Maryland Writers' Association
Member Web Sites

Are you an MWA member who is also a published author? List your credits on this page! Just send an e-mail to the MWA webmaster with your name, website or blog URL, and a 75-word (max) "dust-jacket" blurb. We'll take care of the rest and let you know when it's posted here.

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Ann Roscopf Allen
www.aserpentcherished.com

A former Salisbury University English instructor, Ann Roscopf Allen researched an unbelievable true story from her native Arkansas to create the suspenseful and scandal-filled historical novel, A Serpent Cherished. Beautiful, greedy, and vengeful, the widow of a famous Confederate general seizes the plantation of her married lover, resulting in a series of highly publicized lawsuits and a noontime murder in downtown Memphis.

J. Christoph Amberger
secretarchivespress.wordpress.com/our-products/

Chris Amberger looks back on a 20-plus year career in financial publishing. Growing up in Cold-War West Berlin and educated in Germany and Scotland, he moved to Baltimore in 1989. An avid competitive fencer, he is considered one of the foremost authorities on Western swordplay. His The Secret History of the Sword (1998) is a perennial bestseller of Western combatives historiography. In 2009, Amberger made his debut as a novelist with his complex conspiracy thriller The Lazarus Smile.

Chris Bancells
www.runningbowline.com

A bowline (boh-lin) is an ancient knot which forms a loop that won't slip or jam, but comes loose when you need it to. The running bowline takes a strong knot and gives it the ability to loop around all things great and small. My writing may not be as sturdy, but it's good inspiration. Read what you find here, pass it on, and always feel free to drop me a line at cbancells@gmail.com

Michael Barbour
www.robinbayne.com

Robin Bayne is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and inspirational fiction. Visit her site and be sure to enter the drawing for a Ty Beanie Baby.

Beth Blevins
beblevins.blogspot.com

Beth Blevins offers essays on writing, blogging and getting published on her blog, Writing Home, as well as interviews with writers. Check the blog regularly for Call-Outs (requests for submissions) to writers on topics ranging from rejection to tracking submissions.

Beth has worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance feature writer, librarian and editor, as well as a waitress, vegetarian cook and bookstore cashier. She published the little magazine, a very small magazine, for more than a decade.

Ann Bracken
www.possibilityproject.com

Ann is an expressive arts coach and learning specialist with over fifteen years' experience in education, linguistics, learning disabilities, and creative arts therapy. She designs programs for adults experiencing life transitions who desire to make important changes in their personal and professional lives. For adolescents, Ann designs both self discovery and academic programs focused on writing and organization. All programs involve a skillful blend of journaling, improv, and poetry.

K.S. Brooks
www.ksbrooks.com

K.S. Brooks is an award winning novelist, photographer and poet. Her first novel, Lust for Danger, was published in 2001, and its novella prequel, The Kiss of Night, in 2010. Ms. Brooks has also authored two children's books: The Mighty Oak and Me (2009), and Postcards from Mr. Pish (slated for Q2 2010). Her articles, photographs, poetry, and blogs can be found in books, magazines, newspapers, galleries, and web sites worldwide.

Mindie Burgoyne
writingthevision.com

Mindie Burgoyne is the author of three books, most recently, Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales From East of the Chesapeake published by History Press. Her writing focuses on destinations, travel, spirituality and self improvement. Additionally she is a freelance writer who has authored a monthly column for a Gannett newspaper as well as published articles with Gazette newspapers, Shore Living Magazine, Metropolitan Magazine, Music News, National Catholic Reporter, Connaught Tribune, and many online publications. She lives in Marion Station in rural Somerset County, MD.

Austin S. Camacho
www.ascamacho.com

Austin S. Camacho is the author of three mystery novels in the Hannibal Jones series and the new action thriller, The Payback Assignment. He is active in several local writers' organizations and teaches a variety of writing classes at Anne Arundel Community College. Learn more about Camacho's writing life, read synopses and sample chapters of his novels, and read interesting essays on mysteries in general on his web site.

