Sue has dedicated most of her professional life to honoring the English language through editing and teaching. Ever since she learned to read, Sue has loved words and you can most often find her somewhere quiet with her nose stuck in a book. She passionately believes in the power of great writing. Her goal is to help authors make their writing shine. She specializes in developmental editing, concentrating on character development, pacing, story arc, and plot holes. She also offers book coaching packages.
With her experience as an editor, book coach, and writing teacher, words are at the heart of what Sue does, and she’s ready to help you turn the story in your brain into the book that readers just can’t put down.
In addition to her career in editing, Sue has taught journalism, writing, and editing at the college level and worked as a news and sports reporter.
When Sue isn’t working, she enjoys reading (imagine that!), hanging with her family, watching the New York Mets and New York Jets, and listening to 80s rock music. Oh, and her cats…can’t forget the cats. They command a lot of Sue’s attention.
Krissie Dallas loves pop music, mismatched socks, and Tex-Mex food. She is wire to Dr. Sam Dallas, mom to two strong-willed little boys (plus a Yorkie and a Goldendoodle), and former junior high teacher of sixteen years. Her most recent passion project is stepping into screenwriting through the collaborative 100 Pages Movie project.
She has five books in the Phantom Island series with the sixth and final installment on the way. Her kindle Vella spy thriller, Icarus Flight School, spent eleven weeks as the #1 Top faved story in Teen and Young Adult and just released in paperback and hardcover. Her ongoing serial romantic comedy, Wish upon A Streaming Star, is a consistently Top 25 Faved story on Kindle Vella where new episodes release every weekend.
The heroine's journey is a mythic quest that has its origins in the monomyth. This webinar explicates Maureen Murdock's conception of the heroine's journey step by step with complete examples from contemporary film to reveal an-age-old and successful storytelling pattern that creative writers can adapt to their novels.
Nadia Salem is a professor of creative writing and has taught mythic structure at Northwestern and Georgetown Universities. Her book, The Monomyth Reboot, is about how to work with the hero and heroine’s journey in story, and she’s also slated to present at the Spring Fling Writers' Conference in 2024.
