PinnedMember-onlyOnce You Start BOUNCE, There’s No Going BackEveryone who’s started reading BOUNCE via this link has told me the same thing: Once they read the Prologue and first two chapters, they were sucked in and wanted more, more, more. Sure, I’m bragging, (have I told you that ALL the reviews are 5-stars? They are!), …Resilience1 min readResilience1 min read
PinnedMember-onlyI’m the slowest writer in the worldReally, it’s taken 11 years to reach this point — My new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience, debuted today on Amazon. It might have debuted last November, or the November before that if I weren’t so damn slow. But I am. It’s one of my claims to fame. Not that I’m famous or anything, but I have heard people…Memoir2 min readMemoir2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyAbout me — Susan McCorkindaleFirst up: McCorkindale is my stage name — Hi! I’m Susan McCorkindale. I’ve been writing since my parents gave me my first black and white composition notebook when I was about four. My work wasn’t any good, but that didn’t stop me from chasing them around the house trying to read it to them. Beyond being a writer and an author (I…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Apr 30Member-onlyLife these daysWhen your kid’s in trouble, you do what you have to do — It’s pouring rain and it’s cold, and still I have the window open so my son’s cat can peek out the screen and feel the breeze. My feet are freezing but the cat is happy. This makes me happy. It’s dark, just after seven in the morning, and I’ve been…Parenting2 min readParenting2 min read
Feb 8Member-onlyA Day Without Internet is Like a Day Without OxygenBut I can still draw enough breath to be bitchy — I can’t get online. I’ve reset the router. I’ve restarted my laptop. And still, nothing. Without Internet access, I can’t get to Thesaurus.com. And without Thesaurus.com, I get writing constipation. I mean, what if I need to find different ways of saying “illuminate,” for example? …Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Dec 24, 2022Member-only‘Twas Two Days Before ChristmasAnd all through this place. . . — TO: Friends and Family FR: Susan DATE: Dec. 23, 2011 SUBJECT: Clearly I didn’t get cards in the mail. But I want you to know we’re thinking of you… ’Twas two days before Christmas, and all through this place Presents are hidden in every weird space. Boxes tucked in cabinets…Christmas2 min readChristmas2 min read
Dec 6, 2022Member-only14 Hours Left!Enter to win your free Kindle copy of BOUNCE — There’s still time to enter to win one of 20 free Kindle copies of my new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience. Where do you enter? Over here on Goodreads! And, if you’d like to read some of it before you expend all that energy entering, you can do so…Humor1 min readHumor1 min read
Dec 1, 2022Member-only299 and CountingAs writers, we put our work out into the world, and then — we worry. What if no one likes it? Worse, what if no one wants to read it? This was my worry when I set up the Goodreads Kindle giveaway for my new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of…Gratitude1 min readGratitude1 min read
Nov 26, 2022Member-onlyFree Stuff is Where It’s At!Black Friday sales have nothin’ on FREE stuff. And this, my friends, is a terrific freebie opportunity! Now through December 7, I’m giving away 20 Kindle copies of my new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience, on Goodreads. If you’d like to read it (have I mentioned it’s FREE?) …Memoir2 min readMemoir2 min read
Published inThe Haven·Aug 31, 2022Member-onlySuzy’s Pig Buying PrimerRemember the Mother Goose nursery rhyme, “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. Home again, home again jiggety jig”? It was always one of my favorites, though I think Momma G really copped out on the closing. I mean, “jiggety jig”? How’s about “Home again, home again, to…Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
