All my appearances on the interwebs, either as interviews on blogs, podcasts, or video author panels that are available online.
February 15, 2025: Sue on the Grottopod talking about how “Despair is a Luxury”.
February 15, 2025: Sue’s Letter to the Editor in protest of Elon Musk’s takeover of the Treasury.
January 31, 2025: Sue is one of three homeowners that PennEnvironment featured in a video about Clean Energy Homes. Her story is also featured on their website.
January 15, 2025: Sue on the Future Mending podcast talking about solarpunk and how to Stop Imagining the Apocalypse.
October 7, 2024: Sue in NYC at the Center for Fiction for an author panel to launch Metamorphosis.
September 28-29, 2024: Sue teaches how to write solarpunk at Governor’s Island for the Climate Imaginarium.
August 14, 2024: Sue’s solarpunk podcast column, How to Solarpunk in a Lonely World, on IF THIS GOES ON: DON’T PANIC podcast.
March 19, 2024: Sue starts her own podcast, Bright Green Futures
December 12, 2023: Sue’s solarpunk podcast column, Solarpunk: Giving Off Vibes!, on IF THIS GOES ON: DON’T PANIC podcast.
June 23, 2023: Sue on the Writer2Writer youtube channel talking about solarpunk, writing, and getting inside your brain (with my books).
June 18, 2023: Sue’s solarpunk podcast column, Solarpunk Everything!, on IF THIS GOES ON: DON’T PANIC podcast.
May 3, 2023: Sue on Geek Girls Story Salon podcast talking about hopepunk. Check out the podcast’s cool 1-minute trailer!
March 31, 2023: Sue on the Wild Women Who Write podcast talking about hopepunk, writing, and the publishing world (audio trailer)
March 27, 2023: The Dangers of AI for the artistic industry in Vine Leaves Press, plus follow-up blogs on the Growing AI Backlash and the AI Hype Machine
February 17, 2023: Hopepunk, AI-generated art & the need for ethics in tech on Alternate Futures podcast
February 7, 2023: My interview with Gina McGuire on the Climate Fiction Writers League Blog
February 5, 2023: B-Cubed Podcast on Hopepunk (Guests: Susan Kaye Quinn, N.R.M. Roshak)
January 24, 2023: Virtual Author Panel on Hopepunk (Susan Kaye Quinn, T.K. Rex, Renan Bernardo, Brianna Castognozzi, Watertown Library)
December 7th, 2021: Marketing for Indie Authors Panel Discussion, Part of the Author’s Guild Business Bootcamps for Writers Series: “Serious indie authors operate as the CEOs of their own imprints—doing everything an author should do, while often managing a team of specialists as well. Jane Friedman leads this panel of successful indie authors and publishers as we discuss how readers discover indiebooks, what it takes to build a loyal following, and judging the return on investment for various marketing expenses. From the nitty-gritty details of writing book metadata to creative approaches to social media, this session will leave you informed and equipped to market your next book.” Check out the recording of the panel discussion here.
April 20th, 2021: PowerShift 2021 Authors & Journalists Career Panel. A panel discussion about using fiction narratives to move climate action forward. Check out the video from the conference here.
December 21st, 2020: Guest on Becca Syme’s Ideation podcast.
January 11th, 2019: Middle Grade Ninja Podcast – Episode 06: Author Susan Kaye Quinn. A podcast where I talk about THE SECRET to success in publishing… experimentation.
June 28th, 2018: Chicago-Area Friends, I’m doing a Writerly thing… chatting with Amy Willoughby Burle at the City Lit Bookstore during her book tour for her new novel Lemonade Year.
DAY: 6.28 (Thurs)
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: City Lit Books, 2523 N. Kedzie Blvd. Chicago, IL 60647
FOR MORE INFO: Go to City Lit Books or Facebook
March 8th, 2018, International Women’s Day: Kobo Writing Life published my article Empowering Female Writers Through Self-Publishingas part of their #KWLWonderWoman Series.
February 19th, 2018: Corrections selected as a semi-finalist, which puts my story in the top 12 percent of submissions received, in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Contest (2017).
January 28th, 2018: Horrible Writing Podcast – Episode 24: Meditation with Susan Kaye Quinn
January 24th, 2018: Corrections (my time-traveling psychologist short story) selected as a quarter finalist out of 1400 entries in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Contest (2017).
