Meet the Writers

The Fiction Writers’ Platform is proud to introduce our writers. If you enjoy their writing, please let them know by using the comments form after each posting. Your suggestions for improvement and/or story variations are always welcomed when presented in positive, respectful, and constructive terms.

CouncilBadge_Small Several of our writers serve on the FWP Council, where they join our editors in providing future direction and feature recommendations for the Fiction Writers’ Platform. Please feel free to send your recommendations for Council consideration to the editors.

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Alfred Wellnitz has 2 posts.

Bio: I grew up in rural South Dakota, served in the United States Navy, and worked in technology as an electrical engineer. I have recently completed a novel named PushBack and previously published the novel Finding the Way. I now live in Bloomington Minnesota with my wife Joan.

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Alicia King has 1 posts.

Bio: Alicia King is a yogi, cyclist, gluten-free health-nut, and total geek. Atlantans might spot her racing automotive traffic along Peachtree on her bike, wearing silly hats on MARTA, or goofing off in any number of ways intown. Don’t get her talking about her pets, gardening, writing, reading, or international affairs, or you might never get her to shut up. For more, visit Alicia’s website.

Amy Cooper has 1 posts.

Bio: Amy loves to read, write, hike with her husband and doggies, play the fiddle and more. Her first book, Wicked Dreams, a fictional thriller, came out in 2005. Her second book, a collection of poetry and photography called The Hills of Circleville, came out in 2007. Amy is currently working on a book about life lessons learned – not really fiction, but yet… For more see Amy’s website.

Anita Saran has 1 posts.

Bio: Anita Saran leads a rich life that encompasses the world of advertising and fiction writing- she has been writing copy for more than 27 years. She won the prestigious David Ogilvy Award for direct mail writing and has a diploma from The London School of Journalism in the Advanced Short Story Course. She teaches short story writing and copywriting online.

She is the award-winning author of three books of fiction. Listen free to her short story ‘City of Victory‘.

Her first novel ‘Circe’ – a funny satirical fantasy- is now out
http://www.mojocastle.com/Circe/Circe.html.

Anne O'Connell has 2 posts.

Bio: I’ve been a PR professional since 1990, managing the communications needs for corporate and non-profit organizations, starting my career with an international PR firm in Toronto. I’ve been based in Dubai since 2007, finally working for myself doing freelance copy writing. I’ve been writing for more than 20 years but most of that has been in PR, marketing and corporate communications. I have recently started writing for Suite101 (an online magazine out of Vancouver) and am working on a couple of travel-oriented non-fiction books. I have dabbled in fiction writing in the past and The Fiction Writers Platform is where I intend to test my mettle in this genre among other writers.

Aygoul Fayzrakhmanova has 6 posts.

Bio: Aygoul studies and lives in Russia, Kazan. She is very happy to be here and have an opportunity to share her works with you.

Barb Perrin has 2 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Barb Perrin lives in suburban central Ohio with her father, her teenage son, and two dogs. She is a 2010 winner of the Annual Women Who Write Poetry and Short Prose Contest. In addition to writing fiction, she serves as managing editor of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and writes for Livestrong.com.

Bennett Parrish has 10 posts.

Bio: Bennett Parrish is a fifty-ish author and musician. Although he has been a resident of both New York and Los Angeles, he prefers to live in north east Ohio in a small village outside the bustling metropolis of Canal Fulton.
He has the pleasure of residing with three cats a wife and a daughter.
Much of his writing has been done with his brother Gavin who acts as editor, co-writer and co-owner of Circulogian Publishing.
Recently published works include: Mrs. Schroedinger’s Moggie, a book written from the viewpoint of the famous cat and The Scriptomatic a tale of Love and Horror, which was written in an effort to capture the spirit of the horror comics of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.

Barry Parham has 9 posts.

Bio: Barry Parham is a freelance web developer and the author of humor columns, essays and short stories. He is a music fanatic, a 1981 graduate of the University of Georgia, and a self-described eco-narcissist.
Barry is the author of “Why I Hate Straws,” a 248-page collection of humor and satire, including the award-winning stories “Going Green, Seeing Red” and “Driving Miss Conception.”

Brenda Layman has 6 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Brenda is co-editor of Fiction Writers’ Platform, an outdoor writer, and avid fly fisherman. She is married to Mark Layman, and they live in central Ohio. Brenda’s work has appeared frequently in Ohio Game & Fish, Ohio Valley Outdoors, and on a variety of internet sites. She is a member of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio, The Ohio Writers Guild, Trout Unlimited, and The Ohio Smallmouth Alliance. She is the Feature Writer for Hunting & Fishing for internet magazine, Suite 101, where she publishes a weekly article and blog. Brenda is also the author of “Song of Joy, a Guide to Recovery from Sorrow.” For more, visit Brenda’s website.

