Susan and John Ruff, Fantasy Authors

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • One Weekend – Two Great Events

    There are two fun-filled cozy fantasy events coming up on the weekend of October 11 – 12. But don’t worry — you can participate in both at the same time from the comfort of your own home. First, HearthCon 2025 will take place over that weekend. The online event includes…

  • Observatory Observations

    Observatories and planetarium shows have fascinated me all my life. When John and I stopped in Flagstaff, Arizona on a road trip a few years ago, we had the pleasure of visiting the Lowell Observatory on a clear summer night. We got to peer through one of the telescopes and…

  • Ready for Tea and Treats?

    Are you are in the mood for something fun to read — a fantasy book without all those grimdark characters and pesky, world-threatening plotlines? Then check out our new cozy high fantasy novel. It’s clean, light-hearted, gentle fantasy. I have been jokingly calling it “Susan and John light.” It’s a…

  • We’re Keeping the Ruff Part

    In our upcoming book, John and I will do something different from our previous novels. We’re writing under a pen name. Why switch to a pen name after four years of publishing fantasy novels? We’re doing it to avoid confusion. Up until now, our novels have fit mostly into either…

  • It’s Not Really a Boxed Set

    No matter how many times I click the “publish” button for a new book on Amazon, the experience still fills me with a rush of excitement and anxiety. You’d think that after four years and four novels, it would grow routine, but it never does. Yesterday, we published the ebook…

  • Opening the Doorway to Magic

    With the publication of The Grand Door, the third and final book of our Doorway to Magic trilogy, coming up on March 16, this seems like a fine time to reminisce a little about the twisted path we took to get there. It all started in a Fuddrucker’s restaurant. Back…

  • Welcome to Travels, Walks, and Tales

    What’s more difficult than hiking up a mountain? Trying to find a good title for a literary work that hasn’t been used before. I’ve done both. I find the former much easier and more satisfying. When I published my first author blog post back on May 1, 2020, I had…