One of the things readers of my book Chez Stinky often find amusing is the depiction of rural, small town life. The little hamlet of Alpine Grove that I’ve created in my novels is based to some degree on my life here in northern Idaho. Where I live, if you want to see pretty much […]
Writing Dogs in Fiction
Because my Alpine Grove romantic comedy novels feature animals, particularly dogs, the editor of the Small Publishers Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN) newsletter, Sandy Murphy, asked me to write about the topic recently. Because her questions were great, I suggested we do a Q&A. So here are my answers to her questions. Are the dogs […]
Adventures in Dog Washing
The second book of my Alpine Grove series, Fuzzy Logic, includes a scene of dog washing gone horribly wrong. I’m happy to report that I have never ended up standing in the back yard naked looking for a soapy dog. But I have had many adventures in dog washing. One thing I’ve noticed is that […]
A Fundraising Fundamental: Start Small
(Or Why the Yappy Hour Should Come Before the Fur Ball) When you run a non-profit animal rescue group, you can’t do it all alone. But time and time again people try. A few months ago, I was talking to a woman who runs a small dog rescue group in California. With only two or […]
The Great Blog Migration (or What I Did on My Vacation)
If you’re one of the special few who may have visited SusanDaffron.com in the past, you may have noticed that my site looks a little different now. For one thing now it’s a blog. For another thing, it now contains pretty much everything I’ve ever written. So instead of being a 6-page HTML site, it’s […]