10 years ago when I started this blog, I was fortunate enough to connect with a lot of people that have continually supported me and my writing. One of my biggest cheerleaders has always been the incredibly talented Susan Richardson of Flowering Ink, home of her blog Stories From The Edge Of Blindness as well as her fantastic podcast A Thousand Shades of Green. I’ve been listening to Susan and her beautiful voice read work from over 40 poets around the world, as well as her own amazing poetry, each week since she started the podcast. When she decided to do a new series called Story Sessions, I thought it was a fabulous idea. And then she contacted me to ask if she could focus the first season of Story Sessions on my new short story collection Dark Nocturnes. I was thrilled, not only because it’s an absolute honour to have someone love your writing that much, but also because the thought of hearing Susan read my work in that beautiful voice, with just the right eeriness, the way she savours each word, had me over the moon. Story Sessions featuring Dark Nocturnes premiered a couple of weeks ago, and so far, Susan has sent chills up my spine as she’s read the first four stories in the collection. So if you’d like to listen to the season so far, and keep listening to the rest of the stories in the weeks ahead, here’s the link to her website again: A Thousand Shades Of Green Story Sessions . And if you like what you hear, feel free to buy Dark Nocturnes for yourself! It’s available here!
And if you want to support Susan and her writing, you can purchase her wonderful poetry collections Tiger Lily: An Ekphrastic Collaboration, Things My Mother Left Behind, and Smatterings of Cerulean by clicking on the titles!
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Wow! I just listened to the first one (so far). It’s terrific and spooky. Susan has a wonderfully rich reading voice. For some reason however, I can’t get a ‘like’ posted. I thought that was a problem from the past.
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Just found how to ‘like’ on this site – have to post first and then the ‘like’ button activates. Weird.
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Thank you so much for listening! Not sure about the “like” thing—I can try to find out!
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I adore you and have loved your work ever since my first foray into your blog! I am thrilled that you said yes to being the first featured writer on Story Sessions! I am loving reading the stories from Dark Nocturnes! All the love to you, Lovely Lady!
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You’ll never know how grateful I am to know you ❤️❤️
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It’s totally mutual, Lovely Lady! xoxo
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❤️
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Suzanne, congrats! I’ll definitely check out the podcast, and I’ll also check out Susan’s poetry books!
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Thank you!
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This was beautiful, and how many people we can connect with on a blog is amazing. I have been honored to get to know many people, and I am thankful! I enjoy your posts and always look forward to reading them, and appreciate the comments you leave on mine as well!
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I’ll read it first, then go back to listen to Susan.
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She’s doing such a beautiful job ❤️
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I’m sure she is.
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