Besides writing and reading, I love travel, food, roses, puzzles, history, nature and photography. My digital images are posted at PBase.com. The Rancho Cucamonga Photo Club - RCPhotoClub.com
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Cyndy Largarticha,
Vice President, Membership
    When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. Now, some 40 odd years later, I'm finally pursuing my dream. My publishing credits include ByLine Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s World, The Christian Science Monitor, Country Woman, and The Chino Champion. But my most memorable moment came when I read a poem that my daughter had written. In it, she said she wanted to be like her mom…the writer.

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Barbara Parish
Treasurer

Barbara Parish, writer, watercolor landscape painter, and teacher.

She enjoys traveling the desert trailheads and mountain creeks with her CJ-5 Jeep. With a digital camera and watercolor sketchbook/journal in hand, she records the diverse landscape in color, shape, and prose. Barbara expresses descriptive writing with a desire equaling her passion to paint.

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Laura Hoopes
Secretary

Laura Hoopes is the Halstead-Bent Professor of Biology and Molecular Biology at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She received the AB from Goucher College and the PhD from Yale University. She is just beginning in the area of creative writing, but she has written a text book on Molecular Genetics and over 40 articles for both scientific and general publications. Laura is at work on a memoir about growing up in the Eisenhower years, being recruited to science by Sputnik, falling in love with DNA, and crashing into gender-barriers in molecular biology. She has really benefited from Libby Grandy’s critique group, and she also enjoys the California Writers’ Club, which she joined in February, 2006.

www.westcoastwriters.blogspot.com - Laura's Blog

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Laura Slattery,
Immediate Past President, Editor of Fresh Ink and WebMistress :)
I have been a member of CWC since 1999.
I am a romance writer in my heart. (My happily-ever-after loving heart.)
And maybe I will someday have my book published. (Finishing it might help though.)
I also write short stories, some of which take dark, mysterious turns that even I am not always sure about. And the occasional poem...
but I am not confident those count yet.
As editor of Fresh Ink, I have become more involved with CWC, counting it as one of the priorities in my busy life.
Mother of four, wife to the world's greatest guy... what more could I ever want? (Okay, there is a list, but I am working on it.)
My fledgling Art

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S. Kay Murphy,
Publicity
S. Kay Murphy has never run with scissors, but has, almost daily since the age of sixteen, exceeded the speed limit while driving. She has never cheated on a lover or on Uncle Sam, but has cheated brazenly on every diet she's ever been on. She gets on well with dogs... but not so well with people. She is honest to a fault... but is known to prevaricate on occasion if the situation deems it necessary. She has been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and The Writer, among other periodicals, and is currently seeking a publisher for Tainted Legacy, her nonfiction book about serial killer Bertha Gifford.
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Aleta Jacobson,
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AKA: AJ (because no one can spell Aleta or pronounce it at coffee bars and restaurants).
I love to write. I have been making up stories from the time I was 5 years old. Fiction, Poetry and essays are my favorites. I have published some Non-Fiction but it is not my best work.

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www.myspace.com/aletaljacobson
aletajacobson-art.tripod.com

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Libby Grandy,
Programs

My husband, Fred, and I live in Claremont, California. Before retiring, I worked in the Dean of Students Office at Claremont McKenna College. Previous to CMC, I was employed at General Dynamics in Educational Services, acting as liaison with state colleges and universities. I have also worked as a consultant, conducting workshops on Behavior Modification and Stress Management.

My published articles have appeared in magazines such as Mature Living, Alive, and Writers’ Journal. I am presently marketing two family saga novels (Promises to Keep and Lydia) and a mystery set in the high desert (Desert Soliloquy). My latest writing project is a sequel to Lydia, completing the family saga trilogy.

I am Programs Director for the Inland Empire Branch of the California Writers Club and facilitate a weekly writers’ critique group at Borders Bookstore. In both groups, I enjoy the camaraderie of other writers.

