by Susan McCorkindale | Jun 5, 2020 | No Place to Hide
If you’re looking for a break from the news, love to laugh, and have never read 500 Acres and No Place to Hide, More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl, this post is for you (and anyone you know who’s never read it so please forward it). I’ve put...
by Susan McCorkindale | Nov 1, 2018 | Aging, Confessions, No Place to Hide, Vulnerability
This week’s episode of Flaws Are The New Black is about the pitfalls of comparison. Maybe you’ve heard the expression, “comparison is the thief of joy” and maybe you haven’t. But I’m here to tell you, it is. When we compare...
by Susan McCorkindale | Dec 1, 2015 | Confessions, No Place to Hide, Vine Times
I work from home. I’m a writer. I can’t afford an office. I guess I could, if I gave up getting my hair and nails done and buying shoes and handbags, but I can’t. All that stuff is investment spending for the moment I get my big break, make the New York Times...
by Susan McCorkindale | Oct 22, 2015 | Appearances, Book Signings, Confessions, No Place to Hide
If you’re free Friday night (October 23rd), join me — and 24 terrific local authors — for “Great Writers, Right Here.” We’ll be in the John Barton Payne Building at 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton, so stop in and do some shopping before you go out to...
by Susan McCorkindale | Aug 5, 2015 | Confessions, No Place to Hide, Vine Times
I recall a friend once saying that, for an author, the customer reviews on Amazon.com are both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because what author doesn’t enjoy hearing how their work touched someone else, or made them laugh, or helped them realize...
by Susan McCorkindale | Jul 21, 2015 | No Place to Hide, Vine Times
Gladiolas are one of my favorite flowers. Chris knows this and, as a surprise, he planted a dozen in front of our house. Aren’t they pretty? When I discovered them, I said, “Thank you, honey! They make me so happy!” To which he replied, “I know...