authors, poets, artists and editors
Fatima El-Kalay, cover artist
Fatima El-Kalay is a British born Egyptian writer and artist who lives in Cairo, Egypt. She has a Master of Letters in creative writing and is currently working on a collection of short stories, and a volume of illustrated poetry for children. For over ten years, she regularly contributed healthcare articles to a prominent parenting magazine in Egypt, and has also worked as a freelance editor. Fatima is a largely self-taught artist, who works in various media, including oils, pastels and charcoals. She is married with three children and three cats, and prides herself for primarily being a homemaker.
Fatima El-Kalay is a British born Egyptian writer and artist who lives in Cairo, Egypt. She has a Master of Letters in creative writing and is currently working on a collection of short stories, and a volume of illustrated poetry for children. For over ten years, she regularly contributed healthcare articles to a prominent parenting magazine in Egypt, and has also worked as a freelance editor. Fatima is a largely self-taught artist, who works in various media, including oils, pastels and charcoals. She is married with three children and three cats, and prides herself for primarily being a homemaker.
Diane Stringam Tolley
author
Diane Stringam Tolley was born and raised on the great Alberta prairies. Daughter of a ranching family of writers, she inherited her love of writing at a very early age. Trained in Journalism, she has penned countless articles and short stories. She is the author of five e-books and the recent Christmas novels, Carving Angels and Kris Kringle’s Magic by Cedar Fort Publishing. She and her husband, Grant, live in Beaumont, Alberta, and are the parents of six children and grandparents of thirteen.
Diane Stringam Tolley was born and raised on the great Alberta prairies. Daughter of a ranching family of writers, she inherited her love of writing at a very early age. Trained in Journalism, she has penned countless articles and short stories. She is the author of five e-books and the recent Christmas novels, Carving Angels and Kris Kringle’s Magic by Cedar Fort Publishing. She and her husband, Grant, live in Beaumont, Alberta, and are the parents of six children and grandparents of thirteen.
Wendy Jones
author
Wendy H. Jones was born in Dundee in Scotland. Having served in both the Royal Navy and the British Army, as a nurse, she has traveled all over the world. She has now returned to Dundee where she is pursuing a full time career as a writer.
Having published previously in academic books and journals, she has now turned to writing fiction. Her first book is Killers Countdown, the first book in the Detective Inspector Shona McLeod Mystery series.
Other than writing she is also a voracious reader with an eclectic taste in reading. Her passions are God, traveling, technology, blogging and social media. She also loves spending time with her nieces and family.
Wendy H. Jones was born in Dundee in Scotland. Having served in both the Royal Navy and the British Army, as a nurse, she has traveled all over the world. She has now returned to Dundee where she is pursuing a full time career as a writer.
Having published previously in academic books and journals, she has now turned to writing fiction. Her first book is Killers Countdown, the first book in the Detective Inspector Shona McLeod Mystery series.
Other than writing she is also a voracious reader with an eclectic taste in reading. Her passions are God, traveling, technology, blogging and social media. She also loves spending time with her nieces and family.
KC McDonald
author
I retired from the U.S. Army in 2008, after a 23-year career. After retiring, I found a job that matched my skill set, and then I was approached by another organization offering much better compensation for virtually the same job. Taking that job was an easy decision. However, it was a new team and it failed to meet expectations, which resulted in me being laid off at the end of 2011. I had never really been forced to inventory my individual skills and desires to figure out where I excelled and what I would enjoy doing. Writing has always come easy to me and I enjoyed it, but serious writing was always on the ‘someday’ list. Someday came at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 when I figured out that writing is what I want to do. I started my work in progress, Cooking Athanasia, in December 2011 and have nearly completed it. I also wrote a 100-page screenplay during Script Frenzy in April 2012, titled Echoes from Enchantment, which is the back-story for Cooking Athanasia (it will eventually be the second book in the series). A day job found me in the spring of 2012, but I am plugging along and plan to eventually shed the daily grind in favor of the glamorous life of a full-time writer.
I retired from the U.S. Army in 2008, after a 23-year career. After retiring, I found a job that matched my skill set, and then I was approached by another organization offering much better compensation for virtually the same job. Taking that job was an easy decision. However, it was a new team and it failed to meet expectations, which resulted in me being laid off at the end of 2011. I had never really been forced to inventory my individual skills and desires to figure out where I excelled and what I would enjoy doing. Writing has always come easy to me and I enjoyed it, but serious writing was always on the ‘someday’ list. Someday came at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 when I figured out that writing is what I want to do. I started my work in progress, Cooking Athanasia, in December 2011 and have nearly completed it. I also wrote a 100-page screenplay during Script Frenzy in April 2012, titled Echoes from Enchantment, which is the back-story for Cooking Athanasia (it will eventually be the second book in the series). A day job found me in the spring of 2012, but I am plugging along and plan to eventually shed the daily grind in favor of the glamorous life of a full-time writer.
