Susan Jones – Writer

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Hello, and welcome to my website ~ here you will get a view on my books and life as a published author. It’s been a long journey to getting here ~ finally I am now writing full time and hope you enjoy what you find here. If you want to get in touch, follow the links, and I’ll get back to you soon.

Susan Jones writes romantic drama with a touch of humour, and historical sagas as Lydia King. She lives in North Warwickshire, and loves walking through the beautiful woodlands where she lives, and gardening and reading are her pastimes.

I’ll triond make some money.

That’s a joke really; I joined the site triond where I write articles.

http://gomestic.com/cooking/m-c-beaton-agatha-raisin-and-the-quiche-of-death/

It’s good fun as there’s a way to add pictures and you can write absolutely anything within reason. I’ve earned around sixty pence in two years. Woo-hooo, what shall I spend it on??? It’s partly my own fault though as they way to do it is to twitter and promote traffic to your site. Imagine I’ll have to get a big sign saying ‘Everyone to this content’ you feel a bit daft doing that though don’t you.

I’ve recently discovered the Agatha Raisin books while browsing in a book shop in town. M.C. Beaton is such a great writer I’ve read three in the series already and started on another one. They are quite funny and Agatha keeps having scones and tea with Mrs. Bloxby the vicars wife, so I had to bake scones tonight. We both felt so full we went a walk around the village.

Our shop is closed now. It does seem a bit strange not going to open up. We had lots of lovely cards from our customers and too many chocolate bars to mention along with a big bottle of brandy. I don’t actually drink, but if I do, on the odd occasion, it’s brandy, so that was nice.

Three stories came back to me this week – I’ve re-written one of them, now have to find somewhere to send it. I can tell they’ve been read, and at least they sent them back, as opposed to tearing them up!!

My story on you write on ‘Summer on the Heath’ is number 24 in the top tens list, it’s all re-writing but I’m sticking with it. The Hats novel is still going quite well, I need to find a way to get them out of the club though. They’ve been stuck in there drinking eating and talking for a few weeks now.

Digital imageSpring flowers for inspiration.

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18 responses to “I’ll triond make some money.”

  1. Ann Williams Avatar
    Ann Williams

    Have read a couple of the Agatha Raisin stories – nice light reading and a bit of a spoof on cosy crime fiction I suppose. They were done as a radio series with Penelope Keith playing Agatha – they crop up on Radio 4 Extra from time time.

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    1. susanjanejones Avatar
      susanjanejones

      Hello Ann, great to hear from you. They’re quirky aren’t they? I noticed at the back of the book you can get the c.d s read by Penelope. I’m enjoying them, she’s a great character, wouldn’t like her in our village though…

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  2. Patsy Avatar
    Patsy

    I joined Triond and it worked OK for a while – then my articles got posted up by other people and Triond, rather than remove them seemed to think I was the one who stole the articles that appeared months after my versions.

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    1. susanjanejones Avatar
      susanjanejones

      Goodness me Patsy that’s shocking. I almost cancelled my articles off there the other day, it’s only because I had a new fan I left them.

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  3. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    I’ve never heard of Triond and was tempted to give it a whirl – but then I read Patsy’s comments and now I’m not so sure. I expect that things we have all written appear uncredited and unrewarded; it’s just that we don’t find out. I wonder if it’s worth the risk.

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      susanjanejones

      Hi Julia, I’ve heard some say that they use triond to link to their website, blog etc. You can connect it to twitter and I noticed yesterday after I put the book review on there, and linked to twit – I had about 6o plus views whereas I normally would have half a dozen; so nothing to lose really, but don’t expect to make any money…

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  4. Rosemary Gemmell Avatar
    Rosemary Gemmell

    Good luck with all those different stories, Suzy. The only online people I write for now is Demand Studios (the ehow UK section) where I get paid upfront for every single article I write. I was invited to write for them and am glad I passed their writing test!

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      susanjanejones

      That sounds good Rosemary, might take a look. The triond is more for fun I think. Sometimes when I’ve had a few stories back, I know whatever I write usually gets published. I almost deleted it the other day, then someone new became a fan so I left it.

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  5. Tracy Fells Avatar
    Tracy Fells

    The only cure for stories returning (sounds better than rejected) is to send something out straight away, either tweak a story or submit something new. That’s my strategy anyway. Good luck with the novels too Susan 🙂

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      susanjanejones

      Good advice Tracy thanks. I’ve changed one that P.F. emailed back with why they didn’t take it and trying TAB. Have you ever sent a story to the same place if they told you why they didn’t take it? After changing it of course.

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      1. Tracy Fells Avatar
        Tracy Fells

        If I get comments saying why story not right for them then I revise and would send to another mag, but not back to them unless they specifically asked to see it again post changes. I have been lucky 2nd time round doing this, as one mag’s rejection can be another mag’s sale!

      2. susanjanejones Avatar
        susanjanejones

        Thanks for that Tracy, I didn’t think it would be a good idea as they hadn’t asked for the story again. Don’t want to annoy them any more than I am doing#:))))

  6. Wendy Clarke Avatar
    Wendy Clarke

    Looks like you’ve been keeping yourself busy, Susan. I have never heard of Triond either.

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    1. susanjanejones Avatar
      susanjanejones

      They’re good for fun and to promote your other work Wendy, but not for making any dosh.

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  7. Gail Crane Avatar
    Gail Crane

    Sorry to hear about your returned stories, Suzy but good luck with TAB. I’ve never heard of Triond, or the Demand Studios Rosemary mentions, but I’m planning to have a look at them.

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  8. susanjanejones Avatar
    susanjanejones

    Hi Gail, thanks for popping by. I’ve altered the story that I sent to P.F. Only thing is, maybe now I’ve made the tetchy character nicer than TAB would like.

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  9. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    I’ve read and enjoyed a couple of M.C Beatons’s Hamish Macbeth mysteries but the Agatha Raisin books are still on my ‘must read one day’ list (I put them on there after hearing a radio version).

    I haven’t had any experience with Triond but as it pays per click you need to direct as many people as possible to your articles on there. I clicked on the link but was a bit puzzled as to why your article is listed in the cooking section? I get the food connection with Raisin and quiche but I wouldn’t have thought of looking for a book review there! Do they have a book section?

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    1. susanjanejones Avatar
      susanjanejones

      Hi Linda, well spotted of you, I hadn’t noticed that, of course I’ll ask if they can move it. I realise now that I’ve linked to twitter and tweeted about it and blogged as well, which is linked to twit, I’ve had more clicks than ever, so maybe I’ll earn a few more crumbs Linda. Thanks for pointing that out. Off to let them know…. I’m reading the Wizard of Evesham now. The Wizard is an expert hairdresser. It’s good, highly readable and so funny.

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