The IWW Administrators
The Internet Writing Workshop is a free resource for writers, run
by a group of volunteer administrators. These lists could not exist without
their commitment and dedication.
THE LISTS AND ADMINISTRATORS:
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Greg Gunther is the IWW's overall owner. He offers technical advice to members having email
and formatting problems. A retired aerospace engineer, he lives in Southern
California with his psychologist wife, daughter, granddaughter, two good dogs,
so-so cats, two miniature goats, and some chickens
that lay more eggs than we can eat. We gave our horses to a family who would
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Patricia (Trish) Beard is the co-administrator of Poetry-W. She is a full-time mom,
a sometimes poet, a collector and admirer of poetry, and a part-time student.
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Candace Byers is one of the Writing List's Co-Admins. She writes
fantasy novels and some poetry, and by day is a Physician Assistant
in internal medicine. She also spends time working in the woods,
running a role-playing fantasy game, learning Welsh, playing Second
Life and taking care of her 26 year old Appaloosa darling.
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Novelist Jennifer Chiaverini
is the Writing-list administrator and author of the
popular Elm Creek Quilt series from Simon & Schuster. She graduated from the University
of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and formerly taught for the English
departments of Penn State and Edgewood College. In addition to the nine volumes of
the Elm Creek Quilts series--which includes 4 New York Times bestsellers--she has
written two volumes of quilt patterns inspired by her novels and designs the Elm Creek
Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. She lives with her husband and two sons
in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more about Jennifer Chiaverini and the world of
Elm Creek Quilts, visit
http://www.elmcreek.net.
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Norman Cooper, a Practice-W administrator, is
currently is employed in the fashionable world of
commercial property maintenance as a building engineer on the Texas Gulf
Coast. Armed with a high school diploma, some community college experience,
and a shrinking 401k, Norman thumbs his nose in the face of adversity on
his quest to become a published author. After becoming a member of the
Internet Writing Workshop he has realized his dream, in part, by seeing
some of his work published. Many more are expected on the horizon. Norman,
a proud father of four children and a work-in-progress husband, lives, works,
and continues to dream in the Houston area.
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Diane Diekman is an administrator for both Nfiction and MarketChat.
A "South Dakota farm girl,"
she has written or revised three books since joining Nfiction in 1999 while a Navy
captain living in Japan. She self-published "Navy Greenshirt" and "A Farm in the
Hidewood"
in 2001, and the University of Illinois Press has published "Live Fast, Love Hard:
The Faron Young Story." After moving to Los Angeles, Diane became a mother at
age fifty when she adopted a pair of sisters (ages 5 and 7). She retired in Washington
DC in 2004, following a 32-year Navy career. She and her daughters live in Maryland.
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Ruth Douillette has retired after 36 years as a middle school teacher in
Massachusetts, and now freelances as a writer and photographer. She's an
associate editor at the Internet Review of Books
and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. You'll likely find her
at her laptop, traipsing around with a camera, or reading a book.
Ruth blogs at Upstream and Down~
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Jody Ewing, a reserve administrator for the Writing list, is
an author, a freelance writer and also works as a cold case
investigative journalist. With 400+ published features, she currently
is juggling a novel, a political memoir and a true crime book. She
lives in western Iowa with her longtime partner Dennis, son Rhett,
dogs Cocoa, Bear and Hagan, and an African Grey parrot named Clyde
who thinks he's a WWII pilot. Visit her website at
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Lucille Falcone is the assistant admin on Script-w. Lucille writes computer
software for a living, and everything else for the more important
aspects of real-life. Her hobbies include fish keeping and gardening.
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Alice Folkart is the administrator of the Practice-W list. She recently retired to Hawaii, where writing keeps her out of the sun. Finding the IWW four years ago inspired her to try writing fiction. She had journaled since childhood, but didn't know she could write a 'story.' In addition to participating on the IWW, she co-directs an Internet poetry workshop, Perfect Day 4 Poetry. When not writing, she is playing ukulele, teaching computer skills at the local senior center, and paddling her own canoe.