Carol Rzadkiewicz has 5 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Carol Rzadkiewicz is an instructor with the University of Phoenix and a novelist, freelance writer, and editorial consultant. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Predicate Magazine, Zine5, and South Lit. South Lit named her “Author of the Month for May 2006.” Predicate Literary Journal has serialized seven stories from her collection The Second Coming and Other Stories. Carol is the author of two published novels, Mustang Summer and Objects Are Closer Than They Appear; the latter was first released in Kindle format then re-published in hard copy by Woodlord Publishing. Her third novel, Separate but Equal, is slated for release by Woodlord in the Spring. For more, visit Carol’s website.

Carl Macek has 3 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Carl Macek has been a professional writer for over 35 years. During that time he has written books (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as numerous articles on a variety of subjects for various publications. Carl has also written films and episodic television. His most enduring work has been to develop and write the animated television series Robotech. Recently Carl has been developing a body of work as a freelance author on the Internet. For more visit Carl Macek’s website.

Charles Ray has 10 posts.

Bio: Charles Ray has been writing fiction since he was 12, with a winning short story entry in a national Sunday school publication. He is the author of two mystery e-novels, “Color Me Dead” and “Deadline.” He has also been a free lance journalist, artist, and photographer for a number of publicatons.

Dean West has 2 posts.

Bio: Dean is a sixty-five year old male who is married and likes dogs. A short-timer having written for three years, Dean feels he is still struggling with the basics, the mechanics. He sgive copy editors migraines, nightmares and job security. Most of what Dean writes is non-linear, edgy, adult, and always asking more from the reader – occasionally it works. Other times a reader storms away unsatisfied, even angry. Dean learns something from both reactions. For more, visit Dean’s website.

Jeannie Delahunt has 1 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Jeannie is the Feature Writer for Eating Disorders – Suite101.com. She works on fiction in different categories and is excited about the Fiction Writers’ Platform. Jeannie hopes you enjoy her pieces and welcomes comments.

Jerry Lopper has 12 posts.

John Glimmerveen has 2 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, John Glimmerveen is a freelance writer and author specializing in automotive, motorcycle, and motorsports subjects. John is the owner and senior instructor at the Ju-Jitsu Center of Richmond Hill, in Georgia. The Society of Automotive Engineers published John’s first book in 2004, Hands-On Race Car Engineer, which received critical acclaim in some of the worlds most prestigious motor sports magazines. He is guide for classic motorcycles on About.com. John lives with his wife, Grace, near to Savannah in Georgia, USA.

John Makin has 1 posts.

Bio: I started work fitting tyres on anything from wheelbarrows to earth-movers. Then I became a software engineer, from correcting programs to designing and building systems.
In contrast to that rather sedentary occupation, my outside interests were essentially practical, learning to a level of competency any skill that opportunity presented. From cooking, knitting and gardening to building dry stone walls, wood-working and rock climbing.
I retired early following a mountaineering accident. As a part of my recovery I found that trying to write what I felt, resulted in poetry. Collected into a small book, self published but never distributed.
Then I wrote a fantasy novel, printed it and hand bound it – just to feel how it was done.
I then became interested in the whole arena of writing and am now returning to that first effort and rewriting it with more insight into what I am doing. I am learning all the time, writing when-ever and where-ever the opportunity presents itself.
The benefits that accrue from accepting the advice inherent in reviews are immense, if one has the humility to weigh them and accept rather than deny what they are saying.
I acknowledge that I am a mere tyro compared to the majority on here but trust that you will look kindly upon my desire to develop my skills.

Karen Cole has 1 posts.

Bio: I have been on the Internet since 2003 as a ghost writer, rewriter, copy editor and proof reader of book manuscripts, and I have performed many other types of freelance and contracted writing jobs. I have a combined degree in journalism, creative writing and the fine arts, and have been creating and editing books, documents and papers for people since before 1980.

I have worked on some 150 books over my lifetime, ghost writing, rewriting, copy editing and proof reading for book authors. I usually only take credit as the “editor” when I ghost write or copy edit for an author, and my fees are lower than industry standard rates for most ghost writers, rewriters, copy editors and proof readers.

Kate Campbell has 4 posts.

Bio: Novelist, poet and pundit, Kate Campbell lives in Sacramento where she tends her garden; chases Mr. Tiger Nutwoods, her old and drooling ginger cat; practices yoga; dabbles in the arts and enjoys the outdoors. She holds a journalism degree from San Francisco State University and is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Her work has earned numerous national awards, including top awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, short stories and poetry. She is seeking representation for her first novel – Adrift in the Sound. Visit her online at kate-Campbell.blogspot.com.

