Vermont Writing Retreat for Creative Nonfiction

Is there an essay or memoir chapter you’ve been struggling to complete? Could you use a change of scenery and supportive feedback in a beautiful New England setting? Please consider joining this Word Garden Writing Retreat for women and non-binary creative...

Beat Night – Lunation

Hey, it’s been awhile. I was just getting through the winter term. And re-working my book proposal. And worried about the health of some people I love. That’s just how it was. But now here comes spring and the release of Lunation, a fabulous collection of...

I did it! First draft of book proposal is done!

I still need to print it out and deliver it to a dear friend, who is also a literary agent, who will be reading/commenting on it, but just to have gotten to the point of having a completed draft of a proposal is huge for me. For those of you who may not know, a...

Browsing the Detroit Art Book Fair 2018

I have to admit: as much as I love to read and to hold actual books in my hands, I have never really explored the world of the art book. But on this, a long weekend in Detroit, I had the chance to check out the Detroit Art Book Fair at Trinosophes. It was kind of...

The conversion is almost complete.

I can’t even remember when I first put up suerepko.com. During the late 1990s, I think, when I was writing that nanny novel that never sold. I’ve always been one to conceive of a full-scale marketing plan before I even have a book to sell. Business cards...