Members Bio

Debbye Holmes
Doug and Debbye Holmes dugndeb@earthlink.net
Visit our website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~dugndeb/index.html

Over the past 20+ years I have written many articles for technical journals,
industry mags, company policy manuals, school and company news letters
and commercial papers. My poetry has been featured in the
Pacific Telephone Times, The Edge, and Christian Ambassador Magazine.
I am currently focusing on writing children's stories and poetry. I also write
inspirational poems, stories and songs. I have one picture book and one early
reader completed and am actively seeking representation.
I attended East Los Angeles, and Harbor Colleges - majoring in English and
Music. I have worked as a secretary, lecturer/demonstrator, personnel
supervisor and office manager. I am the mother of six and grandmother of five.
In my spare time I play concert violin, draw portraits, and work on picture
book illustrations.
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ERICK EMERT
http://www.amug.org/~yarnspnr
yarnspnr@pop.amug.org
ICQ: #1116101

I write Fantasy Fiction although I also write articles on baseball, history, and religion. I do a bit of marketing work for the company I'm employed by as well. I'm 51 years old and growing older each year, which I look forward to because there is still so much to learn. I am married to a very patient woman and enjoy my children, most of whom are also married and off producing their own children now. I work a full time job and write on nights and weekends. I enjoy the Web and participate where I can. I'm currently involved in starting a community for Fantasy Writers, Poets, and Artists called "Ardeon."

I have been writing Fantasy Fiction for over ten years. In that time I've collected quite a bit of background material which I've incorporated into the land and people I write about. I've even composed a language for them. I write short stories, poetry, and am working on a novel. With so much background material on history, geography, and inhabitants, I'm at the point where I can drop into it at anytime, anywhere within it and write something concerning who or whatever. This happens when you stay put in one place.

Some of my Fantasy work can be found on http://home.sprintmail.com/~ahllie which is my daughter Ally's site. When she's in town she's on the Web as Ahllie, the protagonist in most of my stories. She's the 'talent' and I'm the writer. Our combined efforts and her Web site have served as our marketing effort. We've built up quite a following for Ahllie over the years.

Josh MacLeod
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/4636

As for a bio of myself, I am 22 and going back to school in the fall. (I
completed the first year but wasn't able to go back for the rest of it for
various reasons so I took a year off). I plan to major in English but am
still not sure what I will do with it. I have also published nothing of note
yet.

As for the web page, it contains the first chapters of a novel in progress,
various poems and stories, a skit, some humour from my mind, some odd
ramblings, an essay on religion and a few other things. It is often updated,
mainly because I don't think it will ever be finihsed. It also links to a
few other pages I made, one of which
(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6400)should only be read by those
with a really odd sense of humour. It has a legal page for a reason :)

Ern Carne
erncarne@melbpc.org.au

Came later to Short Story writing, only commencing after
retirement from thirty years as a University Administrator.
He joined a local Writers' Group to learn techniques and to receive
workshopping of his work. His work is exclusively fiction.
He has had a number of stories published in magazines, anthologies and on
National radio. He is now a volunteer tutor in creative writing at the
University of the Third Age (U3A)
He lives with his wife,Thora, in Lower Templestowe, Melbourne
Australia.

Andrew
a.leon777@worldnet.att.net

I have done very little in the way of writing, outside of journal writing and little
stories and poetry for my friends. I do short stories, poetry, and novels. I did
write two plays for my AP English class in high school during senior year. I also
had one sentence published in a local book, Totem, I believe, when I was in the
seventh or eighth grade. I am going through the writing program at the local
university here.

Amy Steffan
atwtfan@swbell.net
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/4113/

I am 27 years old, and became a published writer in 1990 when my poem
"What Adoption Means to Me" was printed in the Lake Mills Leader
newspaper (my hometown). A few years later, I had a short story published
in a college magazine, for a class I was in. My web site is a compilation of
things: about me, friends, photos, a page for my baby, and my writing.

R. Dean Ludden
http://www.essex1.com/people/ludden/Rindex.html
ludden@essex1.com

Born in Minnesota, 1929, educated at Hamline University, St, Paul, and
Columbia in New York. Has been employed as a teacher, radio and television
announcer, theatre manager, and pipe organ technician. Semi-retired,
married, the father of three sons, lover of the arts, and poet only in the
past four years.

Annie Griffen
thoth32@hotmail.com

I am 32 years old and work for the Provincial Government as a secretary.
Although I have been writing various things pretty much since I started
writing, I am finding it more and more difficult to find the inspiration and
creativity that is needed for it. I love it. Love to see what my mind can
create. I am especially enamoured with fantasy. I've never had anything
published, but I think, more than even seeing my name on the cover
of a book (which would be nice, admittedly), I would like to finish
a story, have the satisfaction of seeing it all down on paper. I am
hoping that through this site, I will be able to overcome my shyness
about 'getting it out there', my writer's block and hopefully be able
to help someone else, as well, if I can. I look forward to sharing
with you.

Peter Barnes
www.mudbath.freeserve.co.uk
peter@mudbath.freeserve.co.uk

Born in Harlsden on the outskirts of London in 1943, I spent my formative years living beside Regent's Park in north London. Educated at a Secondary Modern school, I left with just one qualification, an 'O' Level in Art.

Passing through a variety of occupations after leaving school, I finally ended up working in the construction industry as an electrician. After taking my City & Guilds (passed with distinction - clever old me!) I became an electrical engineer and spent the next twenty odd years doing that stuff.

During all this time I have been writing, initially in a therapeutic way through poetry, but during the past five years have branched out into short stories, plays and an attempt at a novel - although I still pen the occasional verse or three.

William Dunlap

http://home1.gte.net/wadunlap/
wadunlap@gte.net

William Dunlap was born in 1950 and has lived on Maui for two years. Almost Alone is his first completed fiction novel. He has written all his life but only a script for a video documentary entitled Thunderbird has been published. His diverse background includes a formal education in the medical sciences, 18 years as an electromechanical designer, motorcycle racer, business owner, and more. William aspires to be recognized as a story teller and admires the works of H.G. Wells, E.R. Burroughs, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and most recently, T.E. Lawrence. Almost Alone will be followed by two sequels, Huahine, the Mother Womb Machine, and the third untitled as of yet. Polynesian culture and technology feature prominently in his writing. He asks the question, How much do you know about these people that inhabit nearly one fifth of our planet? Very little, no doubt. He seeks to change that. Our world is in desperate need of the Aloha Spirit. Almost Alone web page available at http://home1.gte.net/wadunlap/