Kathy Warnes has 3 posts.

Bio: I like writing children’s stories and have had a few of them published. I have two children’s books that I am trying to market.

KENNETH BENTON has 1 posts.

Bio: Hello, I’m a new addition into the fascinating world of writing, I’m a healthy, young and a 70 year old white male.

Last year after getting thousand of turn-downs, on my writing. I realized that I needed a large barrel to stand on to help me get attention above the crowd! So, I went to Penn Foster school for writers and graduated in 2009 as a Free Lance Writer.
Now I have a platform to stand on!

Lee-Ann Khoh has 1 posts.

Bio: Lee-Ann is a contracted writer for online magazine Suite101.com and maintains the popular “Blame It On The Love” Bon Jovi blog. She works on her creative writing skills in her spare time. Lee-Ann resides in Perth, Western Australia.

Linnea Heinrichs has 3 posts.

Bio: Linnea lives on a small hobby farm with her husband and three very large Percheron draft horses. She loves writing and gardening and has planted a small vineyard. Linnea’s debut historical novel, The First Vial, was published in 2005 by Thistledown Press. In 2006 The First Vial was a finalist for the Ontario Library Assoc. White Pine Young Readers Choice Award. Linnea is working on a new historical novel set in ancient Babylon. She is also a contributing writer for the online magazine, Suite 101. For more, visit Linnea’s website.

Manu Mark Imam has 3 posts.

Bio: Manu Mark Imam is a tourism industry professional, plays the trumpet and is an avid lover of swimming and fly fishing. He has travelled to New Zealand, the Far East, Middle East, Germany and the USA. He is a graduate in History, Economics and Political science. He hails from Bangalore, India and speaks English, Hindi and Kannada. As a writer, he is in his creative infancy and explores topics without boundaries.

Megan Wyatt has 1 posts.

Bio: Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Louisiana where she graduated in the top 10 percent. She is currently working as a global dispatcher for Baker Hughes, as an editor for manuscripts and websites, and as an online copywriter. On any given day Megan can be found animating a story while inserting ten not-so-relevant substories in too much detail among friends or family patiently saying “Just get to the point already!” Writing lured her in when she realized she could write, edit, then share. For more, visit Megan’s website.

Michelle Pannecoucke has 12 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Michelle is a devoted writer, an editor, and an excellent homemaker. With an HBA in English and a Graduate Certificate in publishing, she also writes for Suite101.com and Blissfully Domestic.com. Although fiction writing is her first passion, she also enjoys reading, singing and playing music, drawing, and experimenting with gluten free baking and cooking. For more, visit Michelle’s website.

Natasja Pannecoucke has 7 posts.

Bio: Natasja is a singer-songwriter with a passion for writing, and now holds a BA in French. In her spare time she likes to write songs and stories, sing and play guitar and act as a food/music/film critic. When she is not doing any of the above or surfing the net, she can be found outside with a good book. To hear some of her music, visit Natasja’s website.

Neha Garg has 1 posts.

Bio: Neha lives in London and is a diverse creature. Other than devouring books, having a keen interest in Astrophysics and juggling her job as a Support Manager (which she also loves, by the way), her keen interest is in writing stories.

She is new to Fiction Writer’s Platform and is really looking forward to sharing her imagination and fantasies with all you fellow writers, in addition to receiving any and all criticism (or Lavish Praises).

Patricia Blalock has 1 posts.

Bio: Patricia Blalock is a 56 year old lesbian living in north London. She has MS and writes when she feels up to it. Her addictions are tobacco, chocolate and crime fiction. She has traveled widely and lived in San Francisco for nine years, but is now happy to stay close to home.

Philip Bradbury has 4 posts.

Bio: Follow my blog and the writing of my next novel, 1,000 words a day, at http://philipbradstory.blogspot.com/

I was born really early in my life and people are amazed I am still alive, after all these years!

In New Zealand I experienced life as an accountant, credit manager, company director, shepherd, scrub-cutter, tree pruner, freezing worker, plastics factory worker, saxophonist, guitarist, busker, army driver, tour bus driver, stage and television actor and singer, builder, lecturer, facilitator for men’s groups, reporter, columnist, magazine editor, publisher, writer …

In the Australian bush as a barman, horse and camel trekker and stock-whip teacher …

In England as a contract accountant, corporate trainer, website editor/writer and freelance writer …

Books currently available on Amazon:
The Royal Bank of Stories – http://amzn.to/cbG0RE
The Lawless Way – http://amzn.to/dzoz4x
Change Your Mind, Change Your World – http://amzn.to/dh2CIA

Punitha Muniandy has 8 posts.

