Susan Shapiro

Jan. 5, 2026: Secrets to Landing a Book Deal, with Susan Shapiro YouTube video by SWINY

Here's the tape of my inspiring SECRETS OF LANDING A BOOK DEAL panel thanks to brilliant panelists and SWINY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA8G...

Excited for my free book panel Monday 1/5/26 at 6 pm EST thanks to @davidlevine.bsky.social & brilliant #agents and #editors. You can register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #zoom #writing #publishing #books #panel #novel #memoir #fiction #nonfiction #kidlit #selfhelp #biography

How to step up self-care over the holidays Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable.

Happy Thanksgiving! My latest piece, thanks to great Salon editors Joseph Neese Kelly McClure Erin Keane & shrinks who shared their wisdom Justena Kavanagh Diana Kirschner Carlos Saavedra Vélez Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D. Kristen Underhill Welch & FCW!

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❤️celebrating brilliant new📚by @melissafraterrigo (THE PERILS OF GIRLHOOD) @jcsnuggy (A TEMPORARY DWELLING) @victorpineiro (THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS) @clarenceahaynes (THE GHOSTS OF GWENDOLYN MONTGOMERY) @davidmargolick (WHEN CAESAR WAS KING) & @lauriestories Gwen (THE AVIATOR & THE SHOWMAN)!

Secrets to Landing a Book Deal Panel - 10/25/25 YouTube video by Susan Shapiro

Here's the tape to my inspiring Secrets to Land a Book Deal Panel! youtu.be/NhJRLOAGrMw

In my inspiring free zoom SECRETS TO LAND A BOOK DEAL PANEL tomorrow Sat 10/25 at 6 pm EST, 11 former students reveal how they recently landed #book deals in 10 different genres #fiction #nonfiction #memoir #essays #kidlit #anthology #selfhelp #biography #shortstories

❤️ brilliant new📚by Cleyvis Natera (THE GRAND PALOMA RESORT) Eskor David Johnson (PAY AS YOU GO) Harold Rogers (TROPICALIA) Hyeseung Song (DOCILE) Gayle Kirschenbaum (FROM BULLIED TO BESTIES) Kelly Sullivan Walden (DREAMIFESTING) & Timothy Latterner's THE BOWERY REVIEW comedy magazine!

How to Avoid a Root Canal

When life gave me 🍋 I pitched the NYT THE SECRET ROOTS OF ROOT CANALS! Thanks to great editor Julia Calderone experts Saul Pressner Michael Sosnay Rico Short & all the doctors who shared smart quotes! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Excited for my free NYU Secrets of Publishing panel Wednesday 9/24 with luminaries: author Mateo Askaripour, agents Kate McKean Landon, Pronoy Sarkar & Matthew Carnicelli, editors Sarah Robbins, Lee Oglesby & Jesse David Register for tickets here: www.nyubookstoreevents.com/.../free-sec....

Join P&T Knitwear and PEN America on 9/8 as author Susan Shapiro (@profsue123.bsky.social) reveals the SECRETS OF PUBLISHING, with panelists: Miya Lee, Alia Hannah Habib, Paul Whitlatch, Rachel Kahan, Krishan Trotman, and Rob Cameron. Click for details and tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/back-to-sc...

I asked relationship experts what makes marriage last. Here’s what they said. Advice includes: Love your spouse as they are, not who you hope they’ll be. Talk about sex. Don’t try to win arguments.

New Washington Post piece thanks to Allison Klein & sages: Dr. Diana Doreen Oliver Esther Perel Vatsal Thakkar, Jerry Portwood, Manny Mandel, Kristin Underhill, FCW, Patty Gross & Valerie Wilson Wesley ❤️ readers sharing their own advice! Anything to add? www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Celebrating brilliant new 📚 by Honor Jones (SLEEP) Susan Morrison (LORNE) Jonathan Conyers (I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE) Regina Porter (THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY) Henry Alford (I DREAM OF JONI) Cathy Linh Che (BECOMING GHOST) & Phillip Lopate (MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA)

❤️ celebrating new 📚 by Honor Jones (SLEEP) Susan Morrison (LORNE)Jonathan Conyers (I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE) Regina Porter(THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY) Cathy Linh Che (BECOMING GHOST) Henry Alford (I DREAM OF JONI) Phillip Lopate (MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA) Buy-read-post-pitch-review!

