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Meet the Volunteers for 2008!
 iving opens the way for receiving
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Briana Warman is working toward a masters degree in creative writing at California State University, Sacramento. She has been published in The Chabot
Review, received the Fred Fallon Award for Fiction, is presently interning with Andrea Hurst Literary
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Carol Copenhagen writes scripts for audio learning
programs.
She teaches Spanish at Berkeley City and has written two humorous
cozies - Loss of Faculty and Out in Left Field.
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| Catherine Cook is retired from a long career in
Marketing, now writing historical fiction for middle grade boys and facing the challenge of slush piles with
her first book in, hopefully, a series of many |
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Claire Hall is a prolific journal writer, an active listener and confidence
holder. A seeker and supporter of all who believe positive thoughts and actions produce positive
results. And for fun...a semi-professional greeter
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Cynthia Borris, a 2005 USA BookNews humor finalist, resides
in the SF Bay Area. A member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, she is a frequent Chicken Soup
for the Soul contributor, speaker and humor columnist. The
author of No More Bobs, she is working on her next novel, To Serve Duck. For speaking engagements,
contact author at website: www.cynthiaborris.com |
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Daniel Heath writes plays and
fiction. He is also an IT consultant for non-profit
organizations throughout the Bay Area, so if you need someone to write a one-act about asynchronous
javascript, he is your man. http://www.danielheath.net
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Danine Manette went from selling her self-published
book, Ultimate Betrayal, from the trunk of her car, to
being featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She credits the SFWC
on helping her with tips on getting there.
http://www.ultimatebetrayal.com
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Felicity Wright pastors a progressive
church in the East Bay and also writes articles and books for seekers. She recently completed a 60,000-word memoir called Goober’s Peace: A Spiritual Odyssey and is now looking for a literary
agent.
revfelicity.googlepages.com
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James Warner has published stories in Agni, Narrative, and other magazines. He is on the committee
of the San Francisco Litquake festival, and has too many projects going on. http://www.jameswarner.net |
Audrey Fairchild, Ph.D. is a full time English teacher in Hillsborough CA, as well as a licensed
parent and teen coach. Her counseling practice is located in downtown San Mateo. Dr. Fairchild is
currently working on her non-fiction book entitled "What Do I Do Now?: A First Aid Guide to Parenting a
Teen" and a series of daily encouragement CD's called "Verbal Vitamins" for Parents"
www.3minutemotivations.com |
Julaina Kleist writes literary and mainstream fiction. She won first place in a ByLine Magazine
short story contest, and her “Fried Chicken Talks” was published in SFWC’s 2007 anthology. She is polishing her
second novel, “Treachery”. www.julaina.homestead.com
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Karl Kracklauer
When not indulging his writing habit, Karl Kracklauer, PhD counsels
late-life couples confronting the abyss of divorce. For more information, please see his site
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Kerry K Daly, author of Sex in the City for Girls over
50, is the Internet Dating Diva.
She claims she has had so many blind
dates she should get the dog for free. Her irreverent romp
for dating research promises laughs and a Rosetta Stone for the how to meet Mr. Right on-line.
Kerry did a jack-knife into the
Internet dating pool. She avoided the shallow end and made
waves. Never the poor little Match.com girl she offers encouragement and hilarity for all single
girls over 50.
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L. Rebecca Harris is a graduate of
the University of California, Berkeley
and the University of San Francisco, where she
earned a Master's of Arts in Writing. She is currently seeking representation for her first novel, Fruit of
the Seed, a fictional account of the life of a black slave owner in the United States during of the Civil War. |
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Linda Kay
Hardie Author of the essay, "Lessons Learned from a Blind Cat"
featured in the book Cat Women: Female Writers on their Feline Friends
aka Linda Kay Weber
author of the picture book Louie Larkey and the Bad Dream Patrol
Let Louie Larkey watch your dreams tonight !
She is a graduate student and teacher, freelance editor, and author of Louie Larkey
and the Bad Dream Patrol. She lives in Reno, NV, with her Abyssinian cats and too many teddy bears.
Her book is available at www.louielarkey.com
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Linda S.
Barrett is an editor of
websites, textbooks, and newsletters. She has been writing short stories for ten years,
and this is her third attendance at the SFWC.
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Lori Noack,
runs an arts consulting business, is executive director of Midsummer Mozart
festival and is working on MFA in Writing
at USF.
www.midsummermozart.org
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Marlene Cullen is a developmental editor, contributing editor to www.tiny-lights.com and
founder of Writers Forum of Petaluma. She has been published in More Bridges and Vintage
Voices: A Toast To Life www.thewritespot.us
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Mary E. Knippel is a writer who began writing in her journal at age 11 and hasn't
stopped.
Mary is the current President of the Women's National Book Association.
