Another sunny hour in Savannah, and I sit at the computer with hummus painted bread and a “slenderizing” fruit drink at my side. By another sunny hour, I’m implying that the weather here changes about that quickly. From monsoon to twittering birds in 15 minutes flat. Oh, how I long for a good three-hour-Alabama thunderstorm with a tornado siren tossed in for comfort.

And why is O’Malley, my 14 year old yellow tom, trying to cover my hummus as if it’s in the litter box? It does not smell that bad. Damn carnivore.

Okay, on to the topic. I had planned a different blog for today, but changed my mind after reading a post from an old friend. He, along with a few others, have asked where my books can be bought.

Cringe. Evidently my website and the mention of books has been misleading.

I’m sorry that’s been the case, so hopefully this will explain things a little bit better. In short, my understanding of how to get published involves the following sequence of events…

Book written-get your name out there-query an agent-hopefully get an agent-agent tries to push book to a publisher-hopefully publisher accepts-publish book-hopefully people BUY THE BOOK…see it’s this last part that is causing all the trouble.

If I write a great book…that’s good. If I write a great book and can say that I already have people (many people) interested in buying my writing, then that’s exactly what a publisher wants.

Before I created my website, I did look the word “author” up in the dictionary. I didn’t want to toss the word around if it didn’t fit. Do you have to be published to be an author? Well, according to Mr. Webster, an author is, “the writer of a book.” A few other definitions, too, but this is the one that covers me, so I’ll take it.

I would love to see my books in the stores one day. One step at a time. Evidently in the new millenium, that also means one blog at a time. So thank you for your continued support.

Love and Murder,

Suza