The Wait is Over!

Rel Mollet Books, Good Stuff, On Writing

Hey friends!

So…tomorrow is the big day.

Yeah…okay, sure it’s election night.

But I’m talking about—the Release Party for Wait for Me! (and, okay, I care very deeply for our country and its future, so before you come to the party, go vote. THEN, come and hang out with me!)

I’m sooooo excited for this book.Like,

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Freedom & the Fourth!

Rel Mollet Books, Family, Good Stuff, Life in Russia

Hey friends!

We had a wonderful time as a family celebrating 4th of July a couple of weeks ago. It always gets me thinking…about hot dogs, fireworks and watermelons! And, for we Americans, being grateful we live in a country where we’re free to share our opinions, and believe in the right for us to have them.

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Do you need a fresh start this February?

Susan Good Stuff, Posts on other blogs

A New Perspective on Goal Setting

I don’t know about you, but by today, January 31st, I have usually obliterated all my New Years resolutions.  Raise your hand if that’s you. Oh, we mean well, don’t we?  Every year I spend a few days putting together the action plans of My Book Therapy and Susan May Warren Fiction –

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Cooking and Fiction

Susan Books, Good Stuff, Just for Fun, On Writing

I love cooking shows, and I’ve always wanted to write a story about an everyday Iron Chef (hello, every mother out there who’s opened the fridge and said, “Huh, what can I make with a carrot, a hunk of cheese, two eggs, and a leftover pancake?”). Our family went to Hawaii last year, and the setting captured my heart—I knew I had to put a book there,

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