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Our Authors/WritersA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Hal Koger is a member of the WGOT Non-fiction genre. Hal worked his way through college at Florida State to earn a Master’s degree in Engineering Science, with minor degrees in Physics, Chemistry and Math. Even with this academic load and a one person office equipment repair business to run, he graduated Cum Laude. After college, and a ten-year employment with Hewlett-Packard, he helped start Pen-Tech Associates, Inc. and subsidiary firms. Hal enjoys writing. Anything from technical articles to humorous stories about his grandchildren or short stories about life as he sees it. One of these recently appeared in the WGOT newsletter. His "Soldier's Medal" story appeared in the Guilford County veteran's anthology, Freedom's Heroes. His story, "The Slip" was in the adult WGOT anthology, Wordworks. He has completed one book, titled Philosophy of Wealth, prompted by his interest in friends and family who want to believe that wealth is based on luck or some unusual skill. Koger has had a variety of unusual jobs which add to his rich array of experience and helps contribute to his writing. He's worked with apples, tobacco, pulpwood and cattle. He was an automobile mechanic for two years, which led to rebuilding antique cars as a hobby. He's been a chef, landlord, electronics technician, carpenter, and engineer. He is now a business owner, writer, volunteer mediator, arbitrator, deacon, and a director for various organizations. Most of these occupations have occured in parallel. |
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Karen Lander is a member of the WGOT Mystery II genre that meets at Kitty Beasley Edwards home. She has a strong interest in human behavior and finds that writing fiction allows her to explore character and relationships. She loves mysteries, "the darker and more tangled the better," and writes in the detective fiction genre. In addition to writing, she has her own jewelry designing business and plays the role of soccer/hockey/baseball mom. |
| Ellen Lloyd, a member of the Childrens Lit Subgroup, is the author of Freckles, a hardcover illustrated by David Stanley and published by Butterfly Creations. (ISBN 0-9650449-0-4). The namesake of the book is a lost puppy that has misadventures with wild dogs that live in the forest. It teaches children some important lessons, like listening to your heart, having respect and compassion for others, and the value of standing up for what you believe in. Ellen grew up in Wilmington, NC and graduated from the University of North Carolina Greensboro with a degree in Economics and a minor in Communications Studies. She began her career in newspaper publishing at the Greensboro News & Record. A marketing genius, Ellen was a guest speaker for breakout sessions on Marketing and Self Publishing at the Carolinas Conference for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in Chapel Hill, NC. For some real fun, visit Ellen at her web site: www.funwithfreckles.com |
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Sharon Logan, member of the WGOT Nonfiction genre, is a former Vice President of WGOT. One of our nonfiction groups meets monthly at her residence. She is almost like a motivational speaker to those of us who are not handicapped and in good health. She believes that wallowing in self-pity gets in the way of doing something constructive with your life. Sharon realized her life's dream a couple of years ago when she boldly tackled the sidewalks of New York in her wheelchair. Sharon has always loved to write. She has articles published in The Annals of Saint Anne de Beaupre, poetry in the Rape Crisis Intervention Program Advocate at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center, humor in Disabilities Digest, regular columns in a company newsletter, and articles and letters to the editor published in the News & Record. Her short story, "Then the Day Changed," is included in the Truthsayers section of the Wordworks anthology (2003), and she is currently working on a 16-chapter memoir of her life. |
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Elizabeth Lustig, facilitator of WGOT's Short Fiction genre, finds brevity challenging. She prefers writing short stories over book length manuscripts. Her list of published articles is impressive, and one should not be surprised to find the bizarre, the fantastic or the surreal in them, as in the Song of Cthulhu, Midnight Zoo and Indigenous Fiction. Liz has a multitude of talents. She has written news stories, features and book reviews for the News and Record, is a former editor of the UNC-G literary magazine, Corraddi, and has been an entrepreneur, owning Northstate Graphics and publishing the Northstate Reader. "The most important thing to do, to get better," she advises, "is to read. So, when I can't write, I read. I read mostly short fiction -- all genres." |
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Rus McCarter, Ph.D., a member of WGOT Nonfiction Writers group, is a professional speaker, trainer, facilitator and consultant, the author of numerous training materials and three participants' workbooks: Teamwork Styles Participants' Workbook; Team-Based Performance Coaching; and The Shared-Vision Organization, as well as four audiocassette programs. Dr. McCarter specializes in enabling organizations to move from a top-down to a team-based approach. Internationally recognized for his application of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and workstyles in organizations, he is Past President and Chair of the NC Voters for Clean Elections, a statewide coalition of over 40 organizations working for campaign finance reform. (See www.Excelsources.net) Rus is now doing booksignings for his book, Be the Leader People Love to Follow, a distillation of tools and practical information about leadership, motivation and information. He has a wife, two adult sons and four tennis rackets. His hobbies are tennis, classical music, sailing, camping and hiking |
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Karen McCullough a former editor for a variety of trade publications. Karen has written four romantic suspense novels published by Avalon, and four electronically published fantasy novels, plus many articles and short stories. Her novel A Question of Fire was an Eppie 2000 finalist in the Mystery category. Her Shadow of a Doubt was an Eppie 2001 finalist in the Romantic Suspense category. Both are available through Daylight Dreams. Her novel The Rainbow Bridge was the Eppie 2000 Winner in the Fantasy category. The Rainbow Bridge and her newest release, Witch's Journey, are available through Dreams Unlimited. Karen also has an extraordinary web page that introduces you to all of her books: www.kmccullough.com |
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Judith Mercer is a native New Yorker who moved to Greensboro in 2002 and joined the Writers' Group of the Triad. She has a degree in English from Ohio State University. While living in Miami, Florida she was a frequent contributor to Tropic, the Sunday magazine of the Miami Herald. Her work also appeared in Crescendo, an anthology of the South Florida branch of the National Writers' Association. She writes both fiction (read "Final Request" under the Storytellers section of Wordworks) and nonfiction (read "The Persistance of Chance" under The Truthsayers section). |
NOTE: How does one get to be included on this list? Published
Writers Group of the Triad writers with national magazine credits
or writers with stories published in anthologies are included. Being
a facilitator of one of our genres or a WGOT board member also gets
you in. As you can see, we have had difficulties with some of the
photos, and we appreciate your patience and understanding. We are
still trying to get this sort of thing worked out. If you are listed
here without a photo or wish to have a different photo used than
the one on the website, please email a digital copy (.jpg files
preferred) to Webmaster Karen McCullough at karen@kmccullough.com.
Please put "WGOT" in the subject line. If you are not
listed here but want to be, please forward a short bio (not to exceed
100 words) and photo to the same address.
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