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Suzy Vadori is a Book Coach, Editor, Public Speaker and the Calgary Bestselling Author of The Fountain Series, a fantastical Young Adult Series which has received two Aurora Nominations for Best Young Adult Novel, as well as Five Stars and a bronze medallion from Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. Suzy lives in Calgary, Canada with her husband and three children and is an involved member in the writing community. She is a Program Manager for Calgary’s When Words Collide (WWC), teaches writing at Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society, and is a touring member of the Young Alberta Book Society. Suzy is also the founder of WriteIt! creative writing programs in schools. In this episode we go deep into: How Suzy built an ice-rink in her back yard How Suzy got her start in writing Making it past the difficult beginning of the writing journey What exactly is a half-book? Why income streams means full-time author How to coach other authors Networking and taking the opportunities as they come Indulging yourself in physical, face-to-face writing groups Christmas markets for promotion Balancing in-person with digital events Managing the transition of the day job to full-time authorship How publishing has changed over the last five years Why Suzy writes Find out more about Suzy: www.suzyvadori.com Get your Great Writers Share merchandise! https://www.danielwillcocks.com/merch/gws GWS Press books: Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn Special thanks to: Intro vocals: Persephone Rose Show theme: Karl Hughes Become a Patron of the show! Get exclusive bonus content, find your tribe, and get early access to all episodes. Thank you to my patrons: David Hines Harley Christensen Jon Cronshaw Jenn Mitchell Innes Richens Ian J Middleton PT Hylton Michael Anderle Mark McClure Katie Forrest Yanni Jade Meg Cowley H.B. Lyne Jo Sacha Black Faye Trask Brett Jackson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.