S4 BONUS || Memoir, Fiction, and Indie Publishing || Susan Dennis

In today's bonus episode, I chat with indie author Susan Dennis, who published a memoir about her life with her late photographer husband, Charles Dennis, and who also now writes fiction. We chat about:

• her newest book, The Secret Field
• having aging characters in a story
• her fascination with buried treasures in history
• the depths of research
• knowing the backstory even if it’s not on the page
• her memoir, The Swing
• how she decided she wanted to write and share her memoir with the world
• the book doctors
• Shimmering Images by Lisa Dale Norton as a memoir craft resource
• adding humour into your memoir
• writing a memoir that is not sad, but has sadness in it
• the most challenging aspect of crafting a memoir
• how to pack 25 years' worth of story into a single book
• how to get your reader to feel what you’re feeling and understand why you’re writing the memoir
• the importance of finding a good editor to make your story glow

You can find more information about Susan, her books, and Charles' photography at www.susandennisauthor.com. She's on Instagram @_susandennis_.

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