by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 3, 2026 | Blog, The Education of a Teacher, writing
Next week, my eleventh book, a memoir, will go up on Amazon, and I must say I’m proud of it. I also feel honored to have been the teacher of the students living in these stories. In August 2010, I published a memoir about teaching at Monmouth High School as The...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jan 2, 2025 | Blog, mysteries, publishing, The Education of a Teacher, writing
I always think of January 1 as a time to get things organized for the new year. Collect all the financial information for my life and for my writing business. Check on all the expenses. Pay the state sales tax on my book sales. Round up all the paperwork. Grab a new...
by Susan Van Kirk | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, reading, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
It has been two years since I finished writing and subsequently published The Education of a Teacher (Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks.) At the time it seemed like a gargantuan effort, especially since I began it in 2004. But little by little, word by...
by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
Libraries have always been a huge part of my life, so I am especially thrilled to be working on Saturday at the Warren County Public Library on behalf of Sisters in Crime, an organization that promotes women writing crime fiction and mysteries. It’s a way...
by Susan Van Kirk | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
Writing fiction can result in a strange intertwining of imagination and real life.Many years ago a young woman from my home town died in a terrible fire. I did not know her well, but was acquainted with her since...
