by Susan Nadathur | Feb 27, 2014 | The Writing Process
As an author of young adult literature, I have learned much from the ABC Family series Twisted. Its writers do what all of us are taught to do but sometimes fail to accomplish. They keep the audience engaged, hungry for more, and totally sympathetic toward the lead... by Susan Nadathur | Dec 25, 2013 | The Writing Process
As a fan of writer’s homes, I love to be in the space where famous authors created their work. For most of these writers, a peek into their world only happened many years after their death, when their books were famous and people’s curiosity peaked. Here are two of my... by Susan Nadathur | Aug 1, 2013 | The Writing Process
I’m marking up Stephen King’s JOYLAND like some people do the Bible. Highlighting, underlining and making comments in the margins, boy, will some of my Christian friends have issues with me. Worse yet, instead of doing my work—which today should have been the writing... by Susan Nadathur | Mar 6, 2013 | The Writing Process
It takes a lot of guts to be an author. Not only did I have to rewrite the ending of CITY OF SORROWS just weeks before the projected release date, I also had to come up with a completely new title and cover design. It was my marketing director, Beth Jusino, who first... by Susan Nadathur | Jan 24, 2013 | The Writing Process
It was not easy to be told by my editor that, only one month before my initial publication date, I should consider not only a new title and cover, but a different ending for City of Sorrows. At the time, I thought there was something wrong with that picture. How could... 
