and not just about writing. So sharpen your fear-fighting skills here. This is entry-level. This… Read More

Pennames, and When to Use Them

“I didn’t know how you were going to pull this off, but damn if you didn’t do it!” —fan mail from my romance Penname. She’s talking about Penname’s sprawling 9 book series and how, in book 7, she’s even more invested than before in the characters. When I started the grand experiment of writing under Penname, I expected money (maybe)… Read More

On Remembering Not to Panic

Your loving reminder not to panic, not matter what you see in the headlines. Seriously, folks, I’ve been in this business for almost 6 years. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen something happen and get passed around as the End of Times. And a BUNCH of people make decisions based on it. There’s a difference between being… Read More

Start Before You’re Ready

Start Before You’re Ready Don’t prepare. Begin. Remember our enemy is not lack of preparation… the enemy is Resistance. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications, and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we know we need to do. Start before you’re… Read More

On Starting and Fears In Writing

When you’re living your art, the universe tends to send other creative souls your way… especially those who need a life-giving boost to feed their own creative souls. Me, standing by the elevator, checking out from my writing retreat. I’m floating on a high of happy, toting luggage, including my writing bag. An older woman approaches to wait for a… Read More

On the Power of Thinking It’s Possible

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t… you’re right.” -Henry Ford I used to think this was fluff and nonsense. Some hippy, dippy magical thinking sort of thing that boiled down to “Think Positive!” Which is great and all – I’m a naturally optimistic person – but that doesn’t bear much on the reality of things. (Never mind… Read More

Taking Risks

From August 2016: I’m having a moment, being a list-buddy with my kid: (I’m in Galactic and he’s in BTS:Galaxy’s Edge) Brene Brown’s book (Gifts of Imperfection) talks a lot about the repercussions of living a life of authenticity – the risk and the rewards – but I think the thing we fear most is the impact on our children…. Read More

On being a LIGHTHOUSE or a TUGBOAT

My response to a question from Lorna Kopp. Lorna: Susan I slowed down to blogging once/week because I wanted more time for writing… and it has helped. But, I have a question – what do you do if you’re also helping people write their stories?(I blog about what I’m learning with writing/self-publishing as well as I’ve helped a few other people… Read More

Going Wide After KU – Expanding Your Book Catalog From Amazon-Only to The Other Four Retailers

KINDLE UNLIMITED Amazon’s exclusive Kindle Unlimited program (pink) overlaps with the regular Amazon market (red), but mostly, being in KU increases your visibility because all sales/borrows are on the same retailer. The other retailers (Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Google Play, Kobo) (blue) are collectively about the same size as the KU market. You can have KU or other retailers but… Read More

Analyzing Hunger Games – Act III

So far, I’ve analyzed Act I and Act II of Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, using Story and Emotional Structure, by Peter Dunne (also Save the Cat by Snyder). SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT I’m still analyzing the plot. There will be spoilerage.  Onward. Act III Act I is the setup of the plot. Act II is the emotional story behind the plot. Act III is where plot… Read More

Analyzing Hunger Games – Act II

Last time, I analyzed Act I of Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, using Story and Emotional Structure, by Peter Dunne (also Save the Cat by Snyder). SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT I’m still analyzing the plot. There will be spoilerage.  Onward. Act II B Story:  The B story is something new, a subplot, that is layered onto the A story established in Act I. Subplots should… Read More

Analyzing Hunger Games – Act I

I am a complete convert to the Way of the Plotter.  So, here is my plot analysis of Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT So, yeah. I’m analyzing the plot. There will be spoilerage.  Onward. High concept logline You need to have a one sentence description of your story eventually. The sooner you can come… Read More

Emotional Structure in Your Novel

I’m a huge fan of novel structure. I believe that using structure doesn’t make your story formulaic, it strengthens its core so that your story can carry an awesome premise to its fullest expression. Structure is the steel beam that you never see in your house, without which it would cave in on your head. Necessary. Invisible. Allows things like… Read More

The Secret to Self-Publishing Success – Pro Tips

Now THAT’S a click-bait title, if I ever saw one! #gome But I had to get your attention – you see, there’s some valuable stuff here, and I don’t want you to miss it. I’m too busy with my plans for World Domination to constantly update my books on indie publishing, so I’m just giving you the up-to-the-time-of-this-post essential bits…. Read More

Thinking of Self-Publishing? READ THESE FIRST

My own books on self-publishing are listed first here – those books are comprehensive and will give you all the basics you need to launch your self-publishing career. However, there are some other great books out there on indie publishing and this really should be called a Modern Writer’s Toolkit. Even if you’re focused on traditional publishing, every writer should have… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.11 Making the Leap