My website is LibbyGrandy.com .
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Sharon Herdina,
Scholarship / Historian

As a Speech Pathologist, my strength is in the area of language. By day, I work with children with language disabilities and autism. On some weekends, I work in rehab with adults who have had strokes and brain injuries. My favorite type of therapy involves all areas of language, as opposed to voice, stuttering, swallowing, etc. I am fascinated by how the brain develops and processes language, and how we communicate. I have been an avid reader since childhood, and when I look back, I recall "writing" a newspaper with my little brother when I was about ten and having a poem published in our school newspaper when I was twelve. Fast forward to about ten years ago when I noticed a writer's group at Border's. I began attending and discovered a real interest in writing. I still consider myself a beginner, as I'm constantly learning about this field. Every month I learn something new at our CWC meetings. I like to write fiction and non-fiction short stories and essays and have started on a couple novels. I'm also interested in travel, photography, genealogy, and baking.
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Mary Jane Hill

I first discovered the joy of writing at the age of seven when my 2nd grade class was instructed to “write a story” and I had no difficulty coming up with an idea. I’ve been writing ever since, except when my children were babies. It is those very precious little ones who eventually inspired me to begin writing again and this time I hope to never stop.

I joined CWC in 2003. Being around other writers inspires me to believe in myself and pursue my dream of being published one day. I enjoy writing romances, memoirs, children’s stories, some poetry, and most recently discovered an interest in suspense. While my big dream is to publish a book, I’m focusing on short stories right now in between taking care of my family.
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Peggy Woodruff

I started writing in 11th grade, in 1942. Writing is in my bones, my skin, my inners. I joined IECWC because I wanted to meet other writers and hear about what they are writing and reading.

Born: Aquarius, 1925, New Sharon, Maine

Grew up on a Colorado farm.

Education: B.S,M.A.Literature at University of Tennessee
Further studies in:
Art at Upsala U., Sweden
Writing – Claremont Grad School
Poetry – Naropa, Boulder, Colorado

Profession: Teacher; Jr. High, High School, Jr. College

Publications: MorMor - 1993 - Ives Publishing
Back to Poetry – 1996 – Integrity Press
Heart Lines – 2000, Olive Branch Press

Awards: Pomona Valley Review, 2002
Pomona Valley Review, 2003
First Prize Essay, Chaffey Community College, 1984

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William H. Wallace, Jr.

    I am William (Bill) H. Wallace, Jr. I reside in Alta Loma, but I dream of Pine Mountain. I am married to Robin, two children, and currently four grandchildren. I regard being a grandpa as the best job in the universe. I am recently retired (June '03) after a long (37 years) and mostly gratifying career in education, including a 25 year tenure as Dept. Chair. I was raised in the Pomona Valley (when there were orange groves) and graduated from Pomona High. I attended Chapman University (B.A.&M.A.), the University of the Seven Seas, and did course work at U.C.R., U.C.I., R.C.C. and Chaffey.
    People said I would miss my job--but I haven't. It was the right time for me to go and I have been so busy that I haven't had time to look back--and I don't intend to. Following my retirement, I decided to stay busy and keep out of trouble by returning to the classroom as a student. It has been one of the better decisions of my life. I enjoyed college before, but I think I may be enjoying it more now. Of course, the one big advantage today is I only take classes that I want to take! One of the courses I took at Chaffey resulted in my writing an essay for a contest sponsored by "IECWC." I was fortunate to win and have my essay published in "Fresh Ink." I am very gratified and I am very happy that it provided me with the opportunity to join CWC. My essay, "The Albino Ball," speaks of my life long interest in the written word--an interest largely inspired by my grandmother who gave me books and read to me.
    I started doing creative writing in junior high and continued through high school and college. Like many, I had some things published, but after graduation I began my career and, again like many, I put my writing on the shelf and rarely found time for it. All that has changed, and now I "find time" to write virtually everyday.     I write poetry, short stories, character sketches, essays, but my biggest ongoing project is (yes, you guessed it) "that novel" that everyone says they're going to write. Well, I've mostly written it, but now I need help. I may be wrong, but I think writing it may have been the easy part when I contemplate rewriting and editing it.
    That's pretty much who I am and where I am in brief. Except I would like to mention that I am excited to have four poems and a short story being published in the "Pomona Valley Review."
    Oh, I do have a hobby (shared in rivalry with my brother), I collect "records." Really. And I specialize in the old "78's." It is ironic that I am now searching for, and buying, the records I once owned and threw out.
    I have recently finished a book, "Ghosts of Gordon Street," and I am currently working on a second book--a companion book called "Remembering Gordon Street." At times it has been a bumpy road, so I would like to thank everyone who helped and encouraged me.

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Jane Velte

I am a true California gal; my family has been in the state since 1900. Now residing in the San Antonio Heights area of Upland, I was born, raised and married (the first time, at age seventeen), in Pomona.

