Susanna Allen | Writer

Author: Susanna Allen

  • A Whole New (Previously Published) World

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    In which I announce a re-re-release, complain, and bow before the independently publishing authors who have gone before me.

  • Want to Know Basis

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    This whole author thing isn’t what I expected… I was working with a photographer once, back in the day when I was the design director of a music magazine, and he mentioned how much he loved doing author photos. “Really?” I said. “I actually never care about what an author looks like.” And added, no…

  • Why Choose?

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    A reader writes and a writer responds. It’s hard to keep track of my correspondence as there are so many ways to get in touch. Insta DM? Facebook PM? The contact page on my website?* A reader wrote to say how much they enjoyed The Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde series and that Tabitha and…

  • Every Day is Valentine’s Day

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    (when you let it pass you by and you go oops) Writing historical romance is fun, and by fun I mean: am I being anachronistic in making Valentine’s Day into A Thing  in the Regency Era? Especially when I’ve decided that 14th February would be a great day for my FMC to celebrate her birthday? Cue…

  • Travelling in the Regency Era

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    Did they experience boat lag? Carriage lag? Maybe! About one hundred years ago, I arrived back in Ireland from my Christmas visit to the States. What do you mean, it was only a little over three weeks? You will never convince me that this month has not gone on for like, four generations. Even after…

  • International Animal Rights Day

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    …is today, 10 December! Well, I mean, I was always going to default to my top three alphas, right? I was also going to start this off by writing, ‘Apropos of nothing, I was thinking about horses’, but I am always thinking about horses, so I guess that is ‘apropos of something’? So I was…

  • Anatomy of a Narrative

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    In which I tell a story about telling a story… Without telling too much of the story itself! It’s almost time for my annual Christmas holiday to the States to hang with fam and friends for the perfect number of weeks (I have this down to a science at this stage). Every year I say…

  • Clearing Your Way

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    It’s an rare full moon situation right now, so make the most of it! Funnily enough, I ended up on the hiring-out-goats-to-clear-other-people’s-weeds side of TikTok today, and my takeaway is: one creature’s trash is anther creature’s Michelin star feast. This is the second full moon in Capricorn, thanks to 2024 having been a leap year.…

  • A Duke at the Door Readalong

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