Suzanne Pitner
Suzanne Pitner has extensive writing, teaching, and mentoring experience.
She writes nonfiction as Suzanne Pitner and is published in many magazines and newspapers, both print and online. She maintains the blog TeacherWriter, which features writing tips, teaching tips, and writing contests.
She writes fiction under the pseudonym Suzanne Lilly and can be found on Twitter as @suzannelilly.
Books:
- YA novel Shades of the Future will be published by Turquoise Morning Press in July 2012
- YA novel Untellable is scheduled for release from Turquoise Morning Press in Spring 2013.
- Short story East of the Sun and West of the Moon Redux, published in 2011 in Rapunzel’s Daughters, an anthology published by Pink Narcissus Press.
A complete list of clips and writing samples is available on her Suzanne Lilly writing credits page.
Education:
- MAT, Chapman University
- BS, Accounting, Upper Iowa University
- Graduate of the Long Ridge Writers Group
Memberships:
- American Mensa
- Romance Writers of America
- Sacramento Valley Rose
- Young Adult Romance Writers of America
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ASCD
When Suzanne isn't writing, she indulges in her other passion, teaching. She has worked twenty years in the field of education as an accountant, research assistant, teacher, and trainer of teachers. The combination of teaching and writing experience give Suzanne a unique ability to help writers who aspire to reach their goals.
Author and Agent Interviews
If you are an author or agent and would like to be interviewed or to have your book reviewed, please contact Suzanne through the Suite101 email link at the top of this page. Here are some past interviews.
- Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author
- Joseph Bates, author of The Nighttime Novelist
- Paige Wheeler, agent at Folio Literary Management
Articles with Editor's Choice Awards
April 2011 Fiction Writing Contests and Anthologies
Ten Creative Writing Prompts for Mystery Story Ideas
Novel Writing Tips, Applying Short Story Arc to Scene Structure
Six-Year Old Lands 23 Book Contract; Too Good to Be True?
Fiction Writing Tips to Find Hundreds of Ideas for Story Writing
Save the Cat! Screenwriting Book by Blake Snyder Saves the Script
How Writing a Novel is Like Building a House
Write a Query Letter That is Pitch Perfect
Alliteration, Sibilance, Assonance, Consonance
Persuasive Essay Topics for Academic Writing
The Pros and Cons of a Writing Critique Group
How to Write Faster and Reach Word Count Goals
Free Online University Writing Course From MIT
Benefits of Fiction Writing Contests
How to Create a Plot for a Novel
Where to Get Cheap Student Whiteboards
Visual Communications Literacy Development
StorYbook Novel Writing Software Review
Project Censored Fights Newspaper Bias
Classroom Resources to Teach about Cyberbullying
How to Protect Kids from Cyberbullies
Internet Plagiarism in the Classroom
Reporting News with a Cell Phone
Latest Articles
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Book Review of Gossip by Beth Gutcheon, A Story of Relationships
Best-selling author Beth Gutcheon's newest novel, Gossip, released on March 20, 2012, examines the secrets of women's relationships.
Mar 20, 2012
- Suzanne Pitner
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How Academic Writing is Different from Informal Writing
Academic writing has its own style and format that create the distinguishing characteristics of a well-researched paper. A quick tip list helps new writers.
Nov 5, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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Just One Thing is a Guide to Greater Happiness by Dr. Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson shows how to develop a Buddha brain with simple practices that can be done by anyone almost anywhere, every day.
Nov 5, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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Also Known as Rowan Pohi is Laugh Out Loud Funny
This new book for teens by Ralph Fletcher explores the question every teen has asked: "What if I could be someone else?"
Oct 18, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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Review of The New Health Age The Future of Health Care in America
Authors Houle and Fleece identify the main problems in the American health care system and predict the changes to come in the next ten to twenty years.
Oct 18, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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When Parents Text, New Book and Blog, is Laugh Out Loud Funny
When Parents Text, So Much Said...So Little Understood, by Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli celebrates the miscommunications of texting between generations.
Sep 18, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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Book Review of A Vision in White, Book One of the Bride Quartet
The first book in the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts tells the story of Mackensie, who is always the wedding photographer, never the bride.
Jul 31, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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The Business of Ghostwriting
Ghostwriting has many rewards and can be a lucrative career path. Read this article to find out what a ghostwriter does.
Jul 13, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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Guard Your Writing Time Against Interruptions
Distractions and interruptions can impinge on writing time. Here are some ideas of how to write with total focus.
Jun 22, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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World Building for Fantasy and Science Fiction
Follow these guidelines to learn how science fiction and fantasy writers transport readers to new worlds designed from pure imagination.
May 31, 2011
- Suzanne Pitner
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