by Susan Matley | Nov 6, 2015 | Official Blog
What a week. First, Sunday’s “fall back” time change left me confused during the day and marveling at the early nightfall. Then came the first hard freeze that turned the tomato plants into black slime and prompted an immediate harvest of the survivors. The next day,...
by Susan Matley | Oct 30, 2015 | Official Blog
It’s time for me to contemplate the marking of another year on this planet. The past 365 days have been exceptional, as they embrace the publication of my first book, sci-fantasy novella Small-g City. This event has prompted the neighbors to ask why I’m attracted to...
by Susan Matley | Oct 23, 2015 | Official Blog
This month I had the unanticipated pleasure of running into someone I haven’t seen for a few years, my friend Melody Biehl. You can easily spot Melody in a crowd. She’s the energetic redhead wearing pink. We’ve known each other for ten years and often meet at western...
by Susan Matley | Oct 16, 2015 | Official Blog
I’ve never been a joiner. At age seven I was kicked out of Brownies for insubordination. When I was twenty-something, personality assessment tests administered by prospective employers determined that I was a “maverick” employee, someone who consistently went my own...
by Susan Matley | Oct 7, 2015 | Official Blog
My name is Grizelda Matley. If you are lucky enough to be reading this, you can see that I am a cat. A beautiful female tiger cat, to be precise. This blog is usually posted on Friday, but it’s early this week. My mom, aka Susan Matley, is at a writers’ conference,...
by Susan Matley | Oct 2, 2015 | Official Blog
We’ve just returned from a 5-day book tour. Whew! I’m not using the royal “we”; my husband joined me on the trip to Western Washington and also in the readings. He brought much to the story-telling in his vivid portrayals of Ralph and Jim and inspired applause from...
