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Oct 2016
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Bonus Episode: MOM writer/producer Susan...

Unqualified Media
About this episode
You heard right! At Unqualified we treat you right baby, and this week we're dropping a bonus episode with Writer/Producer Susan McMartin (MOM) who pulls back the curtain and lets us in the Hollywood writers room. Anna, Sim, Susan and Cassie talk about their careers in LA, selling scripts, getting started and what it’s like being a woman in a male-dominated industry.

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