Susan Gabriel is an award-winning author of a seven novels and a Kirkus Best Book Award of 2012. In the month of August, The Heroic Journal takes a look at her personal heroic journey and how she found her way from being a psychotherapist to a highly acclaimed author:
This is the beginning of an interview I did recently for my friend Missy Bradley-Ball’s monthly newsletter. Missy’s newsletters are one of the few things I get genuinely excited about seeing in my inbox. Like her, they are full of depth and thoughtfulness.
If her name sounds familiar, it’s because she was the first person I asked to do the From the Front Porch: Creativity Interviews. You can find her interview here.
For her August newsletter, Missy asked me some GREAT questions about my journey as a writer. I call them ‘great’ because they are questions nobody has ever thought to ask me before, so they were interesting for me to answer.
I’m not sure if I’d call my journey heroic (*blush), but it’s something to aim for at least. Click below to go to the interview:
Loved reading this. You inspire me!
What a nice thing to say, Barbara. You’ve made my day! xo
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this interview. The questions were very well posed and Susan’s answers provided great insight into her own story and what inspires her writing. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into your life… and thanks too, for posting this!
Thanks, Susan. I’m a little uncomfortable with the whole “heroic journey” thing, but it has taken some guts to keep writing for all these years and put my work out there. I’ll give myself that at least.
Thanks so much for reading. It means a lot to me. xo