Bio: Her first writing experience was with a publishing company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where Punitha was a feature-writer for a magazine called Property Malaysia.
Upon migrating to Canada in the year 2000, Punitha pursued her career in the hospitality industry. Although she’s still very much involved in the hotel business, Punitha’s passion for writing refused to remain docile. She completed her diploma in Creative Writing and a certificate in Journalism last year (2009) and started writing again.
Punitha is also a contributing writer to Suite101.Com.

Richard Ugbede Ali has 1 posts.

Bio: Richard Ali is a Nigerian writer of prose and poetry and editor of the Sentinel Nigerian literary magazine www.sentinelnigeria.org . He is also Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Plateau State Chapter and was shortlisted for the 2008 John La Rose Short Story Prize.

Sandra Valencia has 1 posts.

Bio: Sandra Valencia, a native of Columbus, Ohio, has, since childhood, encountered a wide range of experiences commonly categorized as paranormal activity. Those experiences provided unique ideas and concepts often included in her writing. Following her series Legends from Turand, she introduced Guardian Redeemed, first book in The Chikondra Trilogy, in 2007, and followed with Whispers from Prophecy in 2008. The trilogy’s final book, Lest Darkness Prevail, is expected in the fall of 2009.

Married for more than thirty years, she is the mother of two sons who challenge her intellectually and spiritually. Besides writing and travel, she greatly enjoys classical and Latin music, and exploring the many aspects of esoteric phenomena. For more, visit Sandra’s website.

Deborah Bull has 2 posts.

Bio: Deborah is married and has four daughters, three granddaughters and a grandson. She works as a cover teacher in a large secondary school in Hampshire, England, which is an interesting (if challenging!) job. She gained a BA Hons degree in English and Creative Writing with Heritage Studies in 2009 and writes as a hobby.

Teresa Sagwitz has 1 posts.

Bio: I am an aspiring writer currently involved in a literature/creative writing graduate program at West Chester University. I hold a BA in English from Immaculata University and an AA in Business from Ursinus College. As a veteran of the health care industry, I am now seeking to venture into the editorial world, ideally in the publishing industry.

Tricia Spencer has 3 posts.

Bio: Tricia Spencer received the Best Nonfiction Book award for “Tips, The Server’s Guide To Bringing Home The Bacon – The Customer Speaks To Every Waiter, Waitress and Restaurant Manager in America!” from the Southwest Writers International Competition where the final winner was chosen by a Penguin Group editor. Published in 2002 with a 2nd printing in 2006, “Tips…” has become a training manual for restaurants and food servers around the country. Her short story, “Deviled Eggs,” was a winner in both the L. Ron Hubbard Writers Of The Future Competition for Science Fiction and CrossQuarter Publishing’s Paul B. Duquette Memorial Short Science Fiction Contest. “Deviled Eggs” is published in “CrossTime”, the 2002 science fiction anthology featuring the winners of the CrossQuarter competition. Her short story, “Miracle Man,” was a winner in the 2005 Cloak and Dagger Mystery Writing Contest where the finalists were judged by renowned mystery author Jeremiah Healy. And her short story, “Noses, Toes, and Elbows,” was a winner in the 2005 Scribes Valley Publishing Short Story Competition, and is published in the winners’ anthology, “They Do Exist”. Her spirit prayers collection, entitled “Spirit Prayers For Joyful Living – The Gentle Path to Spiritual Well-Being” was published by Amazon.com as an Amazon Short in 2007. Her latest short story to be recognized is “Empty Shoes,” which took top honors in the 2008 Scribes Valley Publishing Competition and is published in “The Road To Elsewhere.”

William Conant has 1 posts.

George Arthur Davis has 1 posts.

Yasmin Andrea Imam has 1 posts.

Bio: I’m an independent consultant based at Bangalore, India. My core strength has been in providing recruitment for professionals across sectors.

Apart from the spiel above, I enjoy cooking, music, watching movies, shopping (you bet), reading, gardening, etc.

Enough about me… hope to hear from you about the stories I put up. I have been blogging for a few months (occasionally), but still a rookie here. Please be kind!

Yolande Pienaar has 1 posts.

Bio: An FWP Council member, Yolande lives in sunny South Africa and enjoys traveling through the various African countries, usually off-road and in the wilderness areas. She is a feature writer for Suite101 in the Sub – Sahara Africa travel and enjoys sharing travel destinations with readers. For more, visit Yolande’s website.

Sarah Todd has 1 posts.

Bio: Born in Zimbabwe, Sarah has been living abroad since August 2003. An FWP Council member, Sarah spent three years in Greece before her husband was transferred to Izmir in turkey in November 2006. Sarah was educated in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city. English was her favourite subject at school. She ran her own public relations company for five years, and was in real estate for another five years. For more, visit Sarah’s website.

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