Ch 3.11 Making the Leap I could tell you exactly what I did to prepare for the leap into self-publishing, but your situation is different. I could tell you what worked for my first book launch in 2011, but the landscape has radically changed. Indeed, it changes rather substantially every six months or so. In 2014, we saw the advent… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.10 The Secret Ingredient: Confidence

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.10 The Secret Ingredient: Confidence “The worst… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.9 Taking the Road Less Traveled

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.9 Taking the Road Less Traveled* *Apologies… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.8 Have Faith In Your Work

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.8 Have Faith In Your Work Sometimes… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.6 Four (Nasty) Lies We Tell Ourselves About Writing

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.6 Four (Nasty) Lies We Tell Ourselves… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.5 Owning the Writer Title

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.5 Owning the Writer Title For a… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.4 How To Be Brave

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.4 How to Be Brave Writing is… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.3 Fear of the Dark

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.3 Fear of the Dark As I… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.2 Fear and the Creative Worker

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 3.2 Fear and the Creative Worker I… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 3.1 – Ten Things I Believe

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Taking the Road Less Traveled This section is… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 2.2 – Five Year Plan

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 2.2 Five Year Plan Why Make The… Read More

Joyful Writing Unlocks Your Superpower

Joyful Writing By Susan Kaye Quinn When you write for joy, you’ll be surprised how hard-working you become. A Short Story In January 2014, I made a calendar for the year of all my writing objectives. Every week was color coded for the project I would be working on. (I’m just a wee bit of a planner.) The calendar quickly… Read More

Indie Author Survival Guide (Third Edition) – Ch 1.2 Self-Publishing vs. Traditional-Publishing

This is an excerpt from the forth-coming Third Edition of the Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1) Second Edition is available now The Guide should be read in tandem with For Love or Money (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 2) Join my Facebook Group (For Love or Money) for monthly consult giveaways! Ch 1.2 Self-Publishing vs. Traditional-Publishing This book focuses… Read More

Third Edition – Indie Author Survival Guide (Crafting a Self-Publishing Career 1)

Dear Friends – I’ve decided to update the Indie Author Survival Guide! And this time, I’m blogging through the chapters again. Even better, you can join my new Facebook group, For Love or Money – Independent Authors, for monthly consult giveaways about indie publishing. I’ll be posting each chapter in the group as I write it. Journey Well! Sue A… Read More

Tips For Balancing Writing and Life

Sue, training her knee to work again post-surgery This is a love letter to my fellow writers. I’m hearing a lot of crying out for balance – writers who are tired after being in the game five years or more, newbies who are burning out fast and convinced they can’t succeed, friends who have sacrificed family time and health to… Read More

How To Launch A Book – For New Authors or New Series

Adapted from the Indie Author Survival Guide, Second Edition This post is for indie fiction authors… if you have a publisher, many of these things (pricing, review copies, etc) will not be under your control. CAVEATS: there are lots of ways to launch a book, and you are welcome to try any that you like (yay Indie Freedom!). This is… Read More

New Release: Insanity Tales II by Ursula Wong, et al.

Reality slides into madness in eleven tales from authors David Daniel, Stacey Longo, Dale T. Phillips, Rob Smales, Vlad V., and Ursula Wong. Let your senses drift to dark places through the horror of premonition, sights that chill, the taste of death, and more. Beware this anthology of mystery laced with terror and suspense, for you may never sleep with… Read More

Dark Beyond The Stars – Snag This Amazing Space Opera Anthology For A Limited Time

LIMITED TIME INTRO PRICE The Dark Beyond The Stars anthology is here! I’m crazy excited to be in this space opera anthology with authors like Jennifer Foehner Wells, Rysa Walker, Ann Christy, Annie Bellet… and on and on… 11 bestselling SF authors and every, single one of them is a rockstar.  Hugo-award winning cover artist 11 best-selling SF authors space… Read More

The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2) LAUNCH!

NEW RELEASE AND SALE young adult science fiction The Legacy Human (Singularity #1) ON SALE $0.99 The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2) NOW AVAILABLE The Legacy Human What would you give to live forever? Seventeen-year-old Elijah Brighton wants to be become an ascender—a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid. But when he competes in the creative Olympics for the right to ascend, everything he knows about… Read More

The Future Chronicles – Win a Kindle With the Set

Gotta read ’em all! The Future Chronicles fresh voices and award-winning authors original speculative fiction short stories #1 anthology on Amazon with every release Like the storied SF collections of the past, The Future Chronicles brings you themed anthologies on the topics you love: Robots, Telepaths, Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Dragons, Zombies… and more on the way. Each collection combines fresh new… Read More

SKQ Summer Sale – And Audiobook Giveaway!

