Stars*
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Lee Ambrose: I am passionate about words! I enjoy reviewing books for the SCN Book Review Site almost as much as I enjoy reading the reviews posted by my sister reviewers. Reading and writing are such an important part of my life that I cannot imagine a day without actively reading or writing—or both!
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Susan Andrus began writing as soon as she could form letters. Eventually she became an educator, a psychologist, a freelance writer, and a watercolorist. Now living in Norfolk, VA, Susan wrote and published Beyond Mars & Venus: Lessons of Dialogue and Peace, a Buddhist's perspective through her publishing business, Wordminder Press, and offers workshops in resolving conflict using dialogue, writing, and parenting.
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Duffie Bart: I am a writer and reader living in Santa Barbara where my daughter Scout and two beautiful grandchildren keep me busy and happy. My primary interest is in the deepening of my awareness, and it is through writing, reading, and relationship that I find my growth and spiritual awakening.
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Rhonda Esakov: I am a volunteer instructor for Texas Parks and Wildlife, an NRA Certified Shooting Instructor/Range Officer and have managed my own tax practice for over 25 years. When not working or teaching gun and outdoor courses, I enjoy visiting caves, camping and canoeing. My writing includes a piece in the Kitchen Table Stories anthology...
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Judith Helburn has been involved with Spiritual Eldering and Sage-ing® since 1994. She is currently Mentor/Intern Coordinator and Chair of the Coordinating Circle for the international Sage-ing Guild. Judith works with seniors in several other programs in Austin, Texas, including the Older Women's Legacy (OWL)-Circle memoir program of Story Circle Network.
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Jennifer Melville is a military wife who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband of 4½ years, Michael, and three children, Alexandria (3½), Ethan (1½), and Derek (born July 17, 2008). Her husband is a SH-60B helicopter pilot stationed at NS Mayport.
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Mary Ann Moore:
I am a poet, writer and creativity facilitator in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Ever since carrying them around, for the feel and smell of them, I have loved books—before I had yet learned to read!
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Patricia Nordyke Pando: Having been born in Texas, I enjoy returning there on occasion to take care of my Story Circle responsibilities, and to visit a precious grandson. I have been an SCN member for many years, as well as a contributing editor to the Story Circle Journal and a member of the board.
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Doris Anne Roop-Benner: I have lived in Richardson, Texas, since 1973 and been a member of Story Circle since its creation in 1997. Born and raised in Philadelphia, I have been married to Bob for 42 years.
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Associates*
- Carolyn Blankenship lives in Lockhart, Texas and is a Board member of Story Circle