Tea with the KGB

Susan On Writing

I receive a lot of letters from readers asking where I got my ideas and how I did my research…here’s a little glimpse into that answer…

Tea with the KGB

Valentina met us at the door with a bit of a stern look, as if we were late. Andrew seemed oblivious as he pulled off the kids’ valenki (Russian boots).

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The Babushka and the Axe

Susan On Writing

Living in Russia offered me the priviledge of many unique and crazy circumstances to draw from for writing material. This scene is the real event that sparked the premise for my first published story – The Measure of a Man novella in Tyndale’s, Chance Encounters of the Heart Anthology.

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It’s been a brutal fall.

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