Christophe Casamassima / Furniture Press Books
furniturepressbooks.com

Furniture Press is a publisher of strangely poetical texts and ephemera, all which play at (but are not limited to) intertextuality and appropriation. Some want to call it poetry, but poetry can express many differing, sometimes conflicting and contradictory concepts. This is what we thrive on: the ambiguation of art and its likenesses. Our poetics follows this process closely, and we look for similar aesthetics in the writers we choose to publish and promote. We believe that a press is a community of activity and collaboration, not just a publishing house.

Janet Cromer
www.janetcromer.com

Janet Cromer's memoir Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple's New Life after Brain Injury chronicles the seven year journey following her husband's cardiac arrest and anoxic brain injury which stole his ability to read, write, walk, talk, think, and remember. Together they restored many of Alan's abilities, and shaped a new identity, marriage, and meaningful life. Janet is a psychiatric RN, licensed psychotherapist, educator, and award winning medical writer.

John Darrin
www.johndarrin.com

Most experts believe a radioactive materials dirty bomb attack in the US is inevitable. I am one of them, and I earn a living consulting with Federal, state, and local authorities and private enterprise on how to prepare and respond. I have lived my life professionally doing it full time with serious intent and travelled the world watching and learning. Now I write novels, thrillers. Two published, one in progress. My website covers it all.

Kerry Dunnington
www.thisbookcooks.com

When author of popular cookbook, This Book Cooks, Kerry Dunnington isn't developing recipes in the kitchen she can be found doing presentations on How to Market Nonfiction or doing cooking demonstrations at Whole Foods markets in and around the region. Dunnington's food columns appear in baltimore eats, Baltimore SmartWoman and her biweekly weekend food column, Cooking with Kerry, appears in the Healthy Life section of the San Francisco, Baltimore, Virginia and Washington, DC Examiner.

Nathan A. Ferguson
www.nateferguson.com

Nathan A. Ferguson is a writer, pilot and adventurer. He has covered Indian reservations, high-profile crime and the environment for newspapers in Utah, Wyoming and California. Currently living in Maryland, he recently finished a novel and is taking on more freelance projects. See his online portfolio.

Joya Fields
www.joyafields.com

Over 40 of Joya's stories and articles have been published in magazines and newspapers, and she's putting the finishing touches on her third novel . . . a romantic suspense. Learn more about her novels, upcoming article releases, and resources for writers.

Tom Glenn
tom-tells-tales.org

Many of Tom Glenn's stories came from his undercover work in Vietnam (now declassified -- he's receiving calls from reporters). He writes about fathers and children and his work with AIDS patients, the homeless, and the dying. His writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Award and a Baltimore ArtScape Literary Award and won the Hackney Literary Award. The MWA awarded him an annual prize for the novel three times, including the grand prize in 2004.

Eric D. Goodman
www.writeful.blogspot.com

Eric D. Goodman is a full-time writer and editor. He's been
published in The Washington Post, On Stage Magazine,
Travel Insights, Coloquio, The Neck of My Guitar, and The
Federal Voice. He recently received
an honorable mention in The Baltimore Review's annual fiction
competition and has stories forthcoming in The Baltimore Review,
To Be Read Aloud, Writer's
Weekly and the Write Here Write Now Anthology. He's
read his fiction at the Baltimore Book Festival and the Patterson Theater. His
memberships include the Maryland Writers' Association, the Writers' Center,
Baltimore's Creative Alliance and the International Association of
Business Communicators, and he is involved with Baltimore's CityLit
Project and Write Here Write Now. Eric seeks an agent to represent his novel
in stories, TRACKS. Visit the website to Eric's novel at www.train-tracks.blogspot.com.
And read Writeful, Eric's weblog for writers and readers at, www.writeful.blogspot.com.

Louise Harris
www.freewebs.com/lastresearch

Louise Harris aspired to write since her youth. She published her first poem at age 12, wrote her first song at age eight, and wrote stories in her youth. She graduated from the University of Maryland College of Journalism and became an editor to further pursue her dream of writing. The 1776 Scroll is her first novel. Louise lives in Hanover, Md., with her husband, three children and two cats. Her heart remains in Philly.