Jaspreet Taungue
poet
Jaspreet is an idyllic dreamer and seeks her muse in dreamy, life-like situations. Poetry, for her, is something that happens in between dreaming and living. A passionate dancer, doting wife and mom, teacher-preacher and self-effacing nature-lover; she lives in India with a loving family, a pet tortoise with a hare to match, and tax-free imagination. She has made her debut as an author with an action-packed romance titled The Taj Love Story:Fire. She is currently working on its sequel The Taj Love Story: Water. Poetry is something that nourishes her weary pen after a day’s duel with words. Her poems The Revelation and The Rainbow Girl are spontaneous reflections of images that meet the eye and stumble straight into the heart.
The Revelation is an internalization of the term Apocalypse. As Apocalypse originally meant 'Revelation of The Truth’; it came to the poet that any moment of realization is an apocalyptic moment. It essentially stems from within and is akin to an implosion, eradicating all pre-conceived notions; thus, making room for new beginnings.
The Rainbow Girl is the expression of one such apocalyptic moment in the poet’s life. One often tries to be charitable and patronizing, only to help one’s own weary spirit. There may be moments when the so-called less-privileged may be happier souls; and in being so, much richer.
'Like a Prostitute' : A secret is a secret only till it is not shared. Once let out, it is abused to the extent of losing its original form. In the poem, 'Like a Prostitute', the poet attempts to personify a secret as a person who is forced into prostitution.
Jaspreet is an idyllic dreamer and seeks her muse in dreamy, life-like situations. Poetry, for her, is something that happens in between dreaming and living. A passionate dancer, doting wife and mom, teacher-preacher and self-effacing nature-lover; she lives in India with a loving family, a pet tortoise with a hare to match, and tax-free imagination. She has made her debut as an author with an action-packed romance titled The Taj Love Story:Fire. She is currently working on its sequel The Taj Love Story: Water. Poetry is something that nourishes her weary pen after a day’s duel with words. Her poems The Revelation and The Rainbow Girl are spontaneous reflections of images that meet the eye and stumble straight into the heart.
The Revelation is an internalization of the term Apocalypse. As Apocalypse originally meant 'Revelation of The Truth’; it came to the poet that any moment of realization is an apocalyptic moment. It essentially stems from within and is akin to an implosion, eradicating all pre-conceived notions; thus, making room for new beginnings.
The Rainbow Girl is the expression of one such apocalyptic moment in the poet’s life. One often tries to be charitable and patronizing, only to help one’s own weary spirit. There may be moments when the so-called less-privileged may be happier souls; and in being so, much richer.
'Like a Prostitute' : A secret is a secret only till it is not shared. Once let out, it is abused to the extent of losing its original form. In the poem, 'Like a Prostitute', the poet attempts to personify a secret as a person who is forced into prostitution.
Larry Payne
author
Larry Payne grew up in East Chicago, Indiana and now resides in Chandler, Arizona with his wife, Susan, and their two cats, Molly and Emily.
He is a US Navy veteran where he served as a Hospital Corpsman. He currently is employed at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ, as a Cardiac Monitor Technician.
Besides western fiction, he has written short stories of crime fiction and science fiction.
His western fiction novella, RIDE THE SAVAGE LAND, is available as an e-book from Wild Child Publishing. http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/westerns-c-90/ride-the-savage-land-p-414.html and on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Ride-the-Savage-Land-ebook/dp/B00BMWE79A/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text
His short stories appear in Rope and Wire Western Short Stories Volumes 2 & 4 and The Best Of Frontier Tales Volume 1 as ebooks.
Find them on his Amazon Author Page…www.amazon.com/-/e/B007O3HW1Q
Tweet him: @LarryPayne2
Larry Payne grew up in East Chicago, Indiana and now resides in Chandler, Arizona with his wife, Susan, and their two cats, Molly and Emily.
He is a US Navy veteran where he served as a Hospital Corpsman. He currently is employed at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ, as a Cardiac Monitor Technician.
Besides western fiction, he has written short stories of crime fiction and science fiction.
His western fiction novella, RIDE THE SAVAGE LAND, is available as an e-book from Wild Child Publishing. http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/westerns-c-90/ride-the-savage-land-p-414.html and on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Ride-the-Savage-Land-ebook/dp/B00BMWE79A/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text
His short stories appear in Rope and Wire Western Short Stories Volumes 2 & 4 and The Best Of Frontier Tales Volume 1 as ebooks.
