Articles by Susan Bearman


Susan Bearman is a writing veteran of more than 20 years, working as a business and creative writer and editor. She is the author of the Animal Store Alphabet Book, a picture book funded with a successful Kickstarter campaign. She teaches writing and social media for writers, and is the publisher of Orrington Press. Read Susan on her own blog, Two Kinds of People; find her on Twitter and Facebook.

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There Are Two Kinds of People…

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. There are two kinds of people in the world, and I have been all of them. Infantile and wise. Majestic and wretched. Crestfallen and elated. Gracious and a horse’s ass. I have been these people and many, many more. As a writer, this duplicity or plurality of being

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Writing Residency Programs: Is this what your writing needs now?

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to write all day—no job, care-taking, or menial tasks to get in the way? For most of us, writing is something we are driven to do, but we usually have to do everything else (often first) to support our writing.

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Self-Publishing by Design: Real-Life Lessons

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman.  About five years ago, I decided to take control of my writing career. The publishing world was (and still is) changing at breakneck pace, everything was moving online, and I knew I either had to step up my game or be left behind. So, I dived

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Developing Your Writing Presence on the Web

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. In addition to being a writer myself, I help other writers define and establish their online presence. The three questions I’m asked most often are: Do I really need a website? Do I really need a Facebook page? Do I really need to be on Twitter? It’s

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Creative Well Running Dry? Try a Writing Prompt

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. After decades of professional writing, it took me a long time to give myself “permission” to be a “creative” writer. Now that those floodgates have been opened, I rarely find myself facing writer’s block. But I do occasionally fall into a slump and need to get

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Fall Out of Love with Your Main Character

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman.  “In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”  — William Faulkner There’s debate about whether Faulkner really said “kill your darlings.” And if he did, was he talking about editing out beautiful, but superfluous words; or was he talking about how we treat our characters? We’re

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