Welcome to my home on the web!

I write under the names Susan Sipal, S.P. Sipal, and Lora Kenton covering fiction and nonfiction through novels, short stories, editorials and writing guides. I've also worked as an editor for a couple of smaller independent publishers.

Inside these pages you'll find excerpts from my stories, blurbs on works in process, favorite books, and personal news.

I offer a variety of workshops to writers' groups. Please see my workshops page for a brief description.

This website is under construction. Please check back for updates.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Woods Charter Foundation Benefit Workshop

On Saturday, January 31, 2009, I will be presenting an all-day workshop to benefit The Woods Charter Foundation, Inc. The two workshops presented will be A Beginners Guide to Writing Commercial Fiction and Writing with Magic (for Muggles). Please see the Woods website for more information and registration.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Upcoming Workshop

I will be presenting Writing with Magic (for Muggles) in May 2009 as an online course for Lowcountry RWA. When more details and registration are available, I'll post them here.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Chasing Kat Wins!

Chasing Kat has won first place in the Spicy Category of the Summer Sizzle Contest sponsored by Ohio Valley RWA. The final judge was editor Kathryn Lye of Harlequin Blaze.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Double Finalist!

The Artemis Key and Chasing Kat have both finaled in the PASIC (Published Authors' Special Interest Chapter) Book of Your Heart contest. The Artemis Key now goes for final placement to Becky Vinter of NAL, and Chasing Kat goes to Leis Pederson at Berkley.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

TARA Contest Finalist

Foreign Wives Club has finaled in the 2008 Tampa Area Romance Authors Contest, and will now be judged by Lindsay Louis at NAL!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Large Print Edition Available

On Grandma's Porch is now available in a large print edition in hardback. More Sweet Tea will be available in early August as well.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Star Sipal

Thanks to the Spacecoast Authors of Romance Writers Launching a Star Contest, and their coordinator Lee Duncan, there is now a star in the sky named Sipal! They were going to name it Susan Sipal, but my kids were so thrilled with the idea of a star bearing our name, that I asked them to just make it Sipal. Look hard one clear night in the Big Bear constellation, and you just might see our star twinkling at you. :-)

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Contest Win

Great News!! Southern Fried Wiccan not only won the young adult category of the Launching a Star contest sponsored by Spacecoast Authors of Romance, but was judged the Overall Contest Winner!
Yes, I'm psyched!

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Editorials Published

My 3-part editorial, Egyptian Myths in Harry Potter, has been
published on Mugglenet.com. Check out each of the three parts:
Harry of the Two Ways
The Contendings of Harry and Voldemort
Harry's Sacred Egyptian Triangle

Friday, June 22, 2007

London Presentation During Harry Potter Release!

I will be presenting Writing With Magic (for Muggles) and
Seeking Egyptian Myths in Harry Potter at
Sectus, an Unofficial Harry Potter Conference, July 19-22 in London, England.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

B&N Book Club Presenter

Along with several other authors from
The Plot Thickens...Harry Potter Investigated by Fans for Fans
I will answer questions for the month of June and July at
Barnes and Noble's Waiting For Harry Book Club Boards.