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Susan Rooke

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Susan Rooke is a multiple Pushcart nominee, Best of the Net and Dwarf Stars nominee, and author of the Space Between series. Her poems and short stories have appeared in publications such as The Christian Science Monitor and The Twilight Zone Magazine, among many others. She and her husband live surrounded by cows on a square of green, peaceful country in Central Texas. When she's not writing speculative fiction and poetry, she blogs fortnightly about real life, food and cocktails at SusanRooke.net

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Susan Rooke I’ve never had writer’s block, so I can’t really say. I’ve had plenty of writer’s laziness, however. And waaaay too much writer’s procrastination!
Susan Rooke There are numerous advantages to being a writer, but my own “best” is that I’m never bored. I always carry a notepad and pen in my purse, and any wait…moreThere are numerous advantages to being a writer, but my own “best” is that I’m never bored. I always carry a notepad and pen in my purse, and any waiting room becomes my office. Some of my favorite scenes in The Space Between were written in the customer lounge at the car dealership while waiting for an oil change.(less)
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Catching Up

Boy, am I glad to see you guys after all this time. I know some of you are also on the newsletter mailing list, so you would have heard from me back in the Autumn with news about the completion of the Space Between series (yay!). I did some book giveaways and then announced the publication October 11 of the third and final book, Across the Worlds (which I’m so pleased with!). But this, finally, is

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