She has
had numerous articles published and is a copywriter. She is a public speaker and recently became one of the
few certified workshop leaders from Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of Simple Abundance. www.openuptoyourcreativity.com
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Mary Sue. Lark Whether it's running new gas lines under the house, working with horses, playing
the piano, flute or guitar, wiring commercial storefronts, fixing computers or writing mortgage loans,
Mary seems fearless in taking on even the most complex manual or analytic jobs! She's passionate
about raising her 10-year old son, Kyle, but deep inside she has a burning desire to get some of
her life's challenges written and published. Mary couldn't have been more
pleased when she found Kyle had an extraordinary talent with writing. Together they have
entered the literary world of authoring non-fiction publications.
www.MaryLark.com
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Maryjean Ballner Author of “Cat Massage” and “Dog
Massage” books and DVDs- Techniques that soothe and relax your pets... and you. Maryjean is an
engaging public speaker and often speaks to veterinarians in
training in Japan.
www.catanddogmassage.com
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Nina
Amir
A journalist,
non-fiction editor, author, and speaker, Nina focuses her writing on practical Jewish spirituality,
manifesting desires and achieving goals using a Kabbalistic (Jewish mystical) technology, human
potential from a Jewish perspective. Her articles have appeared in 40+ publications, she has
self-published three booklets and co-authored a fourth, her essays have been included in five
anthologies, and several of the authors with whom she has worked have received contracts from major
publishing houses. www.purespiritcreations.com and www.copywrightcommunications.com
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Pat Tyler
Pat’s award-winning
non-fiction has appeared in newspapers, magazines,
and anthologies nation wide, but fiction is her passion.
She is marketing her
first novel, The Impossible Promise while writing her second
novel,
Forgive Us Our Trespasses, and piecing together two
anthologies,
Raised by the Red Necks, and Voices From Jail.
A member of Redwood Writers Club, she is a passionate
Writer, Writing Coach, Editor,
and Workshop Facilitator, conducting Quick Start Writing Workshops for
The City of Cotati, the City of Rohnert Park,
and for the incarcerated men and women of the
MADF (Main Adult Detention Facility) otherwise known
as Sonoma County’s downtown jail in Santa Rosa, California.
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Peter Dudley is a writer of literary and young
adult fiction and poetry. His short stories have appeared in a handful of literary journals, and he is
finishing up his new novel.
http://www.peterdudley.com
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Ransom Stephens is the author of
two-hundred articles ranging from particle physics to parenting teenagers. His first book, Fade to
Pink, is available for publisher review, and his
second, The God Patent, a novel of physics and religion, will
be ready soon.
www.ransomsnotes.com
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Rebecca Martin, founder of Dear Jane Career
development, and Consulting and training with a firm,fresh perspective. She leads seminars for employees and
helps with corporate transitions. www.dearjane.info
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Rita George Rita George is a catalyst for
change
consultant, speaker, and writer, who uses spiritual
principles to empower people to transform their
personal and profession lives. She is the author of
the workbook Moving off The Edge; Preparing for and
Embracing Change.
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Joan Gelfand's collection of poem, "Seeking Center" was
published by Two Bridges Press in 2006. Currently Vice President/President Elect of the Women's National
Book Association, Joan is an active blogger, teacher and writing coach. Her weblog may be found @
http://jg.typepad.com/ciel/
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Sara Cassella has a Masters in Education. She has taught at various schools all over the Bay Area.
She currently is the Newletter Editor for the
Women’s National Book Association-SF chapter and the Director of the Young Writers
Program for the
California Writers Club.
She also does
copywriting for all types of business.
She recently was hired by TPS publishing to write textbooks for the Science division. Sara is interested in
Childrens Books.
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Shirley
Nice
After a long career from theater director, college/university professor, mediator, corporate
trainer and professional speaker, she is transitioning into defining a new vision for what we now call "old
age" with a book BEYOND MIDLIFE and a support network for women. |
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Maria Dudley is a mom and an elementary school teacher focusing
on children's creative writing. She has an English degree from UC Berkeley and is reviving her
interest in her own writing.
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Stacey Dennick is a video editor,
writer and a student in the University of San Francisco's MFA in Writing program.
Her non-fiction articles have appeared in
numerous print publications including BIKE Magazine, Videography Magazine and Film/Tape World Magazine,
and on the web at Editors.net and IFILM.com.
She's written scripts for various
corporate clients including the San Francisco Ballet, Cisco Systems and Microsoft.
Ms. Dennicks creative non-fiction story,
Lessons was included in the 2007 San Francisco Writers Conference anthology.
http://www.sdennick.com/
She also makes custom glass work, check it out here
http://www.dennickart.com/
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Larry Peltz-Completed
first novel length memoir/dramatic narrative work. (3rd revision.)
It has taken me ten years to complete “The King of Liars.” It’s ready to show and sell
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Steve Levine Cowboy stuck in a modern world. Employed in tele/data
communications.
Trains wild mustangs. Writes articles for
websites and periodicals, working on a novel.