Wounded I Am More Awake A brush with Covid brought me closer to spirituality

Honored to have a piece in Zibby Owens' Substack ON BEING JEWISH NOW launched by her anthology (18 weeks on USA Today's Bestseller list!) inspired by pieces by Nicole Bokat, Ruth Bonapace, Amy Klein Judy Batalion, Brenda Janowitz Alix Strauss & others! onbeingjewishnow.substack.com/p/wounded-i-...

Guest column | If Mother’s Day makes you blue, consider these coping strategies Many people without children, in nontraditional families, or whose mothers have died or aren’t close to them have a hard time with the holiday.

Here's my new @washingtonpost.com Mother's Day piece thanks to my great editors & Hope Edelman, Vatsal Thakkar, Carlos Saavedra Velez, Justena Kavanagh, Juan Gaddis, Jackie Roberts, Haig Chahinian & FCW for sharing their wisdom!
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Secrets of Publishing Panel Hosted by Susan Shapiro, & presented in partnership with PEN America

On April 22, NBCC member @profsue123.bsky.social will be moderating the Secrets of Publishing panel, featuring @aliahanna.bsky.social, @katemckean.bsky.social, Pronoy Sarkar; Emi Ikkanda, Krishan Trotman, and Lester Fabian Braithwaite, at P&T Knitwear in New York at 6:30 p.m:

❤️ celebrating brilliant new 📚 by Michelle Adams (THE CONTAINMENT) Edgar Gomez (ALLIGATOR TEARS) Kevin Nguyen (MY DOCUMENTS) Peter Trachtenberg (THE TWILIGHT OF BOHEMIA & former students Michelle Jungmin Bang (SUN & SSUKGAT) & Alyson Gerber (THE LIAR'S SOCIETY) thanks to Posman Books!

Excited for my #nyc in-person #writing #publishing #panel at P& T Knitwear Tues 4/22 at 7 pm with amazing #agents #editors #authors! Thanks for helping me spread the word
PEN American #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #memoir #essays #books

Guest column | When love isn’t in the air: How to move past a broken heart No matter how long ago the damage happened, it’s never too late to reframe the story and consider forgiveness.

Happy Valentine's Day! My latest in @washpost.bsky.social mixes ForgivenessTour with 5Menwhobrokemy❤️ www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

You can still register for my exciting zoom Secrets of Book Publishing panel tomorrow WEDNESDAY 1/22 AT 7 PM EST with amazing editors, agents & authors. Email me at Profsue123@gmail.com if you need a free student comp
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Secrets of Landing a Book Deal: Jan 6 Zoom Panel YouTube video by SWINY

Here's my zoom SECRETS OF LANDING A BOOK DEAL PANEL thanks to David Levine, Jennifer Cable & former students with brilliant new books out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3wF...

Unhooking in the New Year: Finding Someone Has Taken Your Book Author Susan Shapiro shares her experience of dealing with a new book that looked and sounded strikingly similar to her own, including her initial reaction and eventual resolution for the new year.

At least I got a (hopefully) humorous piece out of the deal - and a few more good Unhooked reviews on Amazon thanks to Robert Lee Brewer & Amy Jones at Writer's Digest! www.writersdigest.com/getting-publ...

Opinion | What I Saw on Jan. 6 Still Haunts Me Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.

Check out The @nytimes.com oped FOR MANY OF US, JAN. 6 NEVER ENDED by Aquilino Gonell my hero coauthor of American Shield: The Immigrant Sergeant Who Defended Democracy (on CNN & MSNBC tomorrow) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...

The One Lifestyle Tweak That Helped Me Lose A Ton Of Weight It's so simple but so effective.

Happy to hear my piece in The Girlfriend was in their best of the year roundup thanks to Shelley Emling! www.thegirlfriend.com/health/the-o...

Did I marry the wrong person? Talking infertility with Susan Shapiro Holly Rizzuto Palker, Brianna Avenia-Tapper, and Amanda Fields talk with Susan Shapiro, an award-winning writer and professor.

Our first episode was with the inimitable @profsue123.bsky.social. @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social, Brianna Avenia-Tapper, & @ajfields.bsky.social talk with Susan Shapiro about infertility, publishing, & Sergeant Aquilino Gonell's American Shield.

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Excited for my free zoom publishing panel this Saturday with luminary editors, agents & authors. To RSVP, email me at Profsue123@gmail.com