Sue has returned to the USA after six months overseas mentally renewed and happier than ever! She is living in northern California, working as a bookseller and writing more novels.
Her next book, Spy Game, is already garnering wonderful reviews…Publisher’s Weekly calls it “a fast-paced romantic romp!”
Sue’s article, “Close at Hand,” will appear in the February 2008 issue of the Romance Writers’ Report, a trade publication.
A Blast from the Past
2006: Sue has sold an espionage romance, Spy Game, to Five Star Expressions. Keep checking back for news about the cover and publishing date.
She is spending this winter in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and will return to the states in the spring.
Sue's first, award-winning novel, Hopelessly Compromised, a Regency romance, has been reissued as an ebook by Fictionwise. Click here to check it out! http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook40743.htm
There's good news and bad news…
The bad news first… Sue and her husband of eleven years have broken up, and she joins all their friends in wishing Bruce well.
The good news: Sue is taking this opportunity to realize a long-held dream of living in Europe. In September, she will move overseas. She plans to spend some weeks reacquainting herself with her British relatives, then will spend the winter in southern Italy.
She will also attend the third annual Women's Fiction Festival in southern Italy.
Walk Like a Man was published in March 2006 and garnered excellent reviews as well as an additional print run.
9/05 Sue's hockey team, the Vista Volcanoes, again
won their
league championship. At right wing, she contributed an assist to the 4-3 win.
January 2005. . . Sue’s book, Engaged to the Sheik, was released by Silhouette Romance.
Sue co-authored an article, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting…to Hire an Agent,” in the January issue of the Romance Writer’s Report, the monthly periodical of the Romance Writers of America.
Sue slated to chat with a group of Australian writers on April 7 at 6 p.m. PDT.
October 2004... Sue was a keynote speaker at the first annual Women’s Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy. For more information and photos, please visit http://www.womensfictionfestival.com or visit Sue's Photos.
July 2004... Sue spoke to members of the Romance Writers of America at their national conference in Dallas, Texas. Her topic was writer's contests.
February
14. 2004... Sue appeared with twenty other authors at a Valentine’s
Day Author Appreciation event at the Barnes and Noble store in
Jack London Square, Oakland, California.
January
2004... Sue’s
His
Baby, Her Heart
is published in French in Canada under the
title Un Bebe Pour La Vie. Check
it out at Amazon.
His
Baby, Her Heart
was
published in hardcover in Britain in September 2003 and in paperback
two months later by Mills and Boon…this was Sue’s first hardcover
release.
September
2003... Sue's In the Sheikh's Arms
is published in Australia.
Those
of you who have met Sue know that she has rarely met food she
didn't like. She loves to play in the kitchen, and she has contributed
three original recipes to a cookbook created by The Romance Club.
The cookbook contains over 150 recipes contributed by romance
authors. Sue submitted three recipes, including the tabouleh salad
that Rayhan prepared for Cami in In the
Sheik's Arms and a version of the Szechuan vegetable
recipe that Serenity and Matt enjoyed in The
Ranger and the Rescue. FMI or to order your copy of
the cookbook, visit: http://www.theromanceclub.com/authors/cookbook.htm
Proceeds go to a children's literacy program.
August
2003... Sue was invited to participate in a Silhouette Romance
continuity series. She will write Book Four of the six book series,
and her book will be published in January 2005.
May
2-4, 2003... Sue appeared at the
Celebrate Romance 2003 conference in Sacramento, CA.
April
12, 2003... Sue participated in the Wal-Mart/Sam's Club fight
for literacy by making two appearances in the Sacramento area.
March
22, 2003... The Silicon Valley Chapter of the Romance Writers
of America hosted Sue at their March chapter meeting. Her workshop
topic was "Wake Up, Little Newbie: Tips and Tricks for the Almost
There and Newly Published." The SVC website is at http://home.earthlink.net/~svrwa/
.
March
16-22, 2003... Sue conducted a question and answer session on
a bulletin board on the eHarlequin website, http://www.eharlequin.com
The topic was "What I like about you: heroines we'd like to be."
March
13, 2003...
Sue appeared on BookCrazy Radio, available only via the internet
at http://www.bookcrazy.net.
mid-March,
2003... Publication of Sue's latest Silhouette Romance, In the Sheik's Arms.
January
2003...Sue's
Dear Reader letter appeared at the website of the Silhouette Romance
authors, http://www.silromanceauthors.com.
December,
2002...Sue's opinion piece on professional jealousy
was published in the December issue of the Romance Writers Report,
a magazine published by the Romance Writers of America.
November
5, 2002... A red letter day for Sue, who made her debut as a left
winger for the She-Devils, a local ice hockey team. She got a
shot on goal, which surprised her; she missed, which didn't :)
October
23-27, 2002...
Romantic Times Convention, Circus Circus Hotel, Reno, Nevada.
October
11, 2002...
Sue was invited by the Coeur du Bois chapter of the RWA, located
in Boise, Idaho, to give a workshop at their conference. She spoke
on "A Sense of Place: Setting in the Romance Novel" and signed
her books.
September
11, 2002...
Sierra Writers Club Nevada County Library, Nevada City, CA.
July
18-20, 2002... Sue gave three workshops and a roundtable to authors
in attendance at the RWA National Conference.
July
17, 2002... Sue, in the company of hundreds of other romance authors,
signed her books at the Romance Writers of America's annual booksigning
at their conference, held this year in Denver, CO. The booksigning
was a benefit for literacy.
April
29, 2002... Sue appeared as the guest of the Barnes and Noble
bookstore in Roseville, CA; the group discussed her most recent
release, The
Ranger and the Rescue.
April
13, 2002... Sue and several other authors conducted roundtable
discussions about writing for the San Francisco Area Romance Writers
of America.
April
3, 2002... Sue was a guest lecturer at Grant High School District's
Adult Education class on "Writing for Publication." She spoke
to an enthusiastic audience of over 50 students. The lecture will
be distributed as an internet class and as a CD.
March
25, 2002... Sue's August 2001Silhouette Romance, His
Baby, Her Heart, was named by the Romance Writers of
America as a finalist in their RITA contest. This prestigious
contest is considered by many to be the "Oscars" of romance writing.
February
16, 2002... Sue spoke to the Sacramento chapter of the California
Writers Club.
February
12, 2002... she was interviewed on Panic Attack, a Davis, CA,
radio program.
February
10, 2002... she was the guest on "Erskine Overnight," a nationally
syndicated radio show, which is repeated on February 17.
February
9, 2002... Sue spoke to an appreciative audience at the Carmichael
Library, Sacramento, CA, about romance, then signed books at a
local Waldenbook store.
February
2, 2002... a landmark day for Sue; she played goaltender
at the Northern California Women's Hockey League's "Give Hockey
a Try" program in Belmont, CA.
