Su has written reams of technical non-fiction, but she’s also written more entertaining stuff.

As publisher and senior editor for The Dirt on Organic Gardening (a digital magazine originally available on the now-defunct Apple Newsstand), she produced over 50 issues, plus several spinoff publications including a how-to guide for LA Green Grounds.  The book How I Survived My First Year with Chickens also evolved out of the magazine phase of her life.

As a poet who takes joy in encouraging others, Mechanics of Poetry came from an alternate timeline in Su’s life.