Find them on his Amazon Author Page…www.amazon.com/-/e/B007O3HW1Q
Tweet him: @LarryPayne2
Sam Kates
author
Sam Kates lives in South Wales, UK.
He has had five short stories published in small press magazines. These have been collected, together with five previously unpublished stories, in the collection Pond Life, published on Amazon for the Kindle. His debut novel, The Village of Lost Souls, was published in December 2012.
Sam Kates is a pseudonym.
Sam Kates lives in South Wales, UK.
He has had five short stories published in small press magazines. These have been collected, together with five previously unpublished stories, in the collection Pond Life, published on Amazon for the Kindle. His debut novel, The Village of Lost Souls, was published in December 2012.
Sam Kates is a pseudonym.
Erin Thorne
author
Erin Thorne is a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, where she lives with her family. She writes primarily paranormal fiction, and is the author of Diane’s Descent, a supernatural novella set in a rural New York town, as well as Deals Diabolical, a collection of eight spine-tingling tales. In addition, she’s written a book of short stories encompassing science fiction, fantasy, and horror, titled Behind The Wheel. Her work has been featured in Adventures for the Average Woman (now IdeaGems Magazine) and Reflections of the End (Author’s Choice Select Anthologies 1).
Erin Thorne is a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, where she lives with her family. She writes primarily paranormal fiction, and is the author of Diane’s Descent, a supernatural novella set in a rural New York town, as well as Deals Diabolical, a collection of eight spine-tingling tales. In addition, she’s written a book of short stories encompassing science fiction, fantasy, and horror, titled Behind The Wheel. Her work has been featured in Adventures for the Average Woman (now IdeaGems Magazine) and Reflections of the End (Author’s Choice Select Anthologies 1).
Hannah Adcock
author
Hannah Adcock is a writer of fantasy and sci-fi (often with a humorous bent) poetry (and un-humorous horror...) living in a strange corner of Lincolnshire, England. She is more like herself than anyone else. She is working on a science-fiction novel and posts poetry, artwork and other random writings over at inspirationandlaughs.wordpress.com when she isn’t helping out at her local charity shop or spending time with family. (Her own family, that is.)
Hannah Adcock is a writer of fantasy and sci-fi (often with a humorous bent) poetry (and un-humorous horror...) living in a strange corner of Lincolnshire, England. She is more like herself than anyone else. She is working on a science-fiction novel and posts poetry, artwork and other random writings over at inspirationandlaughs.wordpress.com when she isn’t helping out at her local charity shop or spending time with family. (Her own family, that is.)
Thomas Duder
author
AGE: 32
VIOLENCE LEVEL: S
SPECIAL MOVES
Mad Marketing Machine - D, DF, F + Hard Slash
Leaps forward and snatches target into grabbed status before slashing downwards, doing a hard knockdown.
REDACTED - Charge B two seconds, F + Hard Slash
Counters projectiles, leaving them suspended in the air as a redacted bar for five seconds before unfreezing them. Projectile can now harm the opponent.
Skeletal Structure - F, D, DF, F + Light Slash
A hard, fast shoulder tackle. Phases through projectiles. Can stagger opponent for two seconds if unguarded. Does no chip damage.
Lyrical Combination - Tap Light Slash multiple times
Throws a never-ending combination of punches and kicks that strikes high, mid, and low. Does no chip damage, doesn't guard break.
DO A BARREL ROLL! - Charge B two seconds, F + Kick
Does a barrel roll drop kick. Guard break, knockdown.
FINISHING MOVE
- wraps the opponent up within their own shadow, keeping them locked in place and struggling as he bombards them with awesome poetry, original song lyrics, video game overviews, short stories and novellas of excessive, over-the-top violent action and cohesive, entertaining storylines.
Finishes with a massive elbow drop directly to the top of the skull.
Story
Hailing from the 80's with a combination of throwbacks, shoutouts, and awesome homages, Thomas Duder seeks only to entertain others with some of the best over-the-top action sequences he can muster. Multi-talented (i.e. - lacks focus), he is currently focusing on his long-time and favored love: writing over-the-top action sequences and doing all the fun (i.e. - boring and woefully inefficient) things that accompany being an indie author and publisher.
Did we mention his love of over-the-top action sequences? Yeah. Just DIGS 'em, yo.
AGE: 32
VIOLENCE LEVEL: S
SPECIAL MOVES
Mad Marketing Machine - D, DF, F + Hard Slash
Leaps forward and snatches target into grabbed status before slashing downwards, doing a hard knockdown.
