Susan Sipal
Writer

Works in Process:

	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. See excerpt.
	The Artemis Key:  (suspense) On the Aegean coast of Turkey, a discovery has been made which will challenge the faith of 1/3 of the world’s population. As the remains of the 2000-year-old ossuary are handed over to a renegade scientist (Joe) for cloning, Liz, the archaeologist who discovered the remains, fights to terminate the cloning process, even to the point of endangering her own needs for professional acceptance. Joe and Liz race through Turkey, Scotland, and finally the United States, to determine what makes a parent…and who will protect the best interests of this child. See excerpt.
	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. See excerpt.
	Blood of Isis:  (contemporary fantasy) He thought she was the chosen one. He was wrong. Now she's got to live up to a legend she isn't, but her mother used to be... Helen Leoda, ardent gamer and noob molecular biologist, is forced into a real-life role playing game she's ill-equipped to win. In order to save her mother and younger brother, she must help a tall, dark, and truly strange man recover a stolen relic of high power--the Blood of Isis. No, the BOI in the wrong hands won't destroy the world or anything like that, but it could upset the balance in the eternal dance between males and females. Crazy thing is--just as she starts to believe him, he's not sure she's the one to help. See excerpt
	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.  See excerpt.
	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? See excerpt.
	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.
	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.L. 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.
	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.
	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.
	Secrets of Editing: An Encyclopedia of Tips and Tools for Revising Your Novel: (nonfiction)  A writer’s handbook to self-editing.
	Chasing Kat w/a Lora Kenton:  (historical romance) Half-breed bounty hunter Shane Chandler enjoys nothing more than tracking outlaws -- unless it’s capturing and taming a wild she-cat.  Only the stubborn woman has other plans -- earning a bounty on his own head. See excerpt.
	Moonlit Masquerade w/a Lora Kenton:  (historical romance) In the years building up to WWI, a Norwegian ship-builder’s daughter and an American Secret Service agent must save her innovative ship design from foreign spies. See excerpt.

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