Southern California Writers Association

As a licensed speech-language pathologist I have written thousands of clinical reports – and some of them contained fabulous fiction. Now I write for fun and freedom of expression. Flash fiction, short stories, and personal essays have been published in devotionals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers. My work has also been included in the anthologies: Open to Interpretation, The Biscuit, She Writes, and Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother.

I have an Americana road trip novel in progress.

I’m told there’s sunshine in my Voice. I am having a blast!

Victory is a professional fiction writer. On her website at http://www.crayne.com you can read the first five chapters of each of her novels as well as her published short stories.

Victory has published the novel Relucant Spy, a combination of espionage thriller and science fiction. She is currently writing the next novel in the series with the same protagonist, Jake Dani. Each novel can be read out of sequence since it is a standalone novel.

Victory has sold two short stories:

1) "The Twelve Minute Clock" to NewMyths.com in Issue 11 June 2010.

2) "Heat" to NewMyths.com in Issue 17 Dec 2011.

Victory is the president of SFNovelist.com and a past president and past VP of programming of the Southern California Writers Association (SCWA).

Bonnie Jo Davis began writing as a small child and has been published hundreds of times in print and on the internet.  She is a small business marketing expert working with authors, publishers, professional speakers and coaches.  Her first published book is "50 Nifty Holiday Recipes" and she is working on more cookbooks and the series "Mrs. Morgan Rescues..." for children.

Bonnie is passionate about animal rescue and adoption and supports many rescue organizations.  She lives in Southern California with her family and two dogs.

Carl Drucke is a Registered Civil Engineer and Licensed Real Estate Broker who holds an Emergency Substitute Teaching Credential. He is active in numerous professional organizations, Lions Club International, and the Lake Norconian Club Foundation. A writer of non-fiction, Carl has written and self published books on the following subjects: Golfing and Travel in California and Positive Attitude. His membership in the Southern California Writers Association extends over the past 5 years. 

Polly Dunn writes non-fiction for her day job and has been published in professional magazines.  She has fun writing humor and short stories.  She used to think that she had a novel in her, but has since decided that it is probably just leaking out one short story at a time.  She has been a member of the SCWA since 2003 and likes to tell new members that she just attends meetings for the lunch.  She does love the lunches, but loves her fellow members and writing even more.

Susan Kay Gilmore is a freelance writer of fiction, non-fiction and a published poet. She has over twenty years of writing and editing experience in both the creative and business arenas. Susan was a staff writer for Slurve Magazine for a year and has also done some acting. Currently she has published a short story, "Possessed by Baseball," is working on two more stories, a screenplay, and a book. Besides SCWA, her affiliations include Women In Film-Los Angeles, the Orange County Screenwriters Association, and Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library.

Brennan Harvey is an award-winning author, capturing first place in the International Writers of the Future Contest for the first quarter, 2010. His novelette, "The Truth, From a Lie of Convenience," is available in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol 27 at Amazon and local bookstores.

Brennan has served as the Webmaster and Meeting Coordinator for the Southern California Writers Association, Membership Chairperson for S.F. Novelist, and is the Organizer of the Long Beach Writers Meetup group. He has attended the La Jolla Writers Conference and Literary Orange since 2007 and attended Uncle Orson's Writing Class in 2008. He attended his first Nebula Awards Ceremony (as an observer) in 2009 and his first WorldCon in 2012 (again, as an observer.)

Steven G. Jackson is a professional writer, focusing primarily on novel writing in the thriller genre, but also taking on projects involving stage plays, screenwriting, short stories, technical writing, interviews, business writing, public relations and marketing pieces.  He has a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California.  Check out his Facebook fan page.

Rita Lee Lloyd is a first time author and a long time survivor. After many years in the corporate world, Rita was encouraged by friends and family to share her personal experience as a *Suddenly Single Over Forty Female. Surviving with style grace and sanity intact, has been a real challenge, and Rita delightfully shares her “rules” for doing so successfully in her first book "How to Survive in the 21st Century as a S.S.O.F.F.* " A little book with a BIG  message!

