Susan and John Ruff, Fantasy Authors

  • The Tenuous Taste of a Fantasy Story

    It can be dangerous to write cozy high fantasy books with a culinary twist. As an author, you spend your time describing sweet, wonderful desserts. While you’re writing, you get hungry. And your mouth is… Read more

  • My First Travel Adventure

    In 1962, my parents bought a Ford “Econoline” camper van, hitched a trailer containing all their worldly possessions, loaded up their three young children, and drove from Connecticut to California to start a new life.… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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,… Read more

  • Fun With Fellow Authors

    What’s more exciting than going to a writers’ conference? Attending a conference that is specifically designed for self-published authors. In mid-October, I attended the Self-Publishing Live conference in North Carolina. (Fortunately, the area around the… Read more

  • A Blog on Fog

    Yesterday morning, I went for a walk in the fog. While the San Diego County coastal region often gets a “marine layer” of low morning clouds, a heavy ground fog is not as common. As… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • Cities of Legend

    On a recent trip to New York City, we started from Battery Park and cruised out to see the Statue of Liberty. Even before I looked at a map, I knew that the Bronx was… Read more

  • Fiction Writing as a Group Activity

    Some solo activities lend themselves well to working around others. Quilting, for example, is always more fun when done in a room with other quilters. Even when each participant is working on a separate project,… Read more

Welcome to Susan’s Monthly Blog!

On the first Friday of every month, Susan writes a short post about our books, the craft of writing, upcoming projects, travel, writing inspiration, and similar topics that strike her fancy. We hope you enjoy reading them.

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