REDACTED - Charge B two seconds, F + Hard Slash
Counters projectiles, leaving them suspended in the air as a redacted bar for five seconds before unfreezing them. Projectile can now harm the opponent.
Skeletal Structure - F, D, DF, F + Light Slash
A hard, fast shoulder tackle. Phases through projectiles. Can stagger opponent for two seconds if unguarded. Does no chip damage.
Lyrical Combination - Tap Light Slash multiple times
Throws a never-ending combination of punches and kicks that strikes high, mid, and low. Does no chip damage, doesn't guard break.
DO A BARREL ROLL! - Charge B two seconds, F + Kick
Does a barrel roll drop kick. Guard break, knockdown.
FINISHING MOVE
- wraps the opponent up within their own shadow, keeping them locked in place and struggling as he bombards them with awesome poetry, original song lyrics, video game overviews, short stories and novellas of excessive, over-the-top violent action and cohesive, entertaining storylines.
Finishes with a massive elbow drop directly to the top of the skull.
Story
Hailing from the 80's with a combination of throwbacks, shoutouts, and awesome homages, Thomas Duder seeks only to entertain others with some of the best over-the-top action sequences he can muster. Multi-talented (i.e. - lacks focus), he is currently focusing on his long-time and favored love: writing over-the-top action sequences and doing all the fun (i.e. - boring and woefully inefficient) things that accompany being an indie author and publisher.
Did we mention his love of over-the-top action sequences? Yeah. Just DIGS 'em, yo.
Lisa Williamson
author, poet and webmaster
A writer since an early age, I have been fascinated by stories where the characters go through changes and develop strength from great trials. I prefer the genre fields of fantasy, science fiction and horror over the general fiction. By placing my characters in fantastical settings I can let them grow and develop in ways that you just can't in a real world setting.
Published in the early days of the ebook movement in a CDRom book that saw little movement I have now taken to the digital age with style. I will continue to set my words free and hope that these children of my heart find homes with caring readers who are willing to look beyond the normal to the fantastical.
I can be found writing fantasy, science fiction, light horror, erotica, poetry and fan fiction. You can pick up my work at these fine retailers
A writer since an early age, I have been fascinated by stories where the characters go through changes and develop strength from great trials. I prefer the genre fields of fantasy, science fiction and horror over the general fiction. By placing my characters in fantastical settings I can let them grow and develop in ways that you just can't in a real world setting.
Published in the early days of the ebook movement in a CDRom book that saw little movement I have now taken to the digital age with style. I will continue to set my words free and hope that these children of my heart find homes with caring readers who are willing to look beyond the normal to the fantastical.
I can be found writing fantasy, science fiction, light horror, erotica, poetry and fan fiction. You can pick up my work at these fine retailers
Adele Symonds
poet and editor
Adele Symonds is a mother and a blogger, her blog covers mainly writing related material including book reviews, author interviews and promotional blog posts for new releases. Adele enjoys writing but has not previously been published, she has written a few short stories for her own enjoyment and began writing poetry in November 2012. At present Adele is working on the first draft of her first full length novel and continuing with her blog, poetry and short stories.
The poems that Adele has written since November have just been published in ebook format, the title is - A Star is Born: six months in the life of a poet.
Adele also offers a proofreading and editing service through her website at www.adelesymonds.com and hosts a weekly radio show on www.castleradiofm.com where she interviews authors/publishers and gives a book review of the week.
Adele Symonds is a mother and a blogger, her blog covers mainly writing related material including book reviews, author interviews and promotional blog posts for new releases. Adele enjoys writing but has not previously been published, she has written a few short stories for her own enjoyment and began writing poetry in November 2012. At present Adele is working on the first draft of her first full length novel and continuing with her blog, poetry and short stories.
The poems that Adele has written since November have just been published in ebook format, the title is - A Star is Born: six months in the life of a poet.
Adele also offers a proofreading and editing service through her website at www.adelesymonds.com and hosts a weekly radio show on www.castleradiofm.com where she interviews authors/publishers and gives a book review of the week.