John Hayes
john-bluebat.blogspot.com
mysite.verizon.net/vze7w3iq/johnhayessculpture

John is a sculptor who also acts and directs in Community Theater. He appeared as a scurvy looking corpse and as a homeless man on Homicide and as a clothing shopper on The Wire. John likes to give poetry readings. His poetry and fiction have been published in Flesh and Blood, NFG, Cemetery Moon, Thema, BareBone, Modern Haiku, Writers Journal, Champagne Shivers, Premonitions, and over a hundred other magazines. Five of his one-act plays were produced.

Charles O. Heller
www.charlesoheller.com
charlesoheller.blogspot.com

A full-time writer, Charlie is a former technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and educator. His book, Out of Prague: A Memoir of Survival, Denial, and Triumph describes his life as a "Hidden Child" under the Nazis, the family's escape to America from the Communists, and -- finally -- his return to his native country and coming face-to-face with demons of his past. He has been a columnist for The Capital, Baltimore News-American, Washington Business Journal, and Daily Record.

Bobbie Hinman
www.bestfairybooks.com

Bobbie has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education and is right at home when it comes to children's literature. She is currently writing a series of children's books about the fanciful world of fairies. She has discovered some of the less practical and more magical explanations for some mysterious "happenings." After all, who better to blame it on than the fairies? The first book in the series is The Knot Fairy, about a tiny fairy who visits children while they sleep and is responsible for the knots and tangles in their hair.

Bobbie is also the author of seven successful cookbooks, including the Lean & Luscious series and The Meatless Gourmet series.

Frank S. Joseph
www.tolovemercy.com

Frank S. Joseph's first novel, TO LOVE MERCY, was published in 2006 by Mid-Atlantic Highlands. It has won six national awards and gone into a second printing. He is at work on two sequels, TO WALK HUMBLY and TO DO JUSTICE. Frank has been a Washington Post and Associated Press journalist, publisher, direct marketer, and copywriter. He and his wife Carol are the parents of Sam and Shawn. They live in Chevy Chase MD.

Al Karasa
www.alsbooks.com

Al Karasa is an eclectic writer in subjects ranging from maritime fiction to heraldic sciences. His books include Sidney's Pub (2007), Firehead's Malice (2003), Drive Smart! (2001), and Sherridan's Rain (1995). His work has been seen in national magazines for over 25 years. He was a columnist for The Courier and at MCA Magazine and has been locally featured in Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Life. Lament: "So many hobbies, so little time."

Paul Lagasse
www.seeingthroughclouds.com

Based in Baltimore, Paul Lagasse is an award-winning freelance writer whose articles have appeared in a wide range of periodicals and on the Web. He also provides technical writing and editing services to private, non-profit, and government clients. His young-adult novel Seeing Through Clouds, set in the late 1930s in Nazi Germany, provides a unique perspective on an important historical period.

Emma Larkins
emmalarkins.blogspot.com

Emma Larkins has a dream: to make a living as a published author. Her publication credits include a story titled "Midsummer Disc Dreams" in the outdoor literary magazine In the Mist, an ongoing feature at the Blood-Red Pencil Blog (http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com), and an article called "The Writer's Passion" on the Feminine Aspects website. She's currently working on getting short stories published, connecting with the writing and publishing community online, and writing her first novel.

Joan Lehmann
www.joanlehmannmd.com

Joan lives in Pasadena, is a mother of two, and is an ER physician at BWMC. She has written for Bay Weekly, The Capital, and the Maryland Gazette. Her latest project is her POD novel, Heaven Below, set in Baltimore and Shady Side, Maryland during the Great Depression. Her next project, Don't Move Lily, recounts her medical training in the hills and hollers of West Virginia, featuring her 800 pound patient.

