Susan Poole is a mother, lawyer, freelance writer, and nonprofit professional. She was awarded the 2023 Rising Star Award from the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) for her debut novel, Out of the Crash.

Susan's essays have been featured on the popular parenting websites Grown and Flown and Scary Mommy. Additionally, she has published two nonfiction pieces: a memoir in Neighborhood Voices and an article about her experience as a wrestling mom in Grapple Alley.

Susan lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where she and her husband raised their three children and remain empty nesters with two dogs to keep them company.

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In today’s conversation, we’ll explore answering the “If not now, when?” question.

Just a few thoughts on why I made “adaptability” my word of the month.

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After all these years, I finally gained a sense of community and belonging, and I have my first novel to thank for that.

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Just a few thoughts on what has been my greatest setback as a writer.

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After retiring from a career in telecommunications, GaGa Gabardi completed her pilot’s license and now consults, teaches and does course development in the aviation fuel industry. She lives with her husband in the Colorado mountains and has her first grandson to thank for the name GaGa.

Judilee Butler taught elementary education for nine years in upstate New York before moving to North Carolina. She then made a 180-degree change into an exciting marketing career, and after retirement moved several more times, first to the coast of Maine, then to Arkansas Valley in Colorado before settling in Wyoming, and she says she is now done moving!

Both women are passionate about bringing awareness through their writing to the trials women face in an often male-dominated world. The books in their Phoebe Korneal Mystery Series include The Last Hurrah, The Last Slide, The Last Line and the prequel, Love in the Rearview Mirror.

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In this conversation, we talk about partnering in the fiction writing process.

Just a few thoughts on ways to reignite my author fire

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My answer to an oft-asked question, along with a little about my writing process and my work.

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Just a few thoughts on the importance of seeking writing opportunities outside our usual lane.

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Scott Shepherd is a veteran writer/producer/show-runner with years of experience running network series; his production and screenwriting credits include The Equalizer, Miami Vice, The Outer Limits, Haven, and Quantum Leap. Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, he currently teaches television writing at the University of Texas in Austin.

His books include Should I Fall (2022) and The Last Commandment (2021) (part of the Austin Grant series), The Seventh Day (2013) and Descending Son (2014).

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In this conversation, we’ll be talking about bringing a long-held dream of writing novels to reality.

Just a few thoughts on the connection between freedom and writing.

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