Welcome. I'm so glad you stopped by.
I'm Suzanne Purvis, a writer and artist transplanted from Canada to the often unnoticed, and sometimes forgotten coast of the Florida Panhandle. Wedged up against Alabama and Georgia, the Deep South oozes into this corner of Florida, and once you visit you won't want to leave. That's what happened to me. Hard to resist the sweet tea, sweeter accents, the sugar white beaches, and turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
I write poetry and fiction of the long, short, and flash variety for both children and adults, usually with a touch of humor.
I love connecting and helping writers along the wild, sometimes weary, writerly journey, I teach workshops and offer private editing. Feel free to contact me.
Latest News:
Hertz Gets Fused, my middle grade Novel-in-Verse -- May 15th 2023
Pre-order your kindle edition and here's a bit about Hertz. . .
Tech-obsessed twelve-year-old Hertz Zindler gets into Godzilla-sized trouble when he accidentally starts an electrical fire in his bedroom. Bad enough, all his tech stuff is ruined, but worse—Avis, his mom’s guide dog, gets grazed by a fire truck leaving the scene and the poor dog is traumatized and unable to guide.
Hertz’s mom heads to Texas to train with a new guide dog, and Hertz and Avis head to Show Low, Arizona where an unconventional great-uncle has agreed to babysit Hertz. Not what Hertz planned for his summer. He’s stuck in an Airstream trailer park for retirees, struggling to squash his shame and hide his boredom.
Then a flicker of hope. The town-sponsored scavenger hunt provides the means—a cash prize! If Hertz wins, he can buy a used laptop at the local pawn shop and get reconnected.
But Hertz’s past, along with a string of dumpster fires, have him labeled as the sheriff’s number one arson suspect.
Now Hertz must build a team, win the scavenger hunt, avoid the sheriff, and expose the real fire starter or he could end up in juvie jail.
Here's a peek inside the book. . .
Trouble
Smoke. Flames. Sirens.
Godzilla-sized trouble.
Cleaning-toilets-til-I’m-a-hundred trouble.
No-allowance-in-this-millennium trouble.
From half-way down our puny cul-de-sac,
sparks spit and crack.
Smoke huffs and puffs.
Orange flames flick.
In and out of a window.
My window.
The caveman fight-or-flight thing
floods my blood.
But I don’t move.
I’m grounded.
Likely grounded for life.
Get your copy here
My personal essay: "A Cow Died and the Barista Cried" in Pure Slush Anthology
Tech-obsessed twelve-year-old Hertz Zindler gets into Godzilla-sized trouble when he accidentally starts an electrical fire in his bedroom. Bad enough, all his tech stuff is ruined, but worse—Avis, his mom’s guide dog, gets grazed by a fire truck leaving the scene and the poor dog is traumatized and unable to guide.
Hertz’s mom heads to Texas to train with a new guide dog, and Hertz and Avis head to Show Low, Arizona where an unconventional great-uncle has agreed to babysit Hertz. Not what Hertz planned for his summer. He’s stuck in an Airstream trailer park for retirees, struggling to squash his shame and hide his boredom.
Then a flicker of hope. The town-sponsored scavenger hunt provides the means—a cash prize! If Hertz wins, he can buy a used laptop at the local pawn shop and get reconnected.
But Hertz’s past, along with a string of dumpster fires, have him labeled as the sheriff’s number one arson suspect.
Now Hertz must build a team, win the scavenger hunt, avoid the sheriff, and expose the real fire starter or he could end up in juvie jail.
Here's a peek inside the book. . .
Trouble
Smoke. Flames. Sirens.
Godzilla-sized trouble.
Cleaning-toilets-til-I’m-a-hundred trouble.
No-allowance-in-this-millennium trouble.
From half-way down our puny cul-de-sac,
sparks spit and crack.
Smoke huffs and puffs.
Orange flames flick.
In and out of a window.
My window.
The caveman fight-or-flight thing
floods my blood.
But I don’t move.
I’m grounded.
Likely grounded for life.
Get your copy here
My personal essay: "A Cow Died and the Barista Cried" in Pure Slush Anthology
My short story "The Stiletto" published in Florida Writers Association anthology