Sonia L. Linebaugh
www.atthefeetofmothermeera.com

Sonia L. Linebaugh is a freelance writer and artist. Her book At the Feet of Mother Meera: The Lessons of Silence goes straight to the heart of the Westerner's dilemma: How can we live fully as both spiritual and material beings? Sonia is working on another book and also writes short stories. She has served as editor of MWA's Pen in Hand and e-Newswire.

Loree Lough
www.loreelough.com
theloughdown.blogspot.com

Loree Lough has 70 books, 62 stories, and 2,500+ articles in print. Known for edgy, heart-tugging adventures, her stories have earned dozens of industry awards. In October of '09, she signed contracts for 8 more books to be released by year-end '11, and she has fingers crossed that projects under consideration at other houses will inspire the same results.

Newton Love
www.newtlove.com

Born Texan, Newt Love grew up Californian, leaving home at sixteen. A former Marine, he read theology in college, changed to physics, then dropped out to join a Silicon Valley start-up. He quit to surf a Florida hurricane season, watching every sunset of 1981. He took a degree in math/economics then worked military war-games. He sold a contata and is writing Sitting Bull, an opera. As an author, he's sold 3 novels to 2 publishers.

Diane Marquette
www.dianemarquette.com

Diane Marquette has written three published novels, as well as 150 regionally and nationally published articles, and coordinates the annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference.

Jessica McHugh
www.jessicamchughbooks.com

Jessica McHugh is an author of speculative fiction that spans the genre from the dystopian world of From the Herald's Wearied Eye to her epic fantasy series The Tales of Dominhydor. She currently resides in Maryland with her husband Dave who serves as constant support and inspiration in life and writing alike. Read more on her website and follow her updates on Facebook.

Roger W. McIntire, Ph.D.
www.parentsuccess.com

Dr. McIntire's award-winning books for parents are practical, readable, reassuring and published in ten languages worldwide. Parent Council calls his book, Raising Good Kids in Tough Times, "Outstanding." The Virginia School Counselor Association applauds his book, Teenagers & Parents, as "a very valuable resource for high school counselors to use with parents." His website features a new tip for parents each month, an online bookstore for parents, a tips archive, and a resources page.

Rosemary and Larry Mild
www.magicile.com

Award-winning coauthors of the Paco and Molly Murder Mysteries: Boston Scream Pie, just out -- a harrowing tale of twins and their vicious feuding families; Locks & Cream Cheese -- murder and larceny in a Chesapeake Bay mansion; and Hot Grudge Sunday -- conspirators disrupt the sleuths' honeymoon out West. Rosemary authored Miriam's Gift: A Mother's Blessings -- Then and Now, a memoir about the joyous life of their daughter killed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland.

B. Morrison
www.bmorrison.com

B. Morrison writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Here at Least, her recent collection of poetry, is now available from Cottey House Press. The award-winning writer lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and travels widely. Visit her website for more information and to join her mailing list. Also, check out her Monday morning book blog at www.bmorrison.com/blog and start each week by talking about books.

Jill Morrow
www.jillmorrow.net

I am the author of Angel Cafe, a Paraview Pocket book published by Simon & Schuster (other books to follow.) I'd love to hear from you; learn about me and my book, then post a message or send me an email.

Sherry Audette Morrow
www.scribblemagazine.us

Published three times per year by MWA member Sherry Audette Morrow, Scribble features poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction from both established and emerging writers from around the globe. Each year, Scribble features the winners of MWA's Short Works Contest. You can find information on how to submit your work for publication and information on ordering additional copies or back issues at the Scribble website.

Mohamed Mughal
www.mohamedmughal.com

Mohamed Mughal writes in the schools of literary cubism and absurdism. Visit Mohamed's blog at mohamedmughal.blogspot.com.

Anarda Nashai
www.anardanashai.com

Anarda Nashai is a poet, fiction writer, research associate, and a collector of unique handbags. Having published her first collection of poetry, School Girl: Poetry and Prose of a Pre and Post Adolescent, she is currently working on several literary projects. Her interests include watching international films and documentaries, psychology, international women's rights, and of course: READING and WRITING. To read excepts of her work, please visit her website.