Books Under a Buck! I’m busy trying to get the second Singularity book wrapped up, so I’m just going to put a WHOLE MESS OF BOOKS on sale at once and be done with it! If you’ve thought of scooping up one of my books but held back… now’s the time! Load up your kindle for some summer reading. See below to… Read More

New Release: For Love or Money… and PODCASTS!

Fiction is my business, but my indie-author books… strangely enough, those are for love! The indie author community has been such a tremendous support to me that I want to give back by sharing what I know. The first book, The Indie Author Survival Guide, covers everything you need to get started. The second book, For Love or Money, is a straight-shooting guide to help… Read More

Get Singularity Bookmarks… And Be Entered to Name A Character!

So these bad boys arrived on my doorstep… I have thousands of these bookmarks for the Singularity Series! And I need your help getting them out in the world! WHO CAN HELP? If you… Belong to a writer’s group Belong to a book club Are a teacher (grades 6-12) Are a librarian (grades 6-12 or public library) Work with groups… Read More

Analyzing Kindle Unlimited’s New Page Read System

Readers pay a monthly fee, have unlimited borrows; Writer get paid per page-read. Amazon gave indie authors an unexpected data-gift by releasing the number of page-reads in June along with the payout for the KDP Select program ($11M for the pot divided by 1.9 billion page reads = 0.6 pennies per page). Here’s my breakdown on the numbers you want… Read More

COVER REVEAL: The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2) – PLUS Paperback Giveaway

COVER REVEAL I think I might love it more than the first cover… The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2) coming August 2015 Add to your TBR GIVEAWAY Win one of FIVE Susan Kaye Quinn paperbacks, including The Legacy Human. a Rafflecopter giveaway What would you give to live forever? The Legacy Human is the first in Susan Kaye Quinn’s new young adult science… Read More

Five Tips for Success as a Self-Published Author by Susan Kaye Quinn

Can you spot the self-published titles? Hint: they all are.  (Caveat: A.G. Riddle started out indie but is now published through Amazon’s 47North imprint along with Marko Kloos) The truth is that self-published titles now regularly top the charts – if not outright dominate them. Successful self-published titles have great covers and lots of fervent fans – often the only… Read More

SALE: Ella Wood by Michelle Isenhoff

A post from my friend Michelle Isenhoff… It’s almost summer! I live in Michigan, so during the few months when the sky is blue, the grass is green, and clouds are fluffy, I pack away my winter projects and hit the outdoors—preferably with a book in hand. Those days are just around the corner, so I’m stocking up my Kindle… Read More

Closed Hearts (Mindjack #2) on SALE!

Mindjack Blowout! I don’t put the Mindjack series on sale – the first book is always free, and the individual short stories are free on Kindle Unlimited – but I got accepted for an ad I couldn’t pass up (Bookbub FTW!), and now Closed Hearts is ranking #600 in the Kindle store. Grab it while it’s on sale… and win one… Read More

A New Singularity Story!

From the first story spark in my brain about the Singularity story, I knew I would want to write a collection of short stories to go with the novels. In this, I’m following in the hallowed footsteps of Isaac Asimov, who fleshed out his Three Laws of Robotics over a series of novels and shorts. I’m working hard on the… Read More

Crossing Worlds YA Fantasy Story Bundle – And A Kindle Giveaway!

CLICK HERE TO BUY What is Story Bundle? You get a fantastic, specially curated collection of ebooks – all in one genre – at one low pay-what-you-want price. The books have no DRM – which means you can read them on just about all the devices you own, no matter who makes it.  The Crossing Worlds YA Bundle Young Adult… Read More

New Release: The Legacy Human (Singularity #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn #YA #SF

New Release: The Legacy Human (Singularity #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn #YA #SF INTRODUCTORY PRICE 99CENTS – limited time Amazon ebook and print When transcending humanity is the prize, winning the Game is all that matters. Seventeen-year-old Elijah Brighton wants to become an ascender—a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid—after all, they’re smarter, more enlightened, more compassionate, and above all, achingly beautiful. But… Read More

New Release: The Locksmith (A Mindjack Story) by Susan Kaye Quinn #YA #SF

I have a new (standalone) Mindjack story for you! Originally published as part of the Telepath Chronicles, it has a new character (Zeph) and takes place in the Mindjack universe, in parallell to the trilogy.  available now REVIEWS“This story had me hooked by the first page.”“Fantastic addition to the Mindjack world!” When everyone reads minds,a secret is a dangerous thing… Read More