Books have always been a major interest in my life. For many years, ever since reading "Black Beauty" in the third grade, I thought of authors as magical gods. Imagine, creating something out of nothing! Oh, how I wished I could be one of those writing magicians.

Although several teachers and others told me that I had a "way with words," early marriage, rearing three daughters, and working a demanding office job prevented me from any literary aspiration. Besides, I certainly wasn't a "magical god," plus I hadn't gone to college, hadn't even taken a writing course.

Then a few years ago, after reading several bad novels in a row, I realized that not all writers are "magical." If the dull-witted authors of those novels could get published, there was hope for anyone with a hankering to set down a story on paper.

So, I bought a computer and arduously taught myself how to operate the dang thing. At the same time, I struggled to learn the basics of novel writing. Some three years later I have completed my first novel, and am now in the revision process.

I am grateful for the help and encouragement I've received from Libby's critique group. Even if my novel is never published, it's been fun and rewarding to mingle with other writers, many of whom truly are "magical."

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Carolyn Johnson, M.A., SPHR

I have been writing since I knew enough words to form a complete sentence. I still have, and treasure, the little “books” I put together as a youth for my Mother’s amusement (or was that amazement?).

More recently, I have been writing primarily on topics related to Human Resources and Training. I have been published in The Inland Channel (the ASTD Inland Empire’s newsletter), Creative Training Techniques Newsletter, Training Times, ASTD National Report on Human Resources, Employee Development Newsline, Choices (an internal newsletter on Career Development), and PIHRAScope.

My latest effort is a book, tentatively titled “Dealing with People Before They Become Difficult.” It is truly a labor of love, since it was begun originally as a collaborative effort with my late Husband. I plan to give him credit posthumously – but I suppose I need to finish it first!

Beyond that, I dabble in poetry, and continue to dream up short articles on topics related to Training and Employee Development. I am grateful to be a member of this group, where I have already learned so much.
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Helen Carson

I began writing poetry in January of 2007 at the urging of a colleague who also writes poetry and told me I had a gift for describing life! I was fortunate enough to be paid for and have one of my very first poems, "The Nurse," included in a book entitled Voices of Breast Cancer, published and distributed nationally by LaChance Publishing in Oct., 2007.

Seeing that hot little check in my hand and realizing that there were actually people out there who would pay me to write, got me excited, and today I am quite addicted to the writing bug! I write several days a week and submit my work religiously every week end to various traditional and eclectic markets. I have received dozens and dozens of rejections, but the occasional acceptance of my work keeps me going, as does my desire for immortality... through poetry!

I live with my retired civil engineer hubby and our cocker spaniel, Sammy, in Highland. I was an oncology RN for 25 years, and then, after a third bout with breast cancer, went back to school at the ripe old age of 54 for a Master's Degree in Educational Administration. Today I work as a training and technical assistance provider to Native American Head Start programs in California, Nevada, and Arizona.

When I am not on the road working, I enjoy reading and writing, cross stitching, flower gardening, photography, leisure travel, and time with my friends and family, including three grandkids who happily live just down the road. I have a part time business called "The Bead Box," in which I design, make, and sell natural stone and lampwork bead jewelry.

I would love to hear from any CWC member, anytime.

Bob Covington
As a Supervisory Claims Adjudicator for the United States Treasury Department for 32 years, little did I know that I would ever write poetry or be a resident of California. Fortuitously, about a year after retiring from the Treasury, my bride of now 51 years visited Rancho Cucamonga. She liked what she experienced and asked me to come and take a look. Because I liked it, too, we said goodbye to the often unkind winters of the east coast and took up residency temporarily with relatives in Rancho, till finding our home.

One day on a stroll, descriptions of the countryside popped into my head. And I rushed home to write “The Walk,” my first poem. Relatives and friends liked it. With scanty knowledge of the craft of poetry, I searched for a writing group. Finding one at Barnes and Noble in Rancho, its members led me to CWC. My membership in CWC since 2001 has been one of the better experiences of life. For me, writing poetry is an encounter with the Divine. Too, I’m grateful for my colleagues and all that I have learned and will continue to learn about writing.