Lalita Noronha
www.lalitanoronha.com

Born in India, Lalita Noronha earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology, and is research scientist, writer, poet and teacher at St. Paul's School for Girls. Her literary work has been widely published (Baltimore Sun, Crab Orchard Review, Catholic Digest, The Christian Science Monitor, Get Well Wishes, and 2001: A Science Poetry Anthology). She has received awards from Maryland State Arts Council (Literary Arts and Individual Artist), City Paper, and National League of American Pen Women. She is a fiction editor for The Baltimore Review and the author of a short story collection, Where Monsoons Cry

Robert Pallone
mainman.vpweb.com

The Adventures of Main Man, A Child's View of the World is a newborn baby's view of the world, as a baby sees it. The story is of value to parents as it follows the child development stages of newborn babies in their first year. Young children will love it since it parallels their path to "growing up."

Ron Parks
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Ron started writing as part of his job with the city. What started out as a boring chronology of water contracts, turned into a life changing experience. Sorting through old files and photographic negatives, a passion for history was born. At first, Ron published a photo book on the Loch Raven Tunnel, then an account of a tunnel explosion where miners were killed (murdered?). He has just finished his autobiography and is working on Fluorine Dreams, a young adult fantasy.

Ally E. Peltier
www.ambitiousenterprises.com

Ally E. Peltier is an editor, writer, and publishing consultant for individuals and businesses such as Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group USA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kaplan Publishing, Chronicle Books, and more. Ally formerly acquired and edited books for Touchstone Fireside/Simon & Schuster and has published articles in a variety of venues, including The Writer, Writer's Digest 2009 Guide to Literary Agents, and ConsumerSearch.com. A Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing, Ally also ghostauthors nonfiction books and teaches workshops for writers. Learn more at www.ambitiousenterprises.com.

Carol L. Plotnick
www.chrysalispublications.com

Carol became interested in ultralights while at Oshkosh, WI, in July 2000. She soloed in an ultralight trainer at Shoestring Airport near Shrewsbury, PA, in June 2002. Since 2001, she has written several aviation articles for Light Sport and Ultralight Flying and Ultraflight magazines. Flying Wires, Carol's first novel, is now available for the Kindle and in paperback.

Cynthia Polansky (aka Cynthia P. Gallagher)
www.cynthiapolansky.com

Cindy is the award-winning author of novels Far Above Rubies and Remote Control, and 5 dog-breed reference books (as Cynthia P. Gallagher). Other published work includes several Chicken Soup anthologies, educational video scripts, and magazine articles. Cindy tutors writing at USNA and WyzAnt.com, and is currently working on a pop-reference book on the history of human body odor entitled WHIFF: Human Aroma Through the Ages. Check out her weekly blog, Crossing Polansky: The Blog About Everything.

Melody Ravert
www.melodyravert.net
www.examiner.com/x-31170-Baltimore-Writing-Examiner

Melody Ravert, Christian author of The Shadow Stalker and The Nightwolf series, nominated 'VIP Woman of the Year' by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) 2009-2010 is a member of the Maryland Writers' Association and is currently serving as a judge for the MWA Novel Contest. Ms. Ravert has written several articles for publications and is an examiner for Examiner.com.She is Founder of MJR Publications, LLC, which specializes in Christian fiction and non-fiction.

Angela Render
www.hannibalofcarthage.org

Two larger than life generals, a distressing damsel and the tragic love story that inspired Shakespeare -- these are just the highlights of Forged By Lightning: A Novel of Hannibal and Scipio. This action packed historical fiction novel plunges the reader into history so detailed you can almost smell the incense.

Angela Render has long had a passion for history and martial arts. With an emphasis on ancient civilizations, she received her Bachelor of Arts in History from George Mason University. Her continuing studies have included the history of costume, weapons, religion and warfare. She enjoys traveling the world with her husband and daughter when she's not at home in Maryland tending to her yard or renovating her house.

