Susan Wingate
Age:
51
Location:
The Pacific Northwest US, Northern Puget Sound in the San Juan Islands
Relationship Status
Married
Children:
Proud Parent
Occupation:
Freelance Writer
Interested In:
Poetry, Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting
About Me:
Susan Wingate, novelist, poet and playwright, received her undergraduate degree from AZ State University. In 2004, Michael Collins took Susan on as a mentoring student and coached her as she wrote her first novel. Presently, she lives in Washington State and writes full time. Wingate has written three novels. The ebook for her second novel, Bobby’s Diner (Write Words, Inc.) was released September 2008 and will be released in paperback in February 2009. An excerpt from her third novel, The Last Maharajan, was selected for publication in literary journal the Superstition Review, an ASU publication. She is a featured writer for the Arizona Author’s Association newsletter and a contributing writer for several other magazines. Since the 2007 publication of her mystery novel, Of the Law, Wingate is busy teaching & presenting at community colleges, at bookstores, and at writing conferences. Her short stories and poems consistently receive awards and her articles can be found in many magazines, journals and reviews. Wingate publishes a monthly online newsletter called, “Sincerely, Susan” that has a following of just under one thousand subscribers. She is a co-founder of the vibrant San Juan Island Creative Women's Group. Currently, she hosts a series of reading events at her local library, the San Juan Island Library. These events spotlight national, regional and local writers and provide a wonderful venue in which to hear great literary work. Wingate has created and maintained each of her websites and blogs for promotional purposes. She has also hired publicists to help market her work, she’s established contracts with book wholesalers and distributors, she’s contacted bookstores to carry her novels and she’s organized readings for her books. Right now, she’s working on her fourth novel and a memoir. For hobbies, Wingate likes to read and paint between brief snaps in her writing.
What I Write:
novels, short stories, plays, poetry, memoir
Credits & Accomplishments:
Second novel, BOBBY’S DINER, received a paperback contract with Cambridge Books (a subsidiary of Write Words, Inc.) on September 11, 2008,
Susan Wingate is a featured writer for the AZ Authors Association newsletter,
Interview article, “THE PLAY’S THE THING: An Interview with Playwright, Bryan Willis” was published by online literary magazine, Cuckleburr,
Magazine article, “How to Win Writing Contests and Become an Award-winning Writer,” has been selected for publication by The Writer’s Journal,
Wingate’s second novel, BOBBY’S DINER, released September 1, 2008 by ebooksonthe.net (a subsidiary of Write Words, Inc.) as,
Wingate accepted a position as Contributing Writer with Literary Magic, an online literary magazine,
Wingate’s poem, “Cracked Corn”, was accepted for the August 2008 publication (Vol. 10, no. 3) of Amarillo Bay™ Literary Magazine,
Winning 1st Place, a publishing credit and a monetary award in the August 2008 Fantasy Gazetteer Short Story Contest, Wingate’s short story, “The Lion of Judah,” has won honors,
“Submitting Written Work: Blasting the Market with Your Work in Today’s Publishing Industry” (7/10/2008), Suite101.com, an online magazine of which Wingate is a contributing writer,
“Three Steps to Novel Writing: A Recipe for Writers – Baking Your Story” (7/1/2008) found in Suite101.com, an online magazine of which Wingate is a contributing writer,
Interview article with Writer’s Publicist, Alice B. Acheson, was published in the July/August 2008 issue of The Writer’s Journal,
Wingate’s one-act farce, “What’s Hay Worth, Anyway?,” was performed May 2008 at the Double Shot Theatre Festival in Tacoma, WA,
An excerpt from Susan Wingate’s novel, The Last Maharajan, was accepted for publication in the Superstition Review, an Arizona State University press (Volume 1, Issue 1, 4/28/2008),
PARANOIA, one of Susan’s free verse poems, placed 2nd in the 2007 Literary Magic Writing Competition,
Susan is a contributing writer with the Seattle publication of the national magazine, The Builder’s Journal,
December 2007, Susan teamed-up with booking agent, Paul E. Cooper, for speaking & teaching engagements about writing,
OF THE LAW (Sixteen Cat Tails Publishing), Susan’s mystery novel was released in 2007, her book tour throughout the western U.S. began in May and continued until September,
Poem, THE FISHERMAN, THE EAGLE, AND JESUS, won second place in the 2006 Foster City International Writing Contest,
Susan’s many publishing efforts can be found in anthologies, magazines, and newspapers such as Caged Birds & Aviaries, Parrot Magazine, and BirdKeeper Magazine (2004 & 2005), as well as, SlingInk’s Footprints (2006) FirstWriter’s online magazine (2007), and The American Drivel Review (2007 Winter issue).
Hobbies
reading, painting, pets, walking & jogging, cooking
Music:
classical, oldies - 30s through the 60s, oldtime rock n'roll
Favorite Movies:
Something's Gotta Give
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Burn After Reading
Bandits
A Few Good Men
Capote
Infamous
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Favorite Television Shows:
Law & Order
Favorite Books & Authors:
Michael Collins
Ian McEwan
Margaret Atwood
Joan Didion
Zora Neale Hurston
W. Somerset Maugham
Kurt Vonnegut
... the list goes on and on
Heroes:
My father
My husband, Bob
Education:
College Grad
Schools:
Phoenix College
Arizona State University
Income From Writing:
Most Of My Income
Companies
Direct book sales to readers
Writing instruction
Write Words, Inc.
Several magazines
Contests
Years Writing:
11 - 20 Years
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After telling the good news to my publicist for "Bobby's Diner" - Nikki Leigh - she found it and sent me the link. I clicked on it and a window opened up into a FictionWise webpage and, by golly, there it was slotted between a Charlotte Bronte novel and a Zane Grey novel. Wow.
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