

Writer's Life | Keeping Everything in Order
This is a graphic I have used many times before because it exactly captures what is like to be a writer. However, this desk is far more...

Susan Stoderl
Jun 16, 20231 min read


Anglo-Irish Writer of Children’s Stories and Novels About Irish Life | Maria Edgeworth (1768—1849)
Maria Edgeworth is a woman writer I would have liked to have known. Edgeworth lived in England prior to her family moving to their estate...

Susan Stoderl
May 2, 20232 min read


Middle-Grade Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Excerpt
From Chapter 1: Boys, Dragons, and Golden Fleece In this excerpt, the classroom teacher, Bartholomew Smythe, lectures on Jason and Medea...

Susan Stoderl
Apr 7, 20232 min read


An Excerpt from Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | a Middle-Grade Detective Book for Ages 8-12
#Bookexcerpt,#amwriting, #bookpromotion #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookstagram #readingismagic #readtoyourkids...

Susan Stoderl
Feb 17, 20231 min read


Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Wahoo's "Working" Relationship with Christie's Auction House
Wahoo is an arctic raven who is quite a dapper dude with thoughts only of others, such as helping Christie’s Auction House with their...

Susan Stoderl
Feb 10, 20232 min read


What I Would Do Differently | Part 2: Know Why You Are Writing
Knowing why you write before, during, and after self-publishing a book is important. The reasons why you write determine what story you...

Susan Stoderl
Jan 17, 20232 min read


What I Would Do Differently | Part 1: The Business of Writing
First-time self-publishing Author | What I Would Do Differently (a series). Part 1: The Business of Writing. Are you prepared?

Susan Stoderl
Jan 10, 20232 min read


Meet Zelda Screech Cat
Meet Zelda Screech Cat

Susan Stoderl
Jul 22, 20221 min read


Going Backwards
The aria speaks of life among the destitute in 19th-century New York City. That time is returning all over this country because women are...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 20, 20221 min read


Today Meet Wahoo the Raven, a very Dapper Dude
From Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series | Mission 1: All in a Day's Work He looked around his home with pride. “My, my, my, I have...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 15, 20221 min read


Late Bloomer|Sassy Senior: Mary Wesley
Late Bloomer | Sassy Senior | Mary Wesley (1912-2002)

Susan Stoderl
Jul 14, 20221 min read


Introducing the Cru Crew
From Sophia and the Bright Red Sneakers, Mission 1: All in a Day's Work. Meet Ella Cru "As if to remind Sophia of her status, standing in...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 8, 20221 min read


Fanny Fern and the Cult of True Womanhood
"The Cult of Domesticity" or "True Womanhood," was established for the wives and daughters of the white American middle- and upper-class...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 6, 20222 min read


Meet Pedro Gonzalez
Pedro Gonzalez is Sophia’s best friend and co-conspirator in sleuthing and improving the world one mission at a time. He is ten years...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 1, 20222 min read


From #CronesRock to #GirlPower
The myth of the Three-Part Goddess has many sources and traditions, many associated with the phases of the moons or changing of seasons....

Susan Stoderl
Jun 28, 20222 min read


Meet Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers
Sophia MacGregor, a.k.a., Boss-In-Chief, is a precocious ten-year-old who is in the eighth-grade honors class at the posh James Samuel...

Susan Stoderl
Jun 24, 20222 min read