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: Romantic Writing

  • Hello June and I’m in July Writing Magazine.

    Hello everyone, hope your June is going well so far. I had my monthly writing magazine through the letterbox a few days ago, and I’m in there. Talking about how old diaries can reveal good things. It’s hard not to throw pages away, especially as the house gets filled with folders, but I really love…

  • Hello May and sunshine

    Hope you’re all enjoying the weather. We’ve been in the garden a lot. Tomatoes and lettuce are growing well, along with spinach and radish. I had my writing magazine yesterday, so it’s going to be a great weekend catching up with latest news and views on the writing world. Have you read my latest book…

  • Poetry for April – Oh to be in England!

    Robert Browning 1812 – 1889 O, TO be in EnglandNow that April ‘s there,And whoever wakes in EnglandSees, some morning, unaware,That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheafRound the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,While the chaffinch sings on the orchard boughIn England—now! He was visiting Italy, when poet, Robert Browning, missing the English springtime,…

  • Winner of the draw, thanks and well done to all who had a go.

  • Poem for March, and publication day!

    As you know, I love poetry, and have my Morning Walk poem in the Spring issue of Kindred Spirit magazine. Here’s another poem that you will find in my pamphlet Suzy Doodling, a book of poems on my author page. Poetry Book There’s a mixture in there, as I used to write about anything and…

  • A new kindle read

    Paperback coming early February. PRIDE OF PARADISE LANE A story set in the Black Country, at the start of WW1 – Molly Marsden is being left in charge of the Bloxwich and Walsall Hat Company, while the man she loves is going off to fight for his country. She isn’t happy, as they’ve worked side…

  • Spring 2025: A Poet’s Journey in Kindred Spirit Magazine

    Hope you’re all getting into the swing of 2025, I’ve already put the previous year in my diary for the first two days, so now I have it fixed in my head, we’re into the year of the snake in Chinese horoscopes. It’s going to be a year to embrace the bold, according to my…

  • Catching up

    End of the year, and time to check how the year has been. I finished the midlands saga, and sent it off to first agent, who wanted to read the whole story. Liked it but didn’t want to take it any further. So same again, try and try again is the motto for getting an…

  • Romantic writing

    Hello and hope you’re all enjoying the sunshine, rain, wind, howling gale did you have all that last night? Sounded like we were in the wild wilderness of Alaska, but it’s nice now, and we had our salad cob lunch outside in the garden. Still waiting for that special agent/publisher to get in touch, but…

  • July blog post

    Hello, and welcome to my July blog post. The garden is looking great and had some cucumber today on a cheese sandwich! So lovely and different from the shop bought ones. We’ve got lettuce, tomatoes, basil, spring onions, mint, parsley, thyme, lemon thyme, and peppers. Never eaten so many salads, but they’re really crispy and…