

What I Would Do Differently | Part 3: Who is Your Audience
My answer was “Uhhh…,” followed by some generalized answers based on why I wrote the story I did. It quickly turned into “I don’t know.”...

Susan Stoderl
Jan 24, 20232 min read


A Family by Choice — Not Blood
One of the major themes of Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is the creation of her own unique family as an orphan. This would...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 27, 20221 min read


On Reading and Writing
Reading has always been my salvation from loneliness and moments of feeling bad within myself. Reading and writing transport me into a...

Susan Stoderl
Jul 19, 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


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