New Release: Rynlee’s Song (Daughter of Time #1) by Eliza Marie Jones

Rynlee’s Song (Daughter of Time, #1) by Eliza Marie Jones  Release Date: 02/2015 Summary from Goodreads: Rynlee Nalis is a demon hunter. She is a Purator, belonging to an organization who slay demons to serve their King. Even though she’s a candidate to succeed the High Purator, eighteen-year-old Rynlee doesn’t want the responsibility. Her entire world is turned upside down when… Read More

Tips for Authors (To Make Your Life Better)

You don’t have to be a robot from the future to get stuff done There are approximately 1 billion tiny tips and tricks that indie authors use every day to make their lives easier – because, holy Exploding Kittens, there’s way too much to do when you’re writing, formatting, publishing, social-media-ing all your own IP (Intellectual Property, in our case,… Read More

How I Use Pinterest and Tumblr As An Author

  Pinterest and Tumblr are becoming essential tools for me as a writer. This has nothing to do with marketing (well, almost nothing) – rather, it’s about the creation of the work in the first place. Pinterest: Keeping Your Visuals Together It started with my steampunk book – I needed a place to collect all the lush visual inspiration I… Read More

Romance and Intrigue: Bollywood Style Giveaway

Something Bollywood Going On Here Sonali Dev and Susan Kaye Quinn met in a most unusual place: Library Journal’s Top 10 E-Romance List for 2014. Sonali’s A Bollywood Affair and Susan’s Third Daughter both made the list with their Bollywood-themed romances – something that was so cool, it cried out to be celebrated! Scroll down to win some great Bollywood-themed… Read More

Mindjack Trilogy in German – Closed Hearts Now Available

Did you know the Mindjack Trilogy is available in German? And at special pricing for the launch of Closed Hearts – Gefährliche Hoffnung (Hazardous Hope) – only 0.99 USD/EUR!    on sale                              on sale                         … Read More

New Release: Operative, a YA SF Novella by Teen Author Adam Quinn

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that Dark Omen (aka my son Adam Quinn) has been publishing his novels and novellas since he penned his first novel at age 12. Now, at age 16, he has a completed trilogy and, with today’s release, two novellas under his belt. Makes me wonder how I spent my… Read More

New Release: Debt Collector Season Two #urbanfantasy #cyberpunk

Debt Collector Season Two Episodes 10-18 Susan Kaye Quinn Genre: Urban Fantasy with a Cyberpunk Twist Date of Publication: Dec 15, 2014 ASIN: B00OF18W50 Number of pages: 500 Word Count: 125,000 Cover Artist: Steven Novak Book Description: What’s your life worth on the open market? In this gritty urban fantasy, debt collectors take your life energy and give it to… Read More

Heroes and Shifters and Fantasy (Box Sets), Oh My! #urbanfantasy #cyberpunk

Debt Collector Season Two will be here on Monday! BUT FIRST… I have a couple amazing box sets to share with you – one that includes Debt Collector Season One! TWELVE URBAN FANTASY NOVELS… in ONE BOX SET! 99cents An outright steal! **INCLUDES DEBT COLLECTOR SEASON ONE** See my tiny name there at the back? I snuck in when no… Read More

Debt Collector and Third Daughter On Tour – SIGN UP! #bollypunk #urbanfantasy

I have TWO blog tours coming up! The first is a release day blast of Debt Collector Season Two (12.15) – it will include paperback giveaways. The second is a tour with Sonali Dev (The Bollywood Affair) for my bollypunk/steampunk romance (Third Daughter) on 1.19-1.23 – and will include review copies, paperback giveaways, and great Bollywood prizes. Check out the… Read More

How I Use Scrivener To Organize Research and Marketing For My Books

I’m a big fan of Scrivener – it’s an indispensable and inexpensive tool for professional writers (or heck, any writers, but ones who plan to make money from their work? You need this.). See the taglines above? Outline. Edit. Storyboard. Write. I only use Scriv for one of those (Outline), and yet it’s still incredibly valuable. Let me say that… Read More

Win Audiobooks for Your Holiday Travel

If you’re traveling for the holidays, or just enjoy audiobooks, enter my quickie one-day giveaway (ENDS TONIGHT, Tues at midnight EST). Enter in the rafflecopter below! Check out the selection of my audiobooks below – there’s something for everyone in the family! FOR THE KIDS Faery Swap on Audiobook Warrior faeries can be very stubborn. Especially when they possess your… Read More

