About Our Writers

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Sundays — Paul Anderson

Paul is a Scottish writer living in west London and wondering if the city will ever let him leave. He is a reformed lawyer who found writing gothic fantasy less disturbing than the esoteric and arcane mysteries of contract law. He has far more websites than should be healthy for any sane human being, so you should probably start with Once Upon a Time in the West of London.

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Mondays — Jodi Cleghorn

Jodi Cleghorn is an Australian writer, based in Brisbane, who works across genres. Influenced by theme (and the voices in her head) her stories fly under the thematic banners of love, loss, betrayal, the dynamics of power and the eternal question what if? Recent fiction and non fiction collaborations have spawned a new respect for the process of writing, the value of co-writing and a renewed admiration for the talents of fellow writers. You can begin your exploration of Jodi’s creative world at Writing with Passionate Abandon.

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Tuesdays — Dale Challener Roe

By day Dale is a mundane-mannered IT drone, fiancée and father living in Raleigh, North Carolina. But by night—and lunch break—he dons his pen and notebook and roams the piedmont in an attempt to locate and tame an increasingly recalcitrant muse. His exploits have been chronicled as sci-fi, fantasy, horror and humor. Flouting recent convention, he maintains only a single web-based headquarters—Rough Draft—where concerned citizens can find samples of his fiction along with ramblings about his daily life.

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Wednesdays — Annie Evett

Annie draws on her years as a teacher and time in the corporate field to bring life experience to her eclectic style of creativity in both writing and artwork. Having scribbled and sketched in the margins or being distracted by a story line and arguing characters in her head, instead of her study throughout school, university and in business meetings, she felt it time to bring her images and ideas to light. She refuses to be boxed into a genre and has written speculative fiction, feminist literature, romance, adventure and non fiction exploring darker themes in urban mythicalism. Start your escapade into her world.

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Thursdays — Andrea Allison

Andrea Allison is the author of several short stories of horror and contemporary who has appeared in ezines such as Long Story Short, N.V.H. Magazine and Runes Ezine. Her proudest work is a story entitled “Tornado Luck” published in a charity anthology benefiting hurricane victims called Stories of Strength which also included writings from Orson Scott Card, Jenna Glatzer and Wil Wheaton. She completed the “Basics of Writing” course from Long Ridge Writers Group in 2008. When her hands aren’t callused and bleeding from old school writing methods, Andrea authors two blogs: SOUTHern WRITEmares and Ghost Stories.
Visit Andrea’s Website

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Saturdays — Karen Maxwell

Karen is a romance writer living in southwest Missouri. She loves living in the Ozarks but please, don’t call her a hillbilly. Karen is a website designer who specializes in schools and informational websites by day, an aspiring blogger and writer at night. You can find out more about Karen at her journal, Write From Karen, or sample a bit of her creative writing at Fiction Fix.