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February 10, 2015 By Susan Daffron

Creating Animal Characters

In reviews, many readers comment that the animals in my books are characters along with the human ones. Although I don’t make the animals in my books “talk” because I loathe that concept in other books, I do make the animals behave in significantly different ways. Anyone who as ever owned a dog or a […]

Filed Under: Alpine Grove Novels, Cats, Dogs, Furry Thoughts, Writing

January 27, 2015 By Susan Daffron

How Did You Get Here?

In reviews, readers often comment about the town of Alpine Grove, which although imaginary does have some similarities to the small town where I live in northern Idaho. I even had one reader say she wants to move to Alpine Grove. There’s no doubt that many people would love to move to a small town […]

Filed Under: Alpine Grove Novels, Rural Living

January 25, 2015 By Susan Daffron

Cover Reveal – Bark to the Future (and New Covers)

My next Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy (number 5, but who’s counting?) is with beta readers now, so I’ve been having fun working on the cover.  Here’s the latest: Observant folks may notice that it doesn’t match the earlier books. I’m redoing ALL the covers, so this is the first in a new “look” for the […]

Filed Under: Alpine Grove Novels

January 13, 2015 By Susan Daffron

Creating Characters People Love

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In reviews of both my first and second novels, readers often comment on how much they love the characters I create. Jan, the main character in my second book, Fuzzy Logic is not like any character I’ve read about in the past. She was a lot of fun to write because she is a librarian […]

Filed Under: Alpine Grove Novels, Writing

December 30, 2014 By Susan Daffron

Questions and Answers About Writing

This is an interview I did with Samantha March from the Chick List Plus blog and CLP blog tours. I liked her questions so much, I wanted to include it here too. When did you know writing was for you? I’ve been a writer for most of my professional life, so there really hasn’t been […]

Filed Under: Alpine Grove Novels, Writing & Publishing

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