Profiles:
| <— Anita
Aleyassin, teacher, a founding member of
Spilt Ink, active from April 6, 1995 through August 28, 1996.
Anita has written short stories and worked on a projected novel based on her family’s immigrant
experience. |
| <— Diane
Byster, psychotherapist and career counselor, active in
Spilt Ink from January 8, 1997 through June 17, 1998.
Diane writes primarily nonfiction related to her profession. She has edited the books
Luck is no accident: making the most of happenstance in your life and career
by John D. Krumboltz and Al S. Levin, published in 2004, and
Feel Better in the Mourning: Giving Grief a Voice (unpublished; working title).
Her work has been published in
Career Planning and Adult Development Journal and
California Therapist Magazine. |
| <— Tom
Devine, technical writer, active in
Spilt Ink from March 5, 1997 through April 29, 1998, and
irregularly after.
Tom has worked as a technical writer but prefers to write about non-technical subjects. One
long term project is a play about William Blake. He has edited
The Dishonest Church
by Jack Good, published in 2003. |
| <— Esther
Erman, teacher, editor, and perpetual student, active in
Spilt Ink since July 10, 1996.
Esther writes fiction, nonfiction and poetry under three bylines, historical fiction in
her own name, romance as
Meg Bellamy and "sizzling romance" as
Mardi Ballou.
She is currently working on a new historical novel. Since her first novel,
Just One,
was published in 2003, she has released 14 novels and 24 short works in print and ebook. Her
work has also appeared in 6 anthologies. In addition to Spilt Ink, she is a
member of the
Silicon Valley and
Kiss of Death Chapters
of the Romance Writers of America. |
| <— Brian
Kunde, library specialist, a founding member of
Spilt Ink, active in the group since April 6, 1995.
Brian pens fiction, nonfiction and poetry, with a historical novel near completion. Through
Fleabonnet Press
he has published 29 chapbooks, 4 ebooks and an ejournal (Lit O' the Week) of his work,
as well as material by others. He has edited a 5 volume edition of Mary Tappan Wright's short
stories. His work has also appeared in
Calliope,
College & Research Libraries News,
ERBzine,
SUL News Notes,
SUL/AIR News,
SUL News,
The Trail Companion,
and
Wikipedia,
for which he writes literary articles. |
| <— Diana
Roberts, teacher and park worker, a founding member of
Spilt Ink, active from April 6, 1995 through April 18, 1996 and August
14, 1997 through July 7, 1998.
Diana has specialized in sudden fiction, essays and poetry in her writing. Some of her poetry
can be seen in
The Spilt Ink Sampler. |
| <— Geoffrey
Skinner, librarian, a founding member of
Spilt Ink, active in the group since April 6, 1995.
Geoffrey has writen short fiction, nonfiction and poetry, worked on a novel, and blogs;
currently on
Sebastopol Walks,
Sonoma County Digital Library Project,
and
West of the Laguna,
and formerly on
The Morris Addition Neighborhood,
Poetrybird,
and
SoCo Life. He has been literary editor of
The Trail Companion
and has published five chapbooks of his poetry through
Red Gravenstein Press.
His work has also appeared in
SUL News Notes,
SUL/AIR News,
The Trail Companion,
West Word,
and
Wikipedia. |
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and last updated
Feb. 1, 2019.
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