Susan and John Ruff, Fantasy Authors

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  • Fun with Signs and Swag

    With the summer science-fiction/fantasy convention season in full swing, John and I have been playing with new and creative ways to advertise our books. Badge ribbons are always popular and a lot of fun, so we purchased some to give away. While it’s easy to order the badge ribbons from…

  • The Fourth Book

    Happy 4th! I hope you’re all having fun with family, food, and fireworks this weekend. My happy 4th involves working on the fourth book in our cozy fantasy series. (Yes, we’re also doing the family barbecue, of course, but I really doubt you want to hear about that in a…

  • Writing While You Travel

    With the summer almost here, many of us will soon be traveling. Vacations can be wonderful times to relax and refresh. When you work a stressful job, getting away from work and home can help save your sanity. Back when I worked a “day job” full time, work was the…

  • How We Collaborate

    When people hear that John and I are co-authors, one of the first questions they often ask is how we accomplish that. Do we each write different chapters? Does one person write part of a chapter and give it to the other to finish? What is our writing process? Here…

  • A Discovery Writer with a Road Map

    When John and I go on a driving vacation, I tend to prepare for the trip in detail. I know precisely where we are going to stay each night and usually make the resevations in advance. I research what to see in each area and check for interesting local restaurants.…

  • Writing in Paradise

    What is better than travel or writing? Doing both at the same time! My recent trip to Cambodia and Vietnam included a cruise down the Mekong River. The members of our tour group were the only passengers on the ship, which was a wonderful way to travel. One morning, when…

  • A Very Long Friday

    This blog is usually posted on the first Friday of each month. However, February 6 was a VERY long day for me. I started the day at 6:00 a.m. in Southeast Asia and ended the day at 10:00 p.m. in San Diego. (If you do the time-zone math, that is…

  • New Year – New Photo Page

    The new year got off to a rainy start here in San Diego. With all the water falling from the sky, I was not able to go out walking yesterday, so I sat at home and played with our author website instead. We last updated the site to include our…

  • LosCon 51

    Cookies, conversation, books, and friends. LosCon was great fun! The convention took place last weekend at the Airport Hilton in Los Angeles. John and I participated in several panels during the convention, and I even took a turn at the autograph table signing our books. When we attended Baycon earlier…

  • Indie Authors Under Siege

    Few things warm an author’s heart more than getting an email from a reader who enjoyed the author’s book. The reverse is also true — it can be discouraging to get a sales pitch that masquerades as a fan letter. Lately, an army of AI bots have been spamming Indie…