BILLBOARD MAGAZINE ONLINE: Dec. 16, 2022: “One of Billboard’s best-known music publishing alumni discusses her new book Groove Found: Susan’s Business Journey and the lifestyle she built.” by Ed Christman

From Susan: “This memoir was not written to tell readers about me. It was written to share my experiences, my story, of reshaping expectations so a creative person can figure out how to turn that creativity into a business lifestyle that blends work, friends, family, and travel to foreign lands together rather than a struggle to keep work separate from friends and family. And contrary to the expectations of some people who know my work, this memoir is not a music business book, not a how-to book. Instead, it is a story I hope will simply entertain and inspire all kinds of readers, to moan and laugh and cry and feel excited along with me, and then, by the end, maybe realize how much more they just learned about business and life. A story to remind everyone it’s never too late — no one is ever too old or too locked into a job — to change directions in business and life, although sometimes all we really need is a change of perspective.”

About the Book: Every experience, every conversation, every thought, every story… is true: Frustrated with her corporate job writing for the top music industry magazine, Susan leaps into the unknown during the worldwide economic meltdown of 2008-2009. Despite having little money, she quickly forms her micro-mini-media business-of-one to create a dreamy life.

Join Susan as she builds a unique business lifestyle that soon takes her from America, across Europe and eventually to Brazil — and results in thousands of music business executives viewing Susan as one of the most influential music business commentators in the world. Share her experiences with mice and men, working remotely while cycling along the Danube River in Austria, creating a parallel life in southwestern France, and even figuring out ways to exercise inside the Ritz Paris Club without becoming a hotel guest.

Feel what Susan feels as she lives through some of the most embarrassing and the most heart-rending moments that shape her most important decisions, learning not only who she is but who she could become, ultimately realizing a dream she never quite imagined. And still today continuing to build her unique business lifestyle.