A native Californian, Rita currently lives in Orange County, CA.

A writer and editor, I help people fill that fearsome blank page with great ideas. I am the founder of Wordsworth Editorial Services, an copy writing and editing company serving business, nonprofits, and individuals. 

Sonia Marsh is a “Gutsy” woman who can pack her carry-on and move to another country in one day. She is the author of a memoir Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family’s Year of Gutsy Living on a Tropical Island, about chucking it all and uprooting her family to reconnect on an island in Belize.

Lorenzo Porricelli works in the film exhibition industry, and has written for national news media as a business journalist. He is published by Simon & Schuster, and has had short stories in various publications. He is just completing a novel, “Neath Hollywood Boulevard”, and has written a screenplay, “Loony Moons.” Porricelli is a member of Southern California Writers Association, and the Orange County Screenwriters Association.  He is a surfer who believes he will escape the coming apocalypse on his surfboard. He lives in Huntington Beach, CA. Writers that have impacted his style are Robert Frost, John Steinbeck, and Franklin W. Dixon. Advice that has influenced his life is from philosopher, Hattie Pearl DeGrant, “You can never have enough pepper, honey.”  Heroes: Mel Brooks, Huey Newton, and Tupac Shakur.  Favorite quote: “You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.” – Dorothy Parker

Kathy Porter is a national and international award winning author and speaker. 

Kathy's first book Earth's Ultimate Conflict won the Indie Excellence Book Award, the Best Book Award, and the international book award for Science Fiction.

“I will always hold Earth’s Ultimate Conflict close to my heart.”

           ~Ray Bradbury

                      Award winning author an legend

Darlene Quinn is an international award winning author and speaker from Long Beach, California.

Webs of Fate, winner of the Readers Favorite Award for General Fiction, is the prequel to her Award Winning Web Series. Webs of Power, the first novel in the series is the winner of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Award for General Fiction. The highly anticipated sequel, Twisted Webs, is the 2011 International Book Award Winner for Fiction and Literature, as well as the Winner of the 2011 National Indie Excellence Award for General Fiction. Darlene is currently working on Unpredictable Webs.

Darlene is a past keynote speaker and a staff member for the Southern California Writers Conference.

Honored as the keynote speaker for this year’s Braille Institute Library Open House, Darlene’s books will now be available as audio books for the vision impaired.

Charla Spence is a freelance nonfiction writer and business consultant who leverages her years ‘real world’ business and personal life experiences on topics which are relevant and helpful to her audiences. Some of her published works include:
Cousin Jess Motor Tours’ - Self-guided Audio Tour of Orange County, CA (CD), Tandem Surfing (book), a SCUBA training manual, various newsletters and trade publications as well as internal and external papers and business plans.

Charla's lastest project was the development of the Don't Forget Personal Healthcare Record.  The PHR, available for adults or children, is an easy to use organizational system to help you to "take charge" of your own healthcare and help you care for others.

Tales of Urban legend and Keltic fantasy.

Born in Los Angeles, Mariana has a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the Univ. of the Americas, in Puebla, Mexico. After college, she worked as a pianist/singer performing in Japan and Morocco, as well as the US. She sharpened her wit booking comedy in LA, then found her own voice as a storyteller finalist in the nationally acclaimed Moth GrandSlam. She is the author of the Veronica Bennett series; stories of a singer who falls into accidental crime in Happy New Year, Darling!, and Stars or Stripes 4th of July, won National Indie Excellence award for chick lit in 2011. Wince-worthy Tales is an audio CD of true stories.

She says that her second choice of a career as writer turned out better than her dream of becoming a ballerina. "Unlike dance, you can practice while lying in bed with a bag of chips." She lives in a So. CA beach town with her songwriter husband, Paul Williams. Her son and daughter have left the nest and have been (almost) replaced by two calico cats.