Molly Hogan is a fourth grade teacher who lives in a rambling old farmhouse in rural Maine. She is fascinated by the sense of possibility that is so pervasive in nature — the sense that everything can change in an instant. She devotes her free time to walking and wandering, writing poems, and personal essays, and nature photography.
Nikki Marrone is a published poet and photographer. When she’s not wandering the world documenting her adventures, she splits her time between performing, running events, workshop leading, and being a mother. She has been published in a variety of publications, is the winner of multiple Poetry Slams, and has featured at various spoken word nights and festivals around the world.
Doing art in multiple medias, Serenity Studios Ooak Art is a place where dreams come to life. They have a storenvy: Serenity Studios Storenvy and a FB page: Serenity Studios
Phillip Knight Scott is an aspiring poet living in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife of 11 years and their 3-year-old son. Thought writing for most of his life, he only recently began publishing his work in journals and his own website.
Jay Hall Carpenter has been a professional artist for over 40 years, beginning as a sculptor for the Washington National Cathedral, and winning numerous national awards for his work. His first poetry collection, Dark and Light, Poetry (2012), was followed by 101 Limericks, Inappropriate for All Occasions (2017). His next collection, Model Home, is due out in the Spring. He has written poetry, plays, muscials, and children’s books throughout the career and now sculpts and writes in Silver Spring, MD.
Linda M. Crate’s poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has six published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press – June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon – January 2014), If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016), My Wings Were Made to Fly (Flutter Press, September 2017), splintered with terror (Scars Publications, January 2018), more than bone music (Clare Songbirds Publishing, March 2019), and one micro-chapbook Heaven Instead (Origami Poems Project, May 2018). She is also the author of the novel Phoenix Tears (Czykmate Books, June 2018).
Pallavi lives in the US with her two kids and husband. She is a working mother with a passion for storytelling. Her stories are in the form of poetry and prose and can be found on her blog http://www.curatingthoughts.blog.
Kira S. is an essentially new artist; living, loving, and mothering in the desert southwest. With no formal training, she only began creating original art to accompany her fiction writing. Now a weekly art contributor to a popular writing-prompt blog, Kira continues to let her wild imagination take the lead
She can be reached at Kirascribbled@gmail.com
Or visit her website: kirascribbled.wordpress.com
Susan Marie Shuman is a freelance writer, and editor, who currently resides in the wilds of Birmingham, AL. She shares her life with four spoiled cats, several friends (not all of them imaginary) and one husband. When she’s not working, Susan enjoys horseback riding, reading, taking her cats for a spin in their pet stroller, and taking naps. An ex-bartender, recovering crash test dummy, and all-around late bloomer, Susan graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2004 with a BA in English. She minored in Russian. Long-range goals include visiting Israel, the Czech Republic, and Liechtenstein. Susan is also planning to launch a micro-nation which would be called either Suzannistan or Eastern Suzanorovia.
We asked Susan about writer’s block, and how she deals with it. Her response shows a real sense of humor. “Yes, and I’ve developed a healthy respect for it. In my case, it usually happens when I try to avoid writing something that I know must be written. Other times, I think my muse simply gets lazy or wanders off. To goose her into action, I find that finger painting is a great way to get back on track. You use the other side of your brain, which somehow gets the creative juices flowing again. Plus, it’s fun. Also, I find that when I wear bizarre color & pattern combinations, mismatched socks, and/or wild make-up, it helps me tap into parts of me previously unknown. Some of my best writing happens when I’m wearing plaids & polka dots and blue metallic eye shadow. No, I do not leave the house like this.”
She has a website! Go check her out. She has published three collections of short stories/poetry. Bad Meringue & Other Stories : A Collection of Short Stories & Poetry is one of them. Her genre ends towards Satire, The Human Condition, Unrequited Love, Fantasy. She writes poetry in various forms, short stories, and is currently working on a memoir.
Susan decided to go indie because she did not know how to go about getting an agent and CreateSpace had just come out so she thought she’d try it. When asked why she decided to be an author, she responded “A friend’s father was a writer and I was fascinated by him. I loved the way he spoke, his thought process; I’d never met such an exotic person!”
We are so pleased to meet Susan and felt like you would be as well.
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