Susan Sipal
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Works in Progress:

bullet Southern Fried Wiccan:  (young adult) Cilla Swaney, 15-year-old military brat, wants nothing more than to find a group of friends where she truly belongs and can finally be herself. Oh, and there’s this whole searching out her “inner goddess” thingie that she’s been hooked on since viewing Artemis of Ephesus on her last overseas post in Turkey. Cilla’s grandmother, however, a weird mix of some sort of leftover hippie dippie and church freak, has definite other ideas.
bullet The Foreign Wives Club:  (suspense) Three women, from three different countries and cultures, nothing in common but living as foreigners in a city under attack, must work together to save their children's lives…and their very own.
bullet Hear the Whistle Blow:  (mainstream women's fiction/Southern) Ginger Myrick, a relic from rural North Carolina's self-sufficient past, is forced to delve into locked cupboards of her personal history, and that of her small town, during the final dark days of World War II.  Together, she and her granddaughter, KerryAnn, unite to heal their wounded family and prevent an escalating angry backlash against their growing Mid-East community. 
bullet Bridging the Bosphorus:  (mainstream) A cross-cultural marriage in conflict set against the backdrop of the world at war.  Can this husband and wife truly unite across the West and Mid-East divide?
bullet Tales of a Deranged Step-Mom: (women's fiction/comedy)  An upside down Cinderella story.  When Maria signed-in on YourHeartsDesire.com, she was looking for tall, dark, and handsome.  What she got was blond-haired, blue-eyed, three kids and a dog.  Only the dog, and sometimes her new hubbie, seem to love her.  The rest begin wicked plots for her earliest demise.
bullet The Understudy: (women's fiction/psychological drama) A phenomenal best-selling author and a wannabe writer battle in a life or death game for the ultimate identity theft.  Leah Moss won the Holy Grail for aspiring writers--mentorship under the great R. Ling Stone.  But when success comes quickly to Leah, she embarks on a new, and darker, quest--to usurp Stone's role as beloved dungeon-master to millions.
bullet Finding Q:  (suspense) When a female archaeologist uncovers an ancient scroll from the earliest days of Jesus of Nazareth's ministry, she must discover who the unknown author was before her detractors can sidetrack the surprising revelations within.
bullet Conflicts of Myth:  How to Use Classical Conflicts to Strengthen Your Contemporary Novel:  (nonfiction) A writer’s guide to understanding and using classical myth to deepen storytelling skills.
bullet Secrets of Editing: An Encyclopedia of Tips and Tools for Revising Your Novel: (nonfiction)  A writer’s handbook to self-editing.

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