SUSAN LUTE

Romance and the search for courage and family


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Chasing her dream!
Despite changes in the literary industry, Estacada’s Susan Lute pushes onward.

By Jeff Spiegel

The Estacada News, Dec 7, 2011

Every child enters school with a dream – police officer, professional athlete, designer or business executive. For Estacada’s Susan Lute, she wanted to become a writer.




Musings On Current Writing Projects


Waning Winter- early 2012. What a crazy business we're in. We've, as in Crazy Hair :), done everything we set out to do in the fall, except publish THE DRAGON'S THIEF. It's with a publishing house I'm very excited about. Hopefully I'll have good new soon. In the meantime, I'm happily working on an anthology - my story's theme, romance vs science (doesn't that sound like fun?), and the next Falling For A Hero novel, tentatively titled, A FULL HOUSE FOR BEAR

Fall 2011. It's been a busy, and very exciting season! I've discovered I LOVE designing covers. We've published THE LONDON AFFAIR and a short prequel to JANE'S LONG MARCH HOME, A GIRL NAMED JANE. Before the end of the year we plan to publish THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN QUINCY and THE DRAGON'S THIEF. And I'll start writing the second book in The Dragonkind Chronicles, THE DRAGON'S KEEPER (tentative title?) I'll be happy to be writing a new story.

Mid-Summer 2011. There's a new wind blowing in the publishing industry. It's name is self (or indie) publishing. Eight months ago, I was only interested in print publishing. That has all changed. I have a partner who handles the publishing mechanics, and we've published my first indie book, JANE'S LONG MARCH HOME, to a lot of excitement, on my side especially, lol.

I'm about to begin work on JANE, The Prequel. Waiting to hear from editors on the fate of THE DRAGON'S THIEF and THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN QUINCY. And we're about to publish, THE LONDON AFFAIR, a novel that is close to my heart.

There's a lot going on, and it's a brave new world out there. For the first time in a long time, I'm a happy writer.

The day after the Spring Equinox 2011. Life is interesting. An old project made new, a new project almost finished, a paranormal on a dream editor's desk. Ready to keep writing.

What's Up?


TO DO AND DONE LIST


February 2012


Fingers and toes crossed for The Dragon's Thief - Check!!!

Repackage A Girl Named Jane and Jane's Long March Home - Check!

Update website, SJP, and Facebook - to do next

Finish the story for the anthology, romance vs science - well under way

Finish A Full House For Bear - working


December 2011


PublishThe Return of Benjamin Quincy - Check!


November 2011


The Dragon's Thief polished and off to a requesting editor - Check!

Finish The Return Of Benjamin Quincy - Done

Plan publishing schedule for 2012


October 2011


Publish A Girl Named Jane - check!

Design cover for A Girl Named Jane - check!

Polish The Dragon's Thief

Polish The Return Of Benjamin Quincy

Design cover for The Return Of Benjamin Quincy

Take pictures for upcoming covers

Plan small blog tour for November

Make a marketing plan

Write, write, write!




September 2011


September 21st - JANE has a new cover!


The ride continues :)

The London Affair is launched! Whoot!

Updating website

Changed cover designed by: to Crazy Hair Publishing. Yeah Lexi!

Updating Jane's cover

A Girl Named Jane formerly, Jane The Prequel, is out to readers

Learning Twitter

Send out Newsletter

Make a mailing list. If you want the latest news, usually quarterly, or when a new book comes out, sign up for Su's News :)



June 2011


Wow! It's been a roller coaster ride!

Marketing is not as easy as it looks!

The London Affair is completed and turned over to my tech partner

The cover is designed (beautiful! if I do say so myself) and ready to go

Discovered I LOVE creating my own covers. Will be publishing them under the implausible name of Crazy Hair Publishing. Thank you, Lexi!

Getting ready to start the next project, JANE, The Prequel

Going to give Fast Draft, a technique by Candice Havens a try.

Tying up loose ends.



May 2011


Featured Author @​ Night Owl Romance - Romance page

The Return Of Benjamin Quincy is finished and out the door to requesting editor. Yeah!

The Dragon's Keeper - on hold...for now.

Learning about marketing and promotion




April 2011


New release! Jane's Long March Home


March 2011


A squirrel went by in the form of Jane's Long March Home. Story and text are done. The cover art - wow! More news soon

The Dragon's Thief has been requested by a major publisher. Happy dance and very big grin here :)

200 pages of The Return Of Benjamin Quincy are done. Two to three more weeks, and I should be done with the rough draft

I've been writing, rewriting, editing, and...nursing a mean cold :)

Releases

Finally snagging the perfect job, Sydney Marshall can’t get out of town fast enough. But when single dad Benjamin Quincy returns, determined to make a life for his daughter in the small town where he grew up, there’s just one problem. Rosewood...and love have a penchant for interfering in the best laid plans.

 

Family is a gift; and living, something to be treasured. ~ Stella Carmichael

 

 

"A timely story that will appeal to those seeking a sweet story of finding yourself again." ~ Night Owl Reviews

 

"Susan Lute takes a seemingly implausible plot and makes it shine as she charms and mesmerized her readers." ~ Romantic Times Book Club

 

Reader's Choice Nominee

Holt Medallion Finalist

A short story prequel to Jane's Long March Home

 

Jane Donovan is a kid growing up in an orphanage and flirting with the wrong side of the law. Will she live her mother's doomed life, or find the courage to reach for everything she's always wanted?

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