Jeremiah Adediran
author
Born in Laos in 1989 Jeremaiah Adediran is a poet who celebrates change. Despite his humble background, the grace of his work of art is groundbreaking. Adediran is a poet who joins images, thoughts, imaginations and ideas to explore what inevitably divides them to illustrate their inherent connections. He is a poet of disparities as well as of unities. In contrast to some "dramatic or politicized poets, he is a poet less of action than of observation, "for when images come in and vision flows out' a quiet thought provoker and most of all a true nature poet who always has had a kind of ecological prophecy to deliver
Born in Laos in 1989 Jeremaiah Adediran is a poet who celebrates change. Despite his humble background, the grace of his work of art is groundbreaking. Adediran is a poet who joins images, thoughts, imaginations and ideas to explore what inevitably divides them to illustrate their inherent connections. He is a poet of disparities as well as of unities. In contrast to some "dramatic or politicized poets, he is a poet less of action than of observation, "for when images come in and vision flows out' a quiet thought provoker and most of all a true nature poet who always has had a kind of ecological prophecy to deliver
Robert Ruisi
author
At 62 years of age, I worked for the State of Florida for 36 years. Married to a great lady, I am happy in spite of health issues. I tried my hand at a bit of writing with encouragement from Jordan Riggs and Jo Robinson. The two have shown me the value of true friends.
At 62 years of age, I worked for the State of Florida for 36 years. Married to a great lady, I am happy in spite of health issues. I tried my hand at a bit of writing with encouragement from Jordan Riggs and Jo Robinson. The two have shown me the value of true friends.
Yvonne Mickelle, author
Evelyn Steward
poet and author
I have written on and off most of my life but really did not start serious writing until my late fifties. I went to quite a few Creative Writing Courses which gave me a grounding in how to write properly. I think I had some raw talent but that had to be honed. At 74 yrs of age, I am trying to get as much written as possible. Short stories in almost any genre. I have a science fiction novel written (needs more edits) and half of part 2 on the Warshaaree. My work in progress is a romance novel called 'Those Tangerine Hills'. Books I currently have published on Amazon Kindle are, 'Hotel', 'The Sand Writer' and 'Ten English Tales'. Some of my work is to be found on Bookrix too.
I have written on and off most of my life but really did not start serious writing until my late fifties. I went to quite a few Creative Writing Courses which gave me a grounding in how to write properly. I think I had some raw talent but that had to be honed. At 74 yrs of age, I am trying to get as much written as possible. Short stories in almost any genre. I have a science fiction novel written (needs more edits) and half of part 2 on the Warshaaree. My work in progress is a romance novel called 'Those Tangerine Hills'. Books I currently have published on Amazon Kindle are, 'Hotel', 'The Sand Writer' and 'Ten English Tales'. Some of my work is to be found on Bookrix too.
Richard Karle
author
Born Ft Knox, KY, USA as an Air Force child. Lived in KY, VA, ILL, Iowa, central PA, Eastern PA, Eastern and Western Mass., and FL. After 36 years of government employment, I was forced to retire due to physical maladies.
Born Ft Knox, KY, USA as an Air Force child. Lived in KY, VA, ILL, Iowa, central PA, Eastern PA, Eastern and Western Mass., and FL. After 36 years of government employment, I was forced to retire due to physical maladies.
Vanessa Wright
I am a 46 year old visual artist, aspiring author, mom and pug breeder. Two of my Afrikaans short stories have recently been published in My kort vir jou sop available on www.amazon.com as an e-book and soon to be released in soft cover. I am also published inn Write for light http://www.amazon.com/Write-Light-Collection-Darkness-ebook/dp/B00DY73T9U. I have taken part in Nanowromo 2012 and reached the target on day 26. I have my own blog at http://iread1966.wordpress.com where I have a few followers. I am also active on Facebook and Twitter and am a member of a writing group. I lead my own book club as well- I am a true bookaholic. Writing has always been my passion, however the timing always seemed incorrect as daily life interrupted more frequently than not. Now, I have decided to go big or go home.
Vicky Vyas
An accountant by profession, Vicky stumbled upon wattpad.com while wandering on-line during a lecture.... It was here that she realised that she loved words more than numbers. Her love affair with stories began when she first picked up a Nancy Drew and has only grown since. Although she idolises Julia Quinn for her quirky romantic humour, Vicky prefers to dabble into the deeper emotions that surround the human psyche and enjoys creating characters that display a wide range of them. Although she has multiple work in progress novels at various stages of completion, she is currently working on Handcuffed Bliss, due to release in January 2014 by Freaky Fiction. She can be found on https://www.facebook.com/
Joie Cuentista
has been a writer ever since she was able to pick up a pen. Her earliest stories were always required to have a happy ending as well as a heroine named Jill. She lives in Maryland and has the best roomie ever! And it just on happens that she happens to also be her greatest fan...but we all know Moms are great that way ;). She's a sucker for a good steamy romance, a happy ending, and anything that takes you out of this world. After all stories and novels should take you to another place for as long as you’re engaged and Joie loves nothing more than creating as many as humanly possible.
"Fortune Favors the Bold"
"Fortune Favors the Bold"