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Margaret has always pushed the envelope – never totally accepting the status quo. A people person, her greatest joy comes from helping others. Abuse is her passion. Writing helped her uncover and deal with her deepest hurts. She believes that by sharing her story with others she can break the cycle of abuse – one person at a time. As a Personal Life Coach, Margaret founded Life Transitions to help individuals deal with change. In addition, she is a trained Stephen Minister and a Dale Carnegie Coach. This training, along with her personal life experiences, makes her a much sought after coach. Her stories have appeared in A Light Along the Way, The Upper Room, various local newspapers, and on- line. Margaret is a member of the North Carolina Writers' Network, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, Women on Writing, Story Circle Network, The Guilford Nonprofit Consortium, the Editorial Freelance Association, the National Association of Professional Women, and The UNC-W Alumni Association. Order her book here. |
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Dorothy P. O'Neill, a member of the Mystery subgroup, has just sold her first mystery, Double Deception, published by Avalon. This is Dorothy's fourth published novel with Avalon. The first three were romances.: "Heart's Choice," "Beyond Endearment," and "L is for Love." In "The Rock and the Rhododendrons," a short mystery story in WGOT's mystery anthology, "Deadly Plots,", a beautiful, young aquatic performer takes a fatal plunge at a lakeside resort, but guest, Leigh Cutler, doesn't believe it was an accident. Dorothy P. O'Neill is now working on two mystery sequels for Avalon, Fatal Purchase and one tentatively titled Ultimate Doom. Her poetry and light verse have appeard in Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, and other national magazines. Her weekly humor column was a feature in the Staten Island Register for eight years. |
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Fran Ostasiewski is treasurer and a member of the board of the Writers' Group of the Triad. He is a native of Connecticut with a degree in economics. He became a regular participant in the poetry group of WGOT during the past year. He won first place in the Haiku/Senryu category and honorable mention in the Arizona State Poetry Society's 36th annual contest. His own childhood provided both interest and material for children's poetry, which remains his favorite. However, through the writers' group, and instruction at Guilford College, his writing focus has expanded from the writing of children's poetry to include haiku and free verse forms. Other interests include scuba diving, golf, symphony, theater, and his granddaughter Ashlyn. |
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Leslie Parker came to Greensboro from Philadelphia and has been a member of WGOT since the mid 1990's. An early childhood educator, she writes poetry and has contributed three poems to "A Turn in Time: Piedmont Writers at the Millennium.." She was a finalist (1993) and then runner-up (1995) in the Bucks County (PA) Poet Laureate Competition. She has also placed in contests sponsored by the Poetry Council of North Carolina (1998) and the North Carolina Poetry Society (2001). Her poetry has appeared in Bay Leaves, Cold Mountain Review, and other journals, as well as the WGOT adult anthology, Wordworks (2003). |
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Al Perry is a novelist and editor who splits his time between the North Carolina foothills and the low country of South Carolina, where he teaches in the outreach program of Coastal Carolina University. In 2005 he founded Winston-Salem Writers Inc., a nonprofit association of writers and poets, and now serves as its president and board chair. An associate of Amherst Writers and Artists, Al is a certified workshop leader in the writing-process methods developed by Pat Schneider. He brings Mrs. Schneider to North Carolina once each year to lead an intensive, five-day workshop. Al's novel, The Lanyard (2003) was co-authored by Liz Huck of Springfield, Illinois. |
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