Today I am joined by Suzanne Cunningham! Suzanne is a professional calligrapher with 32 years of experience. She was co-editor of the 25th edition Speedball Textbook and is a Calligraphy Masters team member. Suzanne has taught in-person workshops with numerous guilds throughout the country. She currently teaches a variety of online classes through learncalligraphy.com. She specializes in flourished Copperplate script, wedding invitation designs, and monograms.

In this episode Suzanne and I talk about how she got her start in calligraphy, what her 30+ year career in calligraphy has looked like, her tips for getting started with calligraphy, and so much more! Y'all are going to love Suzanne!

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Ariel Sullivan is the author of Conform and Beneath. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two sons, and their two French bulldogs. Growing up a military brat, Ariel moved every two years as a perpetual new kid; Ariel often observed from the outskirts, where a deep love of reading was born. When she isn’t writing, Ariel loves to read everything from poetry to psychology, bake with her sons, listen to live music, and travel.

In this episode, Ariel and I talk about how she came up with the idea for Conform, why it is a trilogy of trilogies, the art of writing a love triangle, her best writing advice, her new book Beneath, and so much more!

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Join me for February's book club pick: Broken Country! This is a story about love, loss, forgiveness, and the consequences of choices. The writing was beautiful and interesting, and it was a true page-turner! I'd love to know your thoughts!

Next month: The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis