Learn More About Susie

Since joining the STC and the Lone Star Community (LSC) in 2003, Susie Lynn Fox has made it a priority to attend the monthly meetings in Addison as well as the international STC conferences in Dallas, Baltimore, Seattle, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis.

“There is always something new and interesting to learn from each and every meeting and conference speaker,” Susie said. “And I have also learned that the STC and LSC folks are an amazing group of talented professionals who have a tremendous amount of energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge to share.”

In April 2006, Susie surprised herself by volunteering to help LSC and ended up serving as First Vice President in charge of programs in 2006-2007. She is serving as President in 2007-2008.

After many years as a technical writer and editor, Susie decided to join STC because it offers several core benefits to her:

• The STC conferences and the monthly LSC programs meet Susie’s annual training requirements at work and also keep her informed of the latest industry trends.
• Networking with other professionals and making new friends in a professional organization like STC.
• The STC and LSC job banks are great assets to technical communicators looking for a job and to employers looking for technical communicators.

“It’s really great to know that you are associated with folks who have like interests, care about their profession, and enjoy sharing their knowledge with others,” Susie said.

“Mentors have been very important to me. My love for the written word started with my mother and grandpa who were writers, poets, and readers,” said Susie. “I enjoyed English classes all through school and really found my niche as a two-year journalism student at Haltom High School. My inspirational journalism teacher, Larry Giddings, taught me the basics of journalism, which I consider a gift to this day.”

At Tarrant County Junior College-Northeast Campus (now Tarrant Community College), Susie was co-editor of the campus newspaper. She continued learning from her favorite journalism college instructor, Eddye Gallagher, who helped her hone her reporting and editing skills.

Susie earned a B.S. in journalism from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M at Commerce). During college, she also wrote Sunday School lessons, teaching procedures, and free-lance magazine articles for the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board.

After college, Susie worked as managing editor of a weekly business newspaper. She soon segued into technical writing and has worked as a technical writer and editor in the oil field industry, the computer software industry, a printing company, and is currently a senior technical writer and editor at American Airlines, Inc.

Susie lives in Irving, Texas, with her computer analyst hubby, Mark, has a stepson, David, who currently serves in the Peace Corps in Macedonia, and enjoys the company of four happy cats, Sylvia, Ashley, Priscilla Michelle (aka Prissy Missy), and Abigail.