Profiles:
| Anita
Aleyassin, teacher, a founding member of
Spilt Ink, active from April 6, 1995 through
August 28, 1996.
Anita writes short stories and is working on a 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Feel Better in the Mourning: Giving Grief a Voice (unpublished; working title).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 July, 2003. |
| Esther
Erman, teacher, editor, and perpetual student,
active in Spilt Ink since July 10, 1996.
Esther writes fiction, nonfiction and poetry, specializing in "sizzling romances" under the pen names of
Meg Bellamy and
Mardi Ballou. Her first novel,
Just One,
was issued by
Zumaya Publications in March, 2003.
She has also published 11 novels and over a dozen short works under her pen names,
most in e-editions. In addition to Spilt Ink, Esther 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, has a novel in progress, and writes literary
articles for
Wikipedia.
He has published 18 chapbooks of his poetry and prose as well as material by other
authors through
Fleabonnet Press. He
has edited a 4 volume edition of the short stories of Mary Tappan Wright. His work has
also appeared in
SUL News Notes,
SUL/AIR News,
College & Research Libraries News,
Calliope, and
The Trail Companion. |
| 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 specializes 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 writes short fiction, nonfiction and
poetry, is working on a novel, and posts on his blogs
SoCo Life - Life on the Western Edge,
West of the Laguna,
The Morris Addition Neighborhood, and
Poetrybird. He has been literary editor of
The Trail Companion
and has published 5 chapbooks of his poetry through
Red Gravenstein Press.
His work has also appeared in
SUL News Notes,
SUL/AIR News,
The Trail Companion, and
West Word. |
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