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Margaret Hamill is the assistant administrator for YAWrite. A retired teacher,
Marge is enchanted by mythical creatures of the forests, so writes children's
stories about them. Her first two children's novels, Spilled Fairy Dust
and Light on the Widow's Walk were published in Fall, 2000. She also
writes take-your-breath-away essays about the beauty of her northwestern
Michigan home.
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Charles Hightower is an administrator for the Practice-W list. His career has him
wrestle software and databases into submission and write riveting technical documentation
about the adventures – well maybe that's a stretch.
He graduated from Auburn University at Montgomery, majoring in Information Systems,
and went on to collect a graduate degree from the same institution. He enjoys writing
fiction for competition, has collected a number of first place wins. He's played the
bagpipes for over 30 years, and you'll often find him teaching undergrad classes for
Faulkner University.
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Mel Jacob, is the administrator for Lovestory-L, the romance writing list.
A freelance writer and consultant, she wrote Domestic Technology,
Strategic Planning: a How-to-do-it Manual, and numerous articles on information
services, management, networks, and libraries and edited several other books.
An avid reader, she enjoys reading the classics, romance, speculative
fiction, and mysteries. She writes in several genres, including children's stories
featuring her pet pig Cormac. Southern Ohio in the Appalachian foothills
provides a bit of paradise for Mel, three cats, four dogs, and Cormac.
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Carter Jefferson, a backup admin of the Practice list, took up writing fiction when he stopped being a
family therapist, which he became when he stopped being a history professor, which he became when
he stopped being a news reporter and editor. To his surprise, he wound up teaching creative writing
to shocking numbers of eager students over the age of 50 and is still at it. He began to publish news
stories at 15, and has been writing one thing or another ever since.
His website is at http://carterj.homestead.com/.
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Mariane Kulick is the assistant administrator on Poetry-W.
Some years past retirement age, she lives part of the year in Florida
and spends the summer months in New York. With a background in painting,
she is doing some experimental work melding her painting with her poetry.
She nudges the muse while riding her bicycle around town every morning and evening.
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Judy Lammers, co-admin of the Lovestory-L list, is married with one daughter,
one five-year-old grandson, one three-year-old granddaughter, and one baby granddaughter.
She lives in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, with her husband and two wonderful cats.
They are both readers, which translates to lots of books in the house.
She particularly likes romantic suspense novels, mysteries, fantasy and
science fiction. The Star Wars movies, The Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Harry Potter, and several movies starring a younger Robert Redford
are her favorites. She and her husband also enjoy art museums, zoos, baseball,
Acquire and bridge.
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Shayla Mollohan and her husband Steve have traded their home in the country for a
studio view of Saturn V and the space shuttle at the Space and Rocket Center in Alabama.
They have an odd cat named Sophie. Shayla has poetry published in small press and
academic lit mags such as Poem, Amelia, Touchstone and Slipstream -- and also on-line,
2 River View. She enjoys reading most anything, painting, cooking and watching Court TV
and home shopping and design -- above all, the poetry...
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Eric Petersen is the administrator on Prose-P. He lives in Upstate New York,
surrounded by the Catskill Mountains. A former rock bassist, Eric is
a part-time computer technician and a part-time dharma bum.
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Barrie Mulligan is the Poetry-W co-admin. Barrie lives in Australia
where his family has been unsuccessfully trying to overcome their convict heritage.
He has been: a photographer; a Software Engineer; has been recorded debugging C-code
in his sleep; was responsible for a daughter and a son; and occassionally
answers the begging of Odette his cat. He enjoys writing poetry, devonshire teas,
the latest technology from Apple and the facebook category "It's complicated."
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Roger Poppen, administrator of Novels-L, took up fiction writing after retiring
as professor of behavior analysis and therapy. His other interests include
Olympic-style weightlifting, motorcycling, his children and grandchildren. He has
published one novel, MISTER LUCKY, and several shorter works of fiction and nonfiction.
Visit his webpage at:
http://mypage.siu.edu/drrock/.
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Gary Presley is admin of the NFiction list and its sub-lists, Creative-D and MarketChat.