September 19th, 2017: Smarty Pants Book Marketing Podcast – Episode 61: Write For Love And Money with Sue Quinn
June 2nd, 2017: Book Signing organized by my French Publisher MxM Bookmark at Librairie Royaumes, Paris. Esprits Libres (Open Minds, Mindjack Series Book 1) and Coeurs Eteints (Closed Hearts, Mindjack Series Book 2) are now available.
May 29th, 2017: The Bestseller Experiment Podcast – EP36: For Love or Money and June 5th, 2017: EP37: Go For Launch
November 6th, 2016: An excerpt from my Author Portrait interview with Lucile Stenger, Community Manager for MxM Bookmark, the French publisher of Open Minds (Esprits Libres). Read the French version here.
Lucile: What was your inspiration for “Mindjack”?
SKQ: I was entering a 1st paragraph critique contest online and wanted to write something fresh – not one of my previous books. I struggled and couldn’t come up with a compelling first image (for that first paragraph). I gave up for the night, but as soon as my head hit the pillow, an image of a girl in a future classroom where everyone read minds – except her – popped into my head. I immediately got up and wrote the first paragraph describing how horribly isolated this girl was in this silent classroom where everyone “spoke” via telepathy. The story (and the image) wouldn’t let go, so I decided to turn it into a novel.
Lucile: If you had to describe the story in 5 words, what would they be?
SKQ: 1. Mindbending 2. Heart-wrenching 3. Fascinating 4. Uplifting 5. Infuriating
Lucile: Any difficulties in writing this story?
SKQ: Every story has challenges. For Open Minds, I was working without an outline because the story just came to me in that single image – then I had to build a world that would work for the conflict of Kira, a non-mindreader in a mindreading world. In the first draft, I was halfway through the story before I even realized Mindjackers existed in the story! So that story required a lot of reworking to get it in final form, since I was discovering a lot of the world right along with Kira.
Lucile: Which one of your characters would you like to be your friend ? Why ?
SKQ: Raf – he’s loyal and sweet (and also cute!).
Lucile: An anecdote about your novel you would like to share with us?
SKQ: I recently had a classroom use Open Minds for a lesson! It was very cool – they even built a model of the camp where jackers are sent, complete with trucks, barracks, and orange gas. They even made a game to go with it where the jackers try to escape. It’s amazing to me how many people have sent me emails saying they were impacted by the story.
Lucile: A word you’d like to address to the readers?
SKQ: The Mindjack series addresses how we, as human beings, deal with something “different” that arises among us. I think the message of these books is even more relevant in today’s troubled world than when I wrote the original story five years ago.
10.1.2016 –Thrillertantes Bücherblog – Open Minds Special und Interview mit Susan Kaye Quinn (Interview in German). Click here for the English translation.
9.14.2016 – ManyBooks.net – Interview: From Rocket Scientist to Author
8.8.2016 – Keystroke Medium – LIVE with Susan Kaye Quinn, from Rocket Scientist to Novelist 8.2.2016 – SFF Marketing Podcast again – SFFMP 92: How to Use KDP Select to Sell More Books with Susan Kaye Quinn
7.2016 – Author Strong Podcast – Permafree vs. KDP Select with Susan Kaye Quinn – Part 1 of 6
9.2015 – 21st Century Writer Podcast – Susan Kaye Quinn and the Indie Author Mindset
6.2105 – Author Strong Podcast – Matt Morris, Nancy Elliott, and I chat about my Biggest Failure/Learning Experience and how writing groups and critique partners are vital part of your journey – Part 1 of 2
6.2015 – The Creative Penn Podcast – Joanna Penn interviews Susan Kaye Quinn about the mindset associated with becoming a successful indie-published author, as well as marketing and tips on balance
6.2105 – SFF Marketing Podcast – SFFMP 36: Susan Kaye Quinn on Tips for Going Pro, Genre Hopping, and Selling Lots of Science Fiction. Lindsay Buroker, Joseph Lallo, Jeffrey Poole and I chat about the science in science fiction, the new KU program, and overrated and underrated marketing techniques
11.2104 – Hank Gardner’s Podcast – In this interview, Susan Kaye Quinn chats mostly about her books and career