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Aurora Hughes
    I write frequently for the Riverside County Lawyer, a legal magazine. Not only do I write feature articles, but I also have three columns that I ghost write for the rag. I have a contract and am waiting to see if I get published in a legal treatise that is published nationwide for Tax attorneys and accountants. I write for pleasure and because I have an overwhelming desire to write. Poetry and short stories are my most frequent writings, but I long to complete Pogmogen and to write additional children's stories. I write every day for my job. Sometimes, I even enjoy these compositions, arguments and letters. I haven't submitted anything in ages. Now that I have acknowledged it, I guess I had better send some out.
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Carolyn Burns Bass

With a sword swallower as a father and a Midwest fundamentalist soprano for a mother, is it any wonder I became a writer?

In addition to writing fiction, I am a travel journalist with a regular assignment writing features for the Riverside, California Press-Enterprise. I maintain two blogs, one published by the Press-Enterprise called INLAND TRAVELER, the other one being my personal blog, OVATIONS.

Across the years I’ve been assistant editor of a national music magazine (CCM), written magazine cover features, personality profiles, music reviews and food features. I’ve had short fiction published in The Rose & Thorn (Spring, 2007) and Breath & Shadow (October 2007). I am an active member of the Backspace writing community, where nearly a dozen of my short stories have placed within the top 3 in the Backspace Short Story Contests.

You can learn more about me and my writing on my website at: www.CarolynBurnsBass.com . or visit me in my salon at Red Room. Carolyn's email

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David Gamboa
Dave Gamboa lives with his wife and daughter in the city of Colton, California. He grew up in Los Angeles, where he worked in the film industry for twelve-years. Fascinated by the movie industry, he combined his talents with script writing and created his fantastic stories. Dave is a big movie buff and science-fiction, horror, the unexplained, and anything to do with UFO’s are his favorites.

His first book, Tales of a Lucid Dreamer, is a compilation of twelve short-stories of the strange and unusual and is related to lucid dreams. It is available on Amazon.com, Barnes&noble.com, Borders online book store, and other book sites.

Currently he has a second book titled; The Night They Came. It is a full-length sci-fi thriller about an alien-invasion in Los Angeles, and is available on Amazon.com and soon, Barnes&noble.com. For more information you may visit the author’s web site at www.Davegamboa.com and click on, New Release.

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Ted Knuckey

    A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker I am not, nor have I ever been, but I write from my experiences of life. In that pursuit I bring to the table the following; I was a professional rodeo cowboy, who rode the circuit and competed in both the bareback and saddle bronc riding as well as surviving many 8 second contests with the bulls. I served in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the U.S. Marine corps when North Korea moved South.
    In 1954 I became a Police officer and spent the next 22 years working my way up through the ranks with most of my time being a detective in Homicide until I was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and placed in charge of the bureau. I attended school in my spare time and attained a Bachelor of Science as well as a Juris Doctor degree.
    In 1975 I passed the bar exam and left the police department to practice law. I had my own office until 1988 when I was appointed to the judicial bench as a Court Commissioner. I retired 11 years later and now aspire to become a writer. I was married in 1954 and somehow this has escalated to 3 daughters, 3 son-in laws and 10 grandchildren.
    In addition to being a member of CWC, I belong to THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA, and the WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA. I have published articles in The WRITERS DIGEST magazine PUBLISHING SUCCESS, and CAPPERS book “MY FOLKS RODE THE RAILS.” The San Fernando Valley Chapter of the CWC published a short story in their book, “VOICES FROM THE VALLEY.” I have two books in print, “ME AND OTHER GREAT HUNTERS,” and “RECOLLECTIONS OF A RODEO COWBOY.” I have a murder mystery in progress, “THE ODOR OF DEATH,” which should be released by December 10, 2002.
    I write with humor that sometimes might be close to the gallows humor of the homicide cop. I do write because I feel compelled to exprent.ss myself and I will deny that writing is just a hobby. I will admit that I write, because I can’t paint.

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Carol Poole

I was surfing the Internet one day and found the California Writers Club web site...what a stroke of luck that was. It's wonderful group.

I have been writing for as long as I can remember and because I'm also an artist, fiction writing to me is like painting with words. I love period pieces and historical fiction. The research is fun! Often, I get ideas from some very strange places...names on car license plates, obituary notices, wayside diners and overheard conversations. I love unusual names. They spark an idea and my imagination runs wild. I get very attached to my characters and they take on a life of their own. When a story ends, I often feel a sense of loss.

I hope to be published some day, but until then I will keep on writing.
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Kenneth Vann
My roots began in a small town in Oklahoma. I moved to Los Angeles as a young child in 1955. I enjoyed my growing up years in Watts, California. I loved the diversity and thriving cultures of that day. To a young child from a rural farming town, L.A. was the Mecca of life.

