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Laura Susan Johnson

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Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since age eleven, cutting her teeth on tales of the family pets. Aside from writing, Laura Susan enjoys quilting, playing around with colorful makeup, clothing and hair colors, web design, and vegan cooking. She resides in California, Idaho, Arkansas, and the northern coast of Oregon.

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CRUSH's 10 year anniversary sale!!!

Okay, so I really first published it on Smashwords 11 years ago this month... 30 September 2011 to be exact. But approximately a year later, my friends from #beatentrackpublishing in Northern England, decided to take a chance on Crush, and really helped me take off as an independent author of LGBTQIAP fiction! I am celebrating the 2011-12 years, in which I self marketed my novel until I drove peop Read more of this blog post »
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message 21: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson thank you so much! my 2nd book is avail now too :D


message 20: by Matthew

Matthew I recommended Crush to a friend :)


message 19: by Trisha

Trisha Harrington Laura wrote: "I must get that show on DVD somehow. Those little clips are not enough! My favorite is the orgasmic phone call. I really laughed myself silly :D"

There's another one that was really funny too. But the links not up online :)


message 18: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson I must get that show on DVD somehow. Those little clips are not enough! My favorite is the orgasmic phone call. I really laughed myself silly :D


message 17: by Trisha

Trisha Harrington Laura wrote: "They said they only have PAL but I think maybe eBay might have some NTSC format ones. PAL won't work on any of my players I intend to get a multiregion player. I'd really like to see the show."

Yeah, it's on hiatus at the moment. If you get them you really will enjoy them. Brendan O'Carroll is a brilliant actor :)


message 16: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson They said they only have PAL but I think maybe eBay might have some NTSC format ones. PAL won't work on any of my players I intend to get a multiregion player. I'd really like to see the show.


message 15: by Trisha

Trisha Harrington Laura wrote: "Hi Trisha, I am on Region 1 (USA/Canada) but the only DVDs I've seen on the show are from Region 2 (UK). I will try to get a multiregion DVD player for my computer and install it, then get the DVDs..."

Any luck with the site I found?


message 14: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Hi Trisha, I am on Region 1 (USA/Canada) but the only DVDs I've seen on the show are from Region 2 (UK). I will try to get a multiregion DVD player for my computer and install it, then get the DVDs. It's such a good show, too funny!!!


message 13: by Trisha

Trisha Harrington Laura wrote: "Dang it, Amazon only seems to have region 2 DVDs. I used to have an all region DVD player but it won't work anymore. I'm gonna keep searching. I want to see more of this show!!!"

I will try and find some for you. It should be available somewhere. Any idea what region you are? I'm not sure. :)


message 12: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Dang it, Amazon only seems to have region 2 DVDs. I used to have an all region DVD player but it won't work anymore. I'm gonna keep searching. I want to see more of this show!!!


message 11: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Trisha wrote: "Let me know what you think of the links to Mrs. Brown's Boys. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show :)"

My thoughts are I am sitting here at 3 am laughing like a hyena!!! The striptease episode almost killed me :D The obscene phone call and the talking to God clips were great too! I looked thru my library and they don't have the DVDs. I wonder if they're avail in the USA. I'll go to Amazon and see. My dad would love this show too!!!


message 10: by Trisha

Trisha Harrington Let me know what you think of the links to Mrs. Brown's Boys. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show :)


message 9: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson There are so many wonderful books...I need to learn to speed read LOL


Trisha Harrington Laura wrote: "You're very welcome, and thank you for the recommendation for Prayers For Bobby. I saw the movie and it was so heartbreaking. I need to read the book now :)"

You're welcome. The book is even more emotional. I found it to be difficult to read at times :)


message 7: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson You're very welcome, and thank you for the recommendation for Prayers For Bobby. I saw the movie and it was so heartbreaking. I need to read the book now :)


Trisha Harrington Thank you for the recommendations Laura :)


message 5: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Oh no you didn't put pressure :D I just wish I could write fast and write good at the same time. I wish my 2nd book was done cause I want to share it so badly !!! I am listening to Fibber McGee and Molly right now. Do you know about old radio shows? It's a Christmas episode. So funny! Christmas is creeping up too fast for me :)


message 4: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson I'm such a slow writer. I have to be sure the new book is as perfect as I can get it LOL Thank you so much for your support! It took me from Aug. 2010 to May 2012 to get "Crush" just right :D So it will be a while, but I'm having a great time creating it and I really hope you guys will love it! Hope you have a great holiday!


message 3: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Thank you Fiona!!! I'm so glad you liked the book. people in my own family say it's hard to read, and it was hard to write, but so rewarding too. :) Thank you for your support and kind words!!



Fiona wrote: "Hi Laura!

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Crush! Thanks so much for friending me! I look forward to chatting with you and reading more of your work!

:)"



message 2: by Fiona

Fiona Goodman Hi Laura!

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Crush! Thanks so much for friending me! I look forward to chatting with you and reading more of your work!

:)


message 1: by Laura

Laura Susan Johnson Question #2 that I get about Crush is: Is Tammy as damaged as Jamie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gEWM...


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