Dan Riker
www.alightnotofthisworld.com

Dan Riker, a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore School of Law, has been a journalist (with UPI in Baltimore and Washington), a telecommunications executive (MCI, Pocket Communications, Inc.), a bookseller (Basset Books LLC), and has published his first novel, A Light Not of this World. Set in the near future, A Light Not of this World is a fast-paced thriller, based on historical and contemporary events, that shows what could happen if terrorists obtain nuclear weapons.

Erika Robuck
www.erikarobuck.com
www.erikarobuck.wordpress.com

Erika Robuck is a writer and amateur historian. She writes historical fiction, and is self-publishing her novel, Receive Me Falling, in January 2009. It is set in the present day and in the past on the Caribbean island of Nevis on a sugar plantation. When she's not doing research or writing, she spends her time with her family in Maryland and North Carolina.

Steve Rossman
srossman.bdlcommunications.com

Steve Rossman uses constructive critique, providing positive manuscript feedback that pinpoints weaknesses, with suggestions for character development.

Working in the publishing, medical, and academic industries for over 20 years, Steve is an editor and proofreader who specializes in fiction and educational workbooks, dissertations, and magazines. Clients include Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and TBC. "Impressed" and "thrilled" with Steve's attention to detail, clients are well-served by his excellent copyediting abilities -- consistency, usage, and coherency being of prime importance.

Beth Rubin
www.onthewritepage.com
www.bethrubinauthor.com

Beth Rubin is an award-winning writer/author and editor based in Annapolis. Visit her site for excerpts from her prize-winning novel, Split Ends, info about her guidebooks to Washington, D.C. and other projects.

Karen L. Syed, aka Alexis Hart
www.hartofthematter.com

Karen L. Syed is the owner of Echelon Press Publishing. She has seen seven of her novels in print and published more than 200 novels and short stories by other authors. She is currently a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Maryland Writers' Association.

Pat Valdata
www.cloudstreetcomm.com

Pat Valdata writes novels, poems and nonfiction. Her publications include the novels The Other Sister (Plain View Press, 2008), Crosswind (Wind Canyon Publishing, 1997) and the poetry chapbook Looking for Bivalve (Pecan Grove Press, 2002). Pat received an MFA in writing from Goddard College and is an adjunct associate professor for the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).

David Warfield
www.storysolver.com

David Warfield is a screenwriter, teacher, and story consultant. Recent projects include Linewatch (2008), starring Cuba Gooding Jr., released by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Other produced film credits include Ocean Park and Kill Me Again, as well as shows for the History Channel. He has had numerous short stories published and teaches film at Loyola College and other institutions. He holds an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, and is a member of the WGAW.

Bridget Bell Webber
www.bridgetbellwebber.com

McLeary's Mulligan, Bridget's debut novel, was named finalist in the USA Book News "Best Books 2004" Awards for mystery/suspense. To read an excerpt, order a copy, send a message, or enter a contest to win free golf balls, visit her site today!

B. Swangin Webster
bswanginwebster.webs.com

B. Swangin Webster is a native of Washington, DC. Her love of writing has always been with her and she encourages everyone she comes into contact with to read. She is the author of two novels. Her first novel, Let Me Just Say This, debuted in January 2009 and the sequel, And Again Let Me Say This, was released in October 2009. Her name is as unique as she is and she loves to hear people's definition of it.

D.L. Wilson
www.dlwilsonbooks.com

D.L. Wilson has written feature articles for Writer's Digest and The Writer magazines as well as a university textbook on the fashion industry, Apparel Merchandising -- The Line Starts Here.

Wilson's extensive international travel as a business executive, consultant, and educator spawned a fascination with world cultures, exotic locales, diverse religious beliefs, and foreign governments. He found the perfect outlet for his interests in the captivating world of fiction. His first suspense thriller, Unholy Grail (Berkley), reached the top ten in the U.S. Nielsen Bookscan ratings and is translated into five foreign languages. Bestselling author Clive Cussler says Unholy Grail is "A tale rich with intrigue that grips the imagination. A must read."