About Sue Fagalde Lick
Contact:
suelick@charter.net, P.O. Box 755, South Beach, OR 97366, (541) 867-4692
Background:
I have been writing and publishing in some form since elementary school, and I am anxious to share my words and my experience with you. Originally from San Jose, California, I now live on the Oregon coast with my dog Annie. In addition to my writing, I am a professional singer/guitarist/piano player and perform frequently in our area.
Writing specialties:
- Oregon coast
- The business of writing
- Childlessness
- Dogs without pedigrees
- Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Education:
- MFA in creative writing, Antioch University, Los Angeles
- BA in journalism, San Jose State University, San Jose
- AA in liberal arts, West Valley College, Saratoga, Calif.
Books published:
- Childless by Marriage, Blue Hydrangea Productions, 2012
- Shoes Full of Sand: a Memoir, Blue Hydrangea Productions, 2011
- Freelancing for Newspapers: Writing for an Overlooked Market, Quill Driver Books, 2007
- Azorean Dreams, a Portuguese-American romance, iUniverse.com, 2000
Kindle ebook 2011
- Stories Grandma Never Told: Portuguese Women in California, Heyday Books, 1998. New edition by Blue Hydrangea Productions, 2007, second printing January 2009
- The Iberian Americans, Chelsea House, 1990
- Booklets: “You Can Publish a Book,” Blue Hydrangea, 2002; “Gloucester: Seeking the Story Grandpa Never Told,” Blue Hydrangea, 2004
Anthologies
- “Writing for Newspapers,” Starting Your Career as a Freelance Writer by Moira Allen, Allworth Press, 2nd edition 2011.
- “Pitching to Agents at a Writing Conference,” The Writer’s Guide to Queries, Pitches and Proposals by Moira Allen, Allworth Press, 2010.
- “Journey to Damascus”, Oregon Stories Anthology, Ooligan Press, 2010, Oregon150.com, stories in honor of the state’s sesquicentennial
- “Moose in a Noose,” a little fun published in Humor for a Boomer’s Heart, Howard Books, Oct. 2008
- “Respite from the Storm,” an essay in the new A Cup of Comfort for Families Touched by Alzheimer’s, published by Adams Media, Oct. 2008
Articles:
- Oregon Coast Today, Sept 2011-present: “Toledo Art Walk,” “All That Jazz!”, “Yachats Mushroom Festival.” ”Quilters’ Paradise,” “Jammin’ on the Oregon Coast,” “Harry’s Heroes.”
- “My Imaginary Daughter,” Still Crazy, Jan. 2012
- “Childless Woman’s Survival Guide,” Exhale Ezine, Winter 2010
- “Beer with Attitude”, Seaport Airlines Magazine, Oct.-Dec. 2009
- “Lighthouses of the Coast” and “Whales So Close You Can Almost Touch Them, Seaport Airlines Magazine, July-Sept. 2009
- “Can You Answer These Questions?” Willamette Writer July 2008
- “What Time is it There?” Byline Magazine, March 2007
- “Smuggled Rocks,” “guest editor” essay published in Snowy Egret, Nov. 2006
- “Tax Relief,” Writer’s Digest, April 2006; Writer’s Yearbook 2007.
- “Capture Those Ideas Before They Float Away,” Absolutewrite.com, Feb. 9, 2005
- “Sand Blast,” article on the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 17, 2004.
- “The Truth About Double Beds,” Skirt! Magazine, Feb. 2004
- “When to Stop Writing and Think,” Byline Magazine, Jan. 2004
- “Mastering Business Long Distance,” Oregon Business, May 2002
- “Hunting for Buried Treasure,” Oregon Coast Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2003; “Born to Fish,” Oregon Coast Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2001
- “Prove Your Story with Evidence,” Nov. 15, 2007
- “The Newspaper/Blog Connection”, Sept. 1, 2007
- “Newspapers: a Great Source of Freelance Opportunities”. Also reprinted fall 2005 in Katha Kshetre, a literary magazine published in Bangalore, India
Short Stories:
- “Eating It All,” second place winner of the Writer’s Reward contest, Q.B. Publishing, featured on web site for May 2004
- “The Day Father Jose Lost His Voice,” Bellingham Review, Spring/Summer 2004 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
- “Respirar” (Breathing), published in Portuguese in Saber Acores literary magazine from the Azores, Portugal, June 2004
Poems:
- “Empty Pockets” and “He’ll Never Know,” Concord, Vol. 3, 2011
- “At the Dog Park,” “Sherri’s House, “Tonight She Danced,” and “Walking Ona Beach” recorded for Oregon Poetic Voices Project, Aug. 2011
- “Tonight She Danced,” Snail Mail Review, Fall 2011
- “Vision,” second place, Write on the Sound competition, Oct. 2010
- “Evening Meal,”Nexus, July 2009
- “Bully Rain” and “She Who Writes Upon the Rock,” Waves, 2006
Teaching Experience:
- “Freelancing for Newspapers,” “Reviews and Op-Eds,” online courses at Writing-world.com
- Creative Writing Workshop, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon
- “Freelance I and II,” “Writing and Selling Freelance Articles,” “Writing and Editing Fiction,” “Creative Writing Workshop,” “Turning Your Research into Published Articles,”Oregon Coast Community College
- “Inside Out,” creative writing classes for teens, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
- “Everything But Writing,” Feb. 2001, “Print on Demand Publishing,” Aug. 2001, “Opinionated Writing,” Aug. 2004, “Freelancing for Newspapers”, Aug. 2005, Reviews, Aug. 2007, Willamette Writers
- “Everything But Writing” and “Freelancing for Newspapers,” South Coast Writers Conference, Gold Beach Oregon, Feb. 2008
- “Freelancing for Newspapers,” Willamette Writers Southern Oregon Branch, April 6, 2008
- “Freelancing for Newspapers” and “Freelance Article Writing,” California Writers Club’s East of Eden Conference, Sept. 2008.
- “Writing and Selling Freelance Articles,” Chattahoochee Valley Writers Conference, Columbus, Georgia, Sept. 2008
Memberships:
- American Society of Journalists and Authors
- Willamette Writers–co-founder of Oregon Coast chapter
- Writers on the Edge–secretary
