Susan K. Marlow

River Rafting in a Flash Flood

I had to share the latest with the Ross Ranch. We are drowning here in “Andi” country, which makes Family Secret, where Andi nearly drowns in a flooding creek, so real! It could happen just the way I imagined and wrote it. Very scary, those real creeks. Some of them are overflowing even the roadsContinue reading “River Rafting in a Flash Flood”

A Sad, Scary Day

See more Riley’s Ramblings ➡️ This is the back story from “Riley, Proud Papa” in Yosemite at Last, when he is worried about Andi after she has Jared. He tells her a brief sentence or two about his Aunt Sophie. Here is the full story. October 1877, Fort Laramie, Wyoming One month ago, I gotContinue reading “A Sad, Scary Day”

Baby Goats Round Three (& Four)

Part Two I’m adding Mango’s kids to this post from yesterday instead of creating a new post. MANGO kidded this afternoon, and of COURSE Ellie was not there again (and Mango is her goat). Ellie was in town taking her GED test, but her mother and I successfully delivered triplets. (Okay, so that is 13Continue reading “Baby Goats Round Three (& Four)”

Circle C YouTube Channel

I’m excited because once I had 100 subscribers to my YouTube channel, I could change the link name to what I want. So I named the URL CircleCAdventures, of course! (Since the Back to School giveaway, I now have over 250! Yay!) I even figured out how to put up an awesome banner to makeContinue reading “Circle C YouTube Channel”

Baby Goats Round Two

See more Photo Fridays here >> Long, long night, but Sprinkles kidded around midnight with four sweeties! Two boys and two girls. I’m too tired to write much more but wanted to share a couple of photos and a short video. We think the last two “minions” (AKA Dwarf Nigerian dairy goats) are in earlyContinue reading “Baby Goats Round Two”

First Goat Kids of 2023

January 3 saw Ellie’s goat Coconut kidding. But of course, Ellie was gone for the day with her brother. So, Kristel and I got the joy of the first babies of what is shaping up to be a super-busy kidding time (with atmospheric rivers scheduled for this week). Yikes! But here is the first, andContinue reading “First Goat Kids of 2023”

Writers Workbook Winners

The Winners! Three winners! One winner receives a print copy of Writers Roundup (or Writers Gold Mine). The two runners up each receive a digital ebook of either book. How fun is that? There were 73 entries with 652 entries. Here are the random winners (they have 24 hours to claim their prizes). A PerfectContinue reading “Writers Workbook Winners”

Any Published Young Authors?

If any of you blog fans have published a book (on Amazon or Lulu.com), email me the link and let me take a look. If it’s been formatted professionally, I’d love to give young authors a “shout out.” Sara Miller did this with her book, and it was fun to learn about her and herContinue reading “Any Published Young Authors?”

Harvesting Ice

Read more Blasts from the Past in Andi’s Attic >> If you have read the new Circle C Milestones book #6, Stranger in the Glade, “Winter Ice for Summer,” you got a up-close and personal look at something Andi had never experienced before: harvesting the ice she took so much for granted all her life.Continue reading “Harvesting Ice”

Got a Post Idea?

Through the years, a few up-and-coming young writers have contributed their own post ideas to Andi’s Blog. For example, many of the character quizzes I have recycled (and updated) came from Sadie S., who years ago asked, “Mrs. M., I would love to think up some character quizzes. May I?” Absolutely! Ellen S. contributed atContinue reading “Got a Post Idea?”