Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects
For marketing reasons, I wrote a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work, the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Read Sneakers...
Susan Stoderl
May 19, 20233 min read
A First Century Birthday Invitation | Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Cerialis
Sometime between the years 97-103 CE, Claudia Severa invited her sister Sulpicia Lepedina Cerialis to come to her birthday celebration on...
Susan Stoderl
Feb 28, 20231 min read
White Lady Ghost of Stow Lake—Another Fake!
“Sophia and Pedro, finish your tea and cookies. The tea house closes in fifteen minutes. Then we’ll go check out the Pioneer Mother...
Susan Stoderl
Jan 27, 20232 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
Late Bloomer|Sassy Senior: Mary Wesley
Late Bloomer | Sassy Senior | Mary Wesley (1912-2002)
Susan Stoderl
Jul 14, 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
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