I entered the U.S. Navy immediately after graduating from high school. This experience afforded me unlimited opportunities to visit many countries and personally interact with people of different traditions. Thanks to my Los Angeles rearing, I quickly adapted to people of different ethnicities and customs.

I joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 1970. This experience was another milestone in my life’s education. I worked numerous assignments: mostly in the area that I was raised as a teenager. This career catapulted me into the hidden depths of people’s lives that I’m sure altered mine forever.

I worked approximately fifteen years in law enforcement in L.A. County before transferring laterally to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. I was eventually assigned to Special Enforcement Bureau where I specialized in Major Narcotics. I retired at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department after working a total of thirty years in law enforcement.
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Suzana Payne

Suzana Payne. But you can call me Sue. Only the IRS and the heading of my query letters claims me as Suzana. I decided to stick with my legal name for publication purposes because Sue Payne sounded like a bad lawyer joke!

I am the wife of one husband (one is more than enough) and the mother of two daughters (two was just right). My oldest daughter, now attending USC, says she hates writing because of the thousand and one edits I forced her to do in school. The other daughter hates to read because she says I read aloud all the good books she'll ever need to read.

I was a frustrated, closet, journal-writing bibliophile until my mid-forties, but I'm cured now . I got over it and so will they. (Yes, I have apologized to my kids and they are both doing remarkably well in their academic lives despite me). Now I am trying to make up for lost time by trying as many genres as humanly possible: poetry, short story, book reviews, novels, memoir and most recently personal essay.

Linus Pauling said: "The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas." And that's just what I am doing. This is by far the best time of my life.

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Tomika Banks Fisher
I'd like to fancy myself a writer and poet- but as vain as those titles sound on the tongue in my literary heart I feel like I am so much more...a vessel perhaps to another dimension of experience....a window if you will into someone else's reality...Alright... off my mystical communicator SOAP BOX! My name is Tomika Banks Fisher and when I was a much younger spring chicken my grandmother used to tell me at nights while I slept that books were my friends..and every day of my life there after I have made it a point in some form or fashion to acquaint myself with a book or two- hopefully a few of which will bear my own name as author in the near future. I've had a few poems published here and there since 1996 and won a couple of literary contests and awards for Poetry and Short Plays. I'm an Indiana Native currently residing in the lovely hills of Southern California and I work for a major financial services company as a Learning and Development specialist/Instructional Designer . I decided that when I moved to the wild west that I must join the most prestigious literary group in my area and I have..(.kindred spirits are so important to neophyte vessels like myself). I'm looking to learn, to practice, to share and to feed off of all the knowledge and experience of the group and to possibly offer little mysterious writings to the universe in this dimension in return.
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Brenda Dunkelman
Brenda Dunkelman is new to the writing world, but has been writing since childhood. She has had careers both in real estate as an agent and in radiology as a technologist. She has been married for sixteen years to a wonderful man and has a fourteen year old son. They share their lives with a dog, two bad cats, a parakeet and a pond full of Koi. Living in Rancho Cucamonga, she writes from home in hopes of turning out ‘The Novel’. With support form her family as well as friends, she is determined to continue on her writing journey.
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Ishrat Husain

My full name is Ishrat Husain Austin. I enjoyed writing short stories for Sunbeams, my college magazine in the early years. Then there was a long gap going to medical school,and doing residencies. I have been a Dermatologist for nearly twenty-five years but my love for writing has never diminished. For the last two years I have been writing with the" Night Writers" group in Claremont.

Most of my writing is fiction. Some of it is based on real life personal experiences, and some on the lives of others whose stories have moved me. I lived in Pakistan with my family when I was growing up before I came to live in the States and many of my stories have social undertones, the injustices to women and stories of loves not found. I wrte about the blending and the clash between two cultures, and their impact on our lives. Ihave written over fifty-five short stories over the last two years. I hope to publish these as a book of short stories someday.

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Al Guzzetti
Alan Guzzetti was born in upstate New York at the beginning of World War II. His family migrated to Northern California when he was five years old. Guzzetti has led an exciting and fascinating life as a world traveler and a businessman.

He joined the U.S. Air Force at seventeen and spent four years touring the Far East and other parts of the world. Later, he was involved in America’s early space program as an employee at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.

