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.

Category: Acceptances

  • Job news, acceptances and a giggle or two.

    Well, here we are going in to September. We’ve just got back from a relaxing weekend in Wales. Picking up Mum in law from Alan’s brothers, yesterday morning, then we had first class fish and chips on the prom in Barmouth. She was glad to have a sit down and relax, and we did the…

  • Out today – ‘Came as ‘me’ left as ‘we” from Alfie dog

    I’m thrilled to be able to tell you about the launch of :- ‘Came as ‘me, left as we’ A collection of beach reads, ideal for when you get time to relax. My story ‘Pier into the Future’ along with lots of other great stories, makes this anthology one for your summer-time reading. All your…

  • Welcome to Mid-summer.

    Birds are tweeting, grass is being cut, sun’s shining and it’s great to be in England. It’s all happening in the garden now. Let’s start at the front… Alan dug up an overgrown, ugly old bush earlier on in the year. In it’s place, there are grass seeds coming up, looking lush. Beware of boxes…

  • All aboard the giggle-jerker.

    At the beginning of every month I do a giggle blog. This consists of anything that’s made me giggle lately. If you want to do the same on your blog, leave a comment so that others can pop over and see more giggles. Here’s the bus that takes you to Agatha Christie’s holiday home. It’s…

  • Reality check.

    Remember when I said I’d sent a letter in to That’s Life back in January? Well I had an email to say that my letter is in this weeks edition. Issue 13 dated 28th March. They’re always looking for funny stories, so if you have any, send them in. It’s nice when you hear, ‘The…

  • Pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup?

    The market field was muddy on Sunday, but luckily we have a nifty little vehicle that loves driving through muddy fields.  Best selling items were light bulbs, children’s pictures, diarys, we even sold some of our chrysanths from the garden. I just can’t resist putting them on again they’re so beautiful.  I picked up a…

  • Not long now.

    This is a good idea as a reminder to keep submitting.  I’ve just posted my news about the Growing up in the 70’s publication which should be sometime next week.   Here’s an outline of the cover, there’s more to be added from detail in the stories.  Mine’s called ‘High School Blues’  There are four…

  • Debz 200 competition.

    I heard from Jessica Baggaley from Writing magazine, that a letter of mine is going in the next issue of Writing magazine, or it could be Writer’s News will let you know more on that nearer the time. Now over on Debz writing blog, she’s got a competition going on.  You need to post 200…

  • Creative Cafe.

    My story is published on the Creative Cafe website and can be found here.  Hope you enjoy reading.  I’m quite attatched to Glynis and Geraint now, so I’m planning their story before they came to that point.  Also, I had a story shortlisted in the Emerald Writing Workshop.  It was the one where we could write about…

  • Story on Candis website.

    Hi all, Hope you’re getting back to normal now the children are back to school.  I just noticed my story ‘A view on Christmas’ is published on Candis website.  You can read it here if you like.  It’s not the happiest story, infact it’s a tad depressing, I must have been in a gloomy mood when…