Susan S. Brown
Writing Coach, Private Editor, Workshops
As a James Joyce scholar, Susan Brown introduces her clients to the secrets of the world’s greatest authors. A teacher, private writing coach, editor, and collaborator, Susan has spent decades assisting unpublished as well as prize-winning writers develop their projects (memoir and fiction) from concept to manuscript. Whether you want to begin or complete a writing project, Susan will bring you and your novel or memoir to the next level. For her work with writers, Susan offers 35 years teaching college creative writing, decades conducting sold-out workshops, and years guiding dozens of books into print. Also a lover of genre fiction and trash lit, Susan created The Literary Blockbuster Workshop–James Joyce Meets Judith Krantz–in which she guides writers to merge methods of the masters with the secrets of bestselling commercial writers–without sacrificing quality.​​
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If you’re seeking a writing coach or a workshop for a memoir, literary fiction, a literary blockbuster, or a non-fiction book proposal, contact Susan to determine if your needs and her skills are a fit. In a preliminary complimentary consult, you and Susan will discuss your project and discuss whether private coaching, a 2-hour project consultation, collaborative editing, manuscript consultation, or a workshop is the most appropriate path for you and your goals.​
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Meet the Book Doctor
Susan Sutliff Brown, Ph.D. is a professional private editor, writing coach, and book doctor of critically acclaimed fiction and memoir. She brings forty years of teaching college creative writing and private book editing to her sold-out workshops. As a James Joyce scholar, Susan offers a working background in literary history and introduces writers to the writing secrets of the masters from Herman Melville to James Joyce. As a genetic scholar (studying the processes by which a book evolves from concept to page proof), Susan has intimate knowledge of the best techniques of the world’s most admired writers. At the same time, she trains writers to merge the best practices of literary fiction with commercial bestsellers to bridge the polarity between the two without sacrificing depth or quality. All of Susan’s clients and students are quick to note her warmth, honesty, and sense of humor as well as her ability to help a writer clearly “see” his or her book.
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Qualifications and Accomplishments
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Taught college creative writing for 40 years
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Conducts sold-out international workshops and retreats
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Is a featured faculty member at writing conferences
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Is a publishing James Joyce scholar
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Delivers talks at international academic conferences
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Has privately coached over 100 clients in the past decade
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Guided dozens of books into print as a personal editor
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