Suzie Quint's Blog

I know. It’s been a while since I released anything new. Life happens. And it really happened in 2020. I could have done with a little less of that.

So back to the good news.

My new release Dive Babe is available for pre-order on Amazon.

If you’re not a kindle reader, don’t worry. It will be on the other major sites as well but, to the best of my knowledge, none of those sites have a pre-order program.



Strictly speaking, Dive Babe isn’t part of the McKnight series, but it is set in that worl...

[image error] The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting. Stick to the parts that are, and don’t get carried away with the rest. Long life stories are best received in bars, and only then an hour or so before closing time, and if you are buying ~ Stephen King

Looking for slang or jargon? Or maybe alternatives for cuss words? This is a very useful post for the "wordy" in all writers.
http://annerallen.com/slang-jargon-insider-lingo-11-ways-to-find/

A great post about blurb writing
http://www.adazing.com/the-perfect-blurb/

Do you need an editor? And what kind of editor?
http://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/2016/11/no-you-dont-need-to-pay-for-a-copy-edit-except-when-you-do.html

A thought provoking article about how to make the unexpecte...

Black Friday is just around the corner, so I figure this isn't a bad time to do another installment of shopping for that hard to buy for friend. This time, I'm focusing on movies and TV.

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Do you know someone who's a fan of fantasy? I'll be they'd love Game of Thrones.




This is the hot series in fandom at the moment. It's very well done, though seriously, adults only.





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Any one who is a Diana Gabaldon fan or who loves time travel or Scottish romance will love Outlander.


Really book...

[image error] Where do I get my ideas? The more pertinent question is…how do I make them stop? ~ Stephen King

This is the very best analysis of how to write subtext that I've ever read.
www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/5-ingredients-need-story-subtext/

Another one from KM Weiland. She's on fire with this post about how to pick the right antagonist.
http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-choose-the-right-antagonist/

Janice Hardy has a post on Anne R. Allen's blog about how to fix that unfinished novel. Good thoughts to help you analyze what wrong.
http://annerallen.com/finish-novel-fix...

[image error] But here’s my little trade secret that I put into every All Is Lost moment just for added spice, and it’s something that many hit movies have. I call it the whiff of death. I started to notice how many great movies use the All Is Lost point to kill someone. Obi Wan in Star Wars is the best example — what will Luke do now?? All Is Lost is the place where mentors go to die, presumably so their students can discover “they had it in them all along.” The mentor’s death clears the way to prove that...

I first became aware of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson when I was about ten and saw the movie (the original 1963 version, not the remake which is total crap.) This is, in my opinion, the best of the best when one is talking about ghost stories and haunted houses. A true classic.

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First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfrien...

[image error] You must do it this way.” A principle says, “This works … and has through all remembered time. ~ Robert McKee