Colando, PJ

PJ Colando ABOUT PJ   PJ Colando writes humor and satire with a literary bent. She’s published four novels in her ‘Faith, Family, Frenzy!’ series. The final book’s title is The Jailbird’s Jackpot. It’s a separate-and-equal sequel to her award-winning book #3, The Winner’s Circle. Her genre is commercial women’s fiction. She’s been praised for her … Read more

Klann-Moren, Nancy

Nancy Klann-Moren ABOUT NANCY While working as an Advertising and Marketing executive, Nancy began her writing journey. She dabbled in short fiction. The goal: to create unique stories told in a distinctive voice. Many of those stories have earned awards and publication in anthologies. Eleven of them are published in her collection of short stories … Read more

Van Camp, Wendy

Wendy Van Camp ABOUT WENDY Wendy Van Camp is the Poet Laureate for the City of Anaheim, California. Her work is influenced by cutting edge technology, astronomy, and daydreams. A graduate of the Ad Astra Speculative Fiction Workshop, Wendy is a nominated finalist for the Elgin Award, for a Pushcart Prize, and for a Dwarf … Read more

Sharon’s Haiku

A Haiku by Sharon Poems are tricky But to write a haiku is Sometimes easier   Sharon is an amateur poet and a connoisseur of editing and fine cheeses. She lives in Orange Country where she is quarantining and only getting slightly stir-crazy. 

Lyle, DP

DP Lyle ABOUT DP D. P. Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award-nominated author of 20 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the Samantha Cody, Dub Walker, Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series and the Royal Pains … Read more

Clitheroe, Sherry

Sherry Clitheroe ABOUT SHERRY   SAMSUNG SHERRY CLITHEROE writes novels and short stories in the cozy mystery genre under the pen name Abigail Leigh Reed, fantasy using the nom de plume A. R. Leigh, and children’s stories. She is the author of the Writer’s Digest award-winning short story, The Sozzled Flapper-A Lilia Loverly Mystery. A native … Read more

Nolan, Lydia Naomi

Lydia Naomi Nolan ABOUT LYDIA I am a real estate broker by trade, taught English for some years, but I’ve been writing since I was 10 years old. I have poetry, short stories and recently finished a novel. I have screenplays, but only VERY recently decided I was too old to be afraid of rejection; … Read more

SCWA Virtual Happy Hour

SCWA Virtual Happy HourTHIS FRIDAY, 4:30 PM The time has come for us to up our virtual meeting game… Are you in? Date* MM slash DD slash YYYY Name* First Last Email* R.S.V.P.* Yes, sign me up!

Nader, Lillian

Lillian Nader ABOUT LILLIAN Lillian Nader, M.Ed., is an author, playwright, and freelance copyeditor. She is the author of Theep and Thorpe: Adventures in Space, a science fiction novel for young readers about a teenage boy who communicates with enlightened space beings. Lillian is the editor and coauthor of Muse & Ink: Soul Expressions Through … Read more

Jarvis, J Michael

J Michael Jarvis ABOUT J MICHAEL J Michael Jarvis writes from his experiences as a professional jet pilot, yacht captain and global adventurer with thousands of true, remarkable and often hilarious stories of how he mucked things up. From roller-skating across France as a teen, to escaping pirates as a yacht captain in the Caribbean … Read more