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Nina Krieger has an MFA in
Writing from the University of San Francisco. Her writing has appeared in Velvetpark and Lost, and she
recently received a Travelers’ Tales Solas Award for best funny
story. Her greatest feat is completing a bicycle journey from Vancouver to Tijuana.
www.ninaherenorthere.com
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Susan Kuchinskas just sold her second book, with the working title of
Love Chemistry, to New Harbinger. Susan's work has appeared in
a wide variety of technology, business and consumer publications, from Art & Antiques to Time to
Wired. She's been a staff writer at Adweek, Business 2.0 and
M-Business and InternetNews.com. She co-authored Going Mobile: Building the Real-Time Enterprise with Mobile Applications
that Work
www.kuchinskas.com
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Tricia Sweeney is a former employee of the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency and recent graduate from UC San Diego.
She has just returned to the Bay Area and is currently looking for a new job in the publishing
industry.
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Verna Dreisbach has been with Andrea Hurst Literary Management since
2007 where she began as an intern and is now very excited to start her
career as an associate agent. Verna is an award winning published
author who has written for books, literary journals, magazines and
newspapers. She has also ghost written and edited for various authors
including a NY Times bestselling author.
http://www.andreahurst.com/index.html
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http://yanina.ca
Yanina Gotsulsky is a writer and translator.
Her poetry, essays, short stories as well as her
translations of Akhmatova and Pasternak have appeared in national and international publications.
Yanina has a degree in Russian Literature from York University in Toronto. When
not traipsing the world she splits her time between Canada and Northern California.
Her novel, The Speed of Life, is currently a semi-finalist in the
Amazon
Breakthrough Novel Awards, and can be viewed at Amazon
Yanina is represented by Markus Hoffmann of Regal Literary
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Yumi Wilson is a recent MFA graduate from USF where she studied Creative Nonfiction. She is
currently revising her manuscript, tentatively titled Black Nisei. She
is an assistant professor in Journalism at San Francisco State University and a former reporter and editor at the
San Francisco Chronicle and Associated Press in Los Angeles.
http://hokubeinews.com/yumismusings.html
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Joe Cervelin: MFA, USF; BA, Sarah Lawrence College; published in 14 Hills, Bay Nature, 2007 SFWC
Anthology, Switchback, and elsewhere; "Best Writing Award,"
SFWC 2007; www.midnightpudding.com |
Kelly Machleit is a graduate student at San Francisco State University pursuing her
Masters in Creative Writing, Fiction. She is also the fiction editor for SFSU's biannual literary
journal Fourteen Hills. She is currently working on her first novel, Nine, a modern interpretation of Dante's
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Linda McCabe is the past-president of
the Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club. She is currently polishing her manuscript of the
first volume of a planned trilogy on the legends of Charlemagne, entitled Love, War and
Faith.
www.lcmccabe.blogspot.com/
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Dr. David K. Olkkola is a a corporate
trainer, public seminar leader, and consultant that has unparalleled experience and success in helping
companies and people reach their full potential. You've heard about the "What the Bleep Do We
Know" and "The Secret." Prepare for an amazing ride. If you choose to ride with the this
company. the shy is not the limit. The company's web site is: www.TheDreamMasters.com
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Paula Hendricks is the author of Timber Reduced
Energy Efficient
Homes, The Tire House Book and September in Corrales, a collection of
fiction, poetry, essays and photographs from her time in New Mexico.
Writer, photographer, book designer, book producer, book coach,
and independent publisher, she helps others produce or publish their
books. Cinnabar Bridge Communications | www.cinnabarbridge.com
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Naomi Lombardi MA in clinical psychology, author of Dancing in the Underworld: The quest for Wholeness.
Speaker, storyteller, transformational counselor, and consultant for
budding writers. Leads tours to the sacred
sites of Italy.
www.mac.com/naomi_lombardi
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Christopher Melton Christopher Melton has a BA in Creative
Writing
from the University of North Texas.
He has been writing for over ten years, working in all genres
He is currently writing for a small 'zine titled War, Semen & Grooviness.
Lin A. Lacombe is the owner of
Bay Area based Communications Consultants, an independent public relations and marketing firm. She is also an literary
publicist and speaker (Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association Annual Conference, BAIPA Get Published!
Institute, Wild Writing Women Conference, workshop for Women's Initiative for Self Employment (winner of the President's
Award) and writer, based in Sausalito. She is co-president of BAIPA Lin's expertise lies in creating successful local
and national strategic public relations, marketing and media campaigns, not only in the publishing industry but in high-tech,
non-profit, and financial and business services. She infuses her services with knowledge and passion and prides herself on
partnering with her clients and in the publishing arena, "having her author's back." A sample of her clients include Hewlett
Packard, San Francisco Presidio Trust, Paul Newman Foundation's ReNew America, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, as
well as Write the Damn Book writing retreats, and published titles such as The Population Fix, 8 Secrets for Small
Business Owners, Listen Up! Communication in the Workplace, Simply Successful Surgery, and How to Win a Sports
Scholarship.
Venkat Rarman
Marty Castelberg
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