SusanWiggs | inspiration Archives

March 02, 2018 | 2 Comments

Not me, silly. My book. That’s because I’m being a merciless tease about the cover art for the upcoming Between You & Me.

judging a book by its lack-of-cover

But my oh-so-generous publisher and the good folks at Goodreads are giving away 50 (FIFTY!) copies of the reviewer’s edition. You can enter to win one here.

Want to have a peek behind the scenes? You can check out my Pinterest collection of odds and ends I collected while researching and writing the novel.

I’ve written a lot of books, and each novel is its own journey. This one in particular was what I call a heart-grabber. When inspiration struck, it consumed me for days, weeks, and months on end. I couldn’t wait to get to the page to find out what would happen next. I even created an image collage to look at:

Some images I collected for inspiration

Anyway. The cover design is meant to reflect the most startling aspect of the book–a clash of two worlds that will leave you breathless. There will be a splashy “cover-reveal” event soon to launch Between You & Me into the world.

To be the first to know, you can sign up for my e-newsletter (it’s infrequent and not annoying, I promise) or follow me on social media. I cannot wait to tell the world!

Smart Shopper Tip: For a GUARANTEED free copy–and you don’t have to enter anything!–you can request the book from your local library. All you need to do is give this info to your librarian, and she’ll do the rest:

BETWEEEN YOU & mE BY SUSAN WIGGS

ISBN: 9780062425577
ISBN 10: 0062425579
Imprint: William Morrow
On Sale: 06/26/2018
Pages: 368
List Price: tbd USD
BISAC1: FICTION / Contemporary Women
BISAC2: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
BISAC3: FICTION / Amish & Mennonite

to whom it may concern

January 19, 2018 | 6 Comments

This is to inform you that we have gone fully native.

meet Nala and Mowgli

Jerry is heretofore known as Mowgli and I am Nala. My face-recognizing computer no longer recognizes me.

We have worn nothing but sand on our feet for weeks. We may or may not have stopped wearing undies. This can neither be confirmed nor denied.

We now subsist on a diet of coconut, passion fruit, mangos and sticky rice.

We’ve made the painful decision to sever all ties with cold, dark, wet winters. Instead, we will tough it out here in what certain ignorant people term a shithole country, sleeping in hammocks, swimming with the fishes, and conversing with the talking birds.

Hope that’s okay with you.

Wish you were here. Glad we’re not there.

Love,
Mowgli and Nala

every girl deserves her dream :: malala

July 13, 2017 | Leave a comment

Everyone–every girl–deserves to follow her own path. Malala’s “Girl Power” birthday tour took her to Iraq.

Please take a few minutes to listen to this moving piece, especially at the 3-minute mark: Malala in Iraq

From a young women in the audience: “She took her brother’s books and she studied and studied…” When told as a young teenager that she had to get married, the girl said, “I told them ‘no’…I have my dream, I have my hope, I will go to American university and be a WRITER.”

#ShePersisted
#NeverthelessShePersisted

That’s me at age 17 with a broken leg but dreams intact.

When you articulate your dream in such a strong, clear voice, you’re helping to make it come true.

When was the last time you declared your dream in a strong, clear voice?

#ShePersisted #GirlPower #Malala #EducationMatters #OwnTheDream

working vacation::first stop Paris

October 09, 2015 | 4 Comments

I am on a working vacation. When you’re a writer, it’s not a contradiction in terms, because your job comes with you in your head wherever you go. So if you go someplace awesome, you’re still working. But trust me, it doesn’t suck.

First stop–Paris. I finished FAMILY TREE (coming in 2016) and started research on my next book. Here’s the Jardin de Luxembourg and it doesn’t look much like Paris but when I see beehives, I have to take a photo because, well, beehives.

I love discovering strange shops that sell things like mushroom hunting knives. Here’s one on Boul’ St. Germain called Le Prince Jardiniere:

My amazing husband Jerry takes the best people-watching shots. Check out this French kid taking a selfie in Place des Vosges, aka the prettiest square in Paris:

meet me in Melbourne, yo

March 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

2 things I love:
1. writers’ conferences
2. Australia
Registration is open for the RWAustralia’s 20th annual conference, August 11-14. The conference page gives you the whole scoop: http://www.romanceaustralia.com/conference_melbourne.html
You can check out their Twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/#!/RWAusConf2011
Or Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53338877477
Getting to Australia is easier than you think. It’s like flying to Hawaii but just a few bar drinks and a couple of in-flight movies longer. There are easy nonstops from LA on Virgin Australia (which makes you feel like a rock star) and Qantas. C’mon down under! What conferences are YOU attending this summer?