As the computer industry matured, Guzzetti became a successful sales and marketing executive in the field of high technology. At one point he was responsible for an extensive international marketing operation and visited many foreign countries.

Guzzetti has written various technical articles for trade magazines. His first book, NO MORE SMOKING IN BED has been recently published as part memoirs, part travelogue, and a series of humorous adventures. His second book, RIVERVIEW is a suspenseful crime and punishment novel. His third book, also a novel, is entitled DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS, and is now available. Guzzetti has begun work on a sequel to DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS, tentatively titled NEVER FAR FROM DANGER.

Guzzetti’s work can be previewed on his website www.americanpacificbooks.com His books are also available on www.amazon.com

Mr. Guzzetti lives in Sun City, California.
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Maria Ruiz-Soto
The best things in my life have happened to me by accident and joining IECWC was just that. When I found IECWC I found a group of persons who not only shared a loved for writing but could also inspire me and teach me to write.

I am a new writer and am currently getting ready to submit what I hope to be my first children’s book called “ All Kinds of Kids”. My goal is to write and have published children’s books in English and Spanish.

Besides writing I enjoy traveling, reading and spending time with my husband Daniel and dog Brutis.
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Paul Colaluca

2008-2009 will be my first year as a member of the Inland Empire California Writer’s Club (IECWC). In my professional career, I’ve served as a Speech Therapist, Special and Regular Education Teacher, Program Specialist and Coordinator, and Elementary School Principal. Now that I’m retired, I’ve become an Administrative Coach, certified by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), and an Adjunct Professor with Concordia University’s School of Education, teaching graduate level courses in leadership. Being a consultant has afforded me the opportunity to pursue writing more conscientiously and consistently.

I’ve been a “poet-at-heart” all of my life, always seeing the world in metaphorical images, and working to capture the essence of life’s moments in words as I journeyed through them. The diversity of talent and support available within the IECWC group, is for this “coming-out-of-the-closet poet”, like cresting a gently rising hill to behold a longed for horizon. As professional priorities fade into the past, my yearning is to express the quiet, gentle, and peaceful energy that nurtures love and compassion between souls.
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John Hull

For the past thirty-five years, Dr. John W. Hull, Jr. has taught and consulted the principles and practices of organizational, managerial/leadership, team/group, interpersonal, and intrapersonal (i.e., self) communication and dynamics for the expressed purpose of educating, developing and training his undergraduate and graduate college students and professional clients to maximize their genius and optimize their lives, professions and organizations.

Dr. John Hull is an applied psychological communication specialist. Dr. Hull earned his bachelor degree and teaching credential at the University of Northern Colorado and his masters and doctorate degrees at the University of Denver. His educational and professional background includes advanced training in cognitive, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, clinical hypnotherapy, and, radio, television and film presentation and performance. John is a certified/registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and a member of the National Communication Association, American Board of Hypnotherapy, National Guild of Hypnotists, American Association of Professional Hypnotherapist, and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Hull’s company, Hull Talk, Inc., offers personal development, performance coaching, and professional improvement programs in: Your Esteem Solution for Unleashing and Expressing Your Greatest Self; Your Esteem Solution for Effective Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration; Your Esteem Solution for Remarkable Executive Leadership; Successful Motivational Speaking and Inspirational Presentations; Your Esteem Solution for Winning Teams and Shared Leadership; Effective Team-Based Strategic Planning; Contact: Effective Customer Relations; Your Esteem Solution for Extraordinary Mind Power & Practical Intuitive Decisions; and, Optimum Golf Performance.

Dr. John Hull has consulted with numerous non-profit, public and governmental agencies, and, regional and national corporations including: the PGA of America; Nissan USA; the Lexus Division of Toyota USA; Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Southern California Edison Utility Company; Nordstrom; Tiger Federal Credit Union; South Orange County Senior Services; the cities of: Grover Beach, Chino, Alhambra and Anaheim, California; and, Colorado’s Winter Park and Steamboat Ski Areas. In addition, John provides one-on-one counseling to top administrators, athletes, actors and artists on how to strengthen their self-esteem and self-confidence, and, how to enhance their creativity and professional performance.

Dr. John Hull is also an adjunct faculty member with Chapman University College teaching undergraduate and graduate adult students in all areas of organizational leadership, psychology and communication. Currently, John is working on several self-help, “How To”…..books on self-esteem, leadership, mind-power, and golf psychology.

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