Susan Savage Lee
@susansavagelee.bsky.social
I write academic articles focused on Indigenous Studies and Comparative Literature. For fiction, I write magical realism, psychological thrillers, and horror.
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What’s a book you love that most people misunderstand? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What’s a book you love that most people misunderstand? #writingq #WritingCommunity
How much of your writing occurs during the revision process? Before I started planning a few chapters ahead at a time, a lot. Now it’s a marginal amount #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How much of your writing occurs during the revision process? Before I started planning a few chapters ahead at a time, a lot. Now it’s a marginal amount #writingq #WritingCommunity
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What do you think makes a piece of writing timeless? It’s the issues that still exist today, IMO #writingq #WritingCommunity
How do you keep track of your story arc? I’ve started using a spreadsheet where I can identify details, characters, date, main action, conflict, and things to add #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How do you keep track of your story arc? I’ve started using a spreadsheet where I can identify details, characters, date, main action, conflict, and things to add #writingq #WritingCommunity
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s the best sentence you’ve ever written? Still waiting for mine 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What’s the best sentence you’ve ever written? Still waiting for mine 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
What does the revision process look like to you? What do you cut first? I always cut extra words or unnecessary backstory #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What does the revision process look like to you? What do you cut first? I always cut extra words or unnecessary backstory #writingq #WritingCommunity
What draws you to blur or break genre boundaries? My stories just don’t fit neatly into one genre #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What draws you to blur or break genre boundaries? My stories just don’t fit neatly into one genre #writingq #WritingCommunity
Do your characters ever surprise you by taking on new traits as you write? Mine do all the time #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do your characters ever surprise you by taking on new traits as you write? Mine do all the time #writingq #WritingCommunity
Are there any topics that are off limits when you’re reading? I always skip animal cruelty scenes in horror. Just nope #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Are there any topics that are off limits when you’re reading? I always skip animal cruelty scenes in horror. Just nope #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
How do your other characters feel about your MC? #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How do your other characters feel about your MC? #writingq #WritingCommunity
What is something you love to read or watch, but have trouble reading and watching again? The movie Old was amazing, but too unsettling to watch more than once a year #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is something you love to read or watch, but have trouble reading and watching again? The movie Old was amazing, but too unsettling to watch more than once a year #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
What does love make your MC do? Something good? Something not so good? Love turns my MC, Ray, into a killer #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What does love make your MC do? Something good? Something not so good? Love turns my MC, Ray, into a killer #writingq #WritingCommunity
What would your MC dress up as for Halloween? Ginger would go as a late ‘60s rock star #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What would your MC dress up as for Halloween? Ginger would go as a late ‘60s rock star #writingq #WritingCommunity
What makes a writer memorable? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What makes a writer memorable? #writingq #WritingCommunity
What are the strengths of your favorite writer? I love the emotions in Sylvia Plath’s poetry and stories #Writingq #WritingCommunity
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What are the strengths of your favorite writer? I love the emotions in Sylvia Plath’s poetry and stories #Writingq #WritingCommunity
What is your MC’s dream job? Ginger wants to be a social worker and help troubled teens…even though she once killed a guy #Writingq #WritingCommunity
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What is your MC’s dream job? Ginger wants to be a social worker and help troubled teens…even though she once killed a guy #Writingq #WritingCommunity
I don’t really get why alliteration is frowned upon when it’s not over used. Have you used a literary device before that wasn’t well received? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don’t really get why alliteration is frowned upon when it’s not over used. Have you used a literary device before that wasn’t well received? #writingq #WritingCommunity
What kind of music does your MC listen to? Ray likes Metallica. I always have a character that loves Metallica because…Metallica 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What kind of music does your MC listen to? Ray likes Metallica. I always have a character that loves Metallica because…Metallica 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
If you’ve written a sequel, what made you do it? Love of the characters? Wanting a new journey for them? Something else? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you’ve written a sequel, what made you do it? Love of the characters? Wanting a new journey for them? Something else? #writingq #WritingCommunity
Why do you think AI is negatively represented in recent films and series, like Megan and Cassandra? Is it the fear that AI in human form will replace us? Or something else? #WritingCommunity
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why do you think AI is negatively represented in recent films and series, like Megan and Cassandra? Is it the fear that AI in human form will replace us? Or something else? #WritingCommunity
Have you ever gotten your story “right” on the first try? I have with short stories (minus some word changes), but never with a novel. I always have to add scenes to them #Writingq #WritingCommunity
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Have you ever gotten your story “right” on the first try? I have with short stories (minus some word changes), but never with a novel. I always have to add scenes to them #Writingq #WritingCommunity
Does the ending to your stories come naturally or evolve over time? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does the ending to your stories come naturally or evolve over time? #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s the most unusual element in your fictional world? In my current WIP, the MC has a necklace that tells the future #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What’s the most unusual element in your fictional world? In my current WIP, the MC has a necklace that tells the future #writingq #WritingCommunity
What’s a piece of advice or a critique that has shaped your stories the most? #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What’s a piece of advice or a critique that has shaped your stories the most? #writingq #WritingCommunity