In his spare time, he's the backup workshop owner. He lives in the Ozarks Mountains in a big city or on a lake, depending on his wife's mood
and work schedule. He has written off and on throughout his adulthood, once earning a
few pesos writing news and ad copy for a radio station. After winning a regional four-state
essay contest, he began writing and selling essays regularly. His memoir,
tentatively titled "Riding Lessons: Learning by the Seat of My Pants"
will be published by the University of Iowa Press in Fall 2008.
Visit his Web site at
www.garypresley.net.
He also runs the workshop's blog at
http://internetwritingworkshop.blogspot.com
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Kathleen Purcell is the writing-list co-administrator as well as one of the permanent
substitutes for the workshop. She's also an assistant administrator for Nonfiction and
Creative Nonfiction. After a 20-year career as a writer that included time spent
in corporate marketing, public relations, advertising and journalism, she spent
another 10 years as a freelance writer specializing in health & fitness articles,
and personal essays. Since 2003, Kathleen has run a non-profit food pantry and
charity that feeds more than 500 people each month. She writes during the day for
work, and in the evening for play.
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Alex Quisenberry holds the reins of Script-W. Working on the Texas Gulf Coast,
Corpus Christi, and living 34 miles away, on Lake Corpus Christi,
he uses the commute time to provoke the muses.
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Bob Sanchez is a retired technical writer and editor who is learning
just how hard it is to market one's own first self-published novel.
A veteran of a Massachusetts writer's group for over 15 years, Bob
sees a great benefit in well-run writing lists such as the IWW.
He is co-administrator of Practice-W.
http://www.bobsanchez1.blogspot.com
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Grace Skibicki shares responsibilities for administrating the NFiction and
Market Chat lists. She retired as a registered nurse a few years back. Writing
and the Workshop contribute to the enjoyment she's experiencing in retirement.
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Gayle Surrette is the owner of the Fiction, SFChat-L, and YAWrite lists.
After years as a computer consultant/analyst and software designer, she is now
the editor of SFRevu an online review
magazine covering science fiction, fantasy, and related books and media also
Gumshoe Review a
similar magazine for mystery and thriller books and media.
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Bob Zumwalt is co-administrator of Novels-L. A California native, he's found the
rough-and-tumble history of his state a worthy backdrop for his stories.
With two completed novels, he's writing a third where nativism and
San Francisco's famed gender-blending prove nothing new
in a coming-of-age story set on the eve of the Spanish American War.
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Former administrators
These friends are no longer actively involved as list administrators, but
their work is remembered (and often, they are still there for advice or
to fill in temporarily.)
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Rhéal Nadeau was the overall owner and administrator of the IWW from 1993 until 2006.
The workshop exists as it is today a result of his guidance and inspiration. In addition
to his day job in software engineering, he participates in and records videos of
dogs in agility competitions. You can find out more on his web page at
www.rhealist.com.
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Patricia (Trish) Beard has retired from Poetry-W. She is a full-time mom,
a sometimes poet, a collector and admirer of poetry, and a part-time student.
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Florence Cardinal is a reserve administrator of the Lovestory-L list.
She was born during the Great Depression and spent her life on the Alberta
Prairie. She's always made up stories. However, she didn't get the nerve to
submit her writing to publishers until she was in her thirties. She's written and published just about
everything -- an astrology column, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and even a
filler or two. See her web site at
www.florencecardinal.com.
She is currently writing romance novels.
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Patricia L. (Pat) Johnson is reserve administrator of the Practice-W list.
Patricia is a poet and freelance editor. Her poems can be found in several
online journals. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Lani Kraus is a former head administrator of the IWW.
She is a mom to many kids, grandma to five beautiful babies, a psychologist,
writer of novels and humorous nonfiction, and designer of the original
IWW web site.
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Dave Swinford resides in the mountains of south-central New Mexico. He's taught
creative writing and published a non-fiction book,
If I'd Known Where I Was Going, I'd Have Taken A Shortcut.
He has also written four novels and a screenplay, none of which
have yet been published or produced. In addition to his creative work, he
also writes and edits copy for various local businesses and individuals.
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Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Greg Gunther.
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