Debt Collector Season One ON SALE! #urbanfantasy #cyberpunk

I’m putting Season One of Debt Collector on sale from now until the end of Season Two! (Hint: this gives you plenty of time to scoop up Season One, read it, and still pre-order Season Two before the holiday madness sets in.)  ON SALE – Normally $4.99 – now $2.99 Debt Collector Season One What reviewers are saying “Absolutely riveting!”… Read More

New Release: Tracy Tam – Santa Command by Krystalyn Drown

Tracy Tam: Santa Command Synopsis: Tracy Tam doesn’t really believe in Santa Claus, at least not like the rest of us do. She also doesn’t believe that Santa can possibly deliver all of those presents in one night, to children around the world, without a little help from science. A flying sleigh can only be powered by jet engines, after… Read More

New Release: Temptation (Debt Collector 13) by Susan Kaye Quinn #future-noir #SF

With six episodes written and four released, Debt Collector Season Two is humming along. For TWO DAYS ONLY you can get the first episode of the second season (Wraith) FREE, as well as win ALL the episodes released so far. See below for details! LATEST RELEASE Temptation (Debt Collector 13) What reviewers are saying “amazing world building elements” “The title Temptation nails… Read More

New Release: The Telepath Chronicles, Plus Kindle Paperwhite Giveaway (with EXCLUSIVE story The Locksmith by Susan Kaye Quinn) #mindjack

The Telepath Chronicles releases today! Don’t miss the Facebook Party with TONS of prizes, including Mindjack paperbacks and audiobooks.  now available Fourteen of today’s top sci-fi writers share stories of the uncanny and unexpected.  REVIEWS “highly recommend” “amazing stories” “I just want more” “you don’t have to read my mind to know how much I truly enjoyed this anthology”  … Read More

New Releases and Giveaways! Faery Swap Audiobook, Telepath Chronicles, and Menace (Debt Collector 12)

Sometimes I have LOTS of good things all going on at once! This is one of those weeks. First a summary, then more details below… SUMMARY NEW RELEASE: Faery Swap on Audiobook! Get it here and enter the giveaway (below) NEW RELEASE: Telepath Chronicles! Pre-order here and join the FB party 11.7 GIVEAWAYS: Telepath FB party FRIDAY – Win Mindjack paperbacks! NEW RELEASE: Menace (Debt… Read More

Random Things You Should Know If You’re Writing A Serial

Use Smarturls – the ability to redirect your links at any time will save you from the crazies Know your genre – are serials common in your genre? Six episodes released every two weeks is common in sexytimes romance. Another common pattern is three longer episodes every 2-4 weeks. SF doesn’t have many serials – so all bets are off… Read More

Bollywood Giveaway Signups!

Great news! Third Daughter was listed by Library Journal as one of their Top 10 e-romances for 2014! Also listed in the top 10 was Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev! This was too much of a good thing to pass up, so Sonali and I are celebrating with a Bollywood giveaway! We would love to have your blog participate! We… Read More

New Release: Specter (Debt Collector 11)

Season Two      Get Now                       Get Now                     Pre-Order Get started on… Season One  FREE                     Free for KU**          Free for KU****KU = Kindle Unlimited SHARE THIS ON FACEBOOK SHARE THIS ON… Read More

The Secret to Self-Publishing Success

Now THAT’S a click-bait title, if I ever saw one! #gome But I had to get your attention – you see, there’s some valuable stuff here, and I don’t want you to miss it. I’m too busy with my plans for World Domination to write a book on this subject, so I’m just giving you the essential bits. If you… Read More

Debt Collector Season Two Launches! Get Free Episodes and Mini-Paperbacks #futurenoir

Now is the perfect time to start Debt Collector. What’s your life worth on the open market?  A debt collector can tell you precisely. First Episode of Season Two contains mature content and themes, for 18+ Kindle WHAT THE REVIEWERS ARE SAYING: “I’m hooked on Debt Collector. Again.” “Addictive! As gripping as the first season!” “the same fast pace and… Read More

Pre-Order Wraith (Debt Collector 10) and Season Two! #futurenoir #serial

The first pre-orders and cover for Debt Collector Season Two are here! First the covers and blurb (so excited to share this!!) and then a bit of explanation about how to order (hint: pre-orders make serial reading awesomely easy!). Are you ready for this wild ride?  Let’s do this. PRE-ORDER on Kindle Wraith (Debt Collector 10) releases 10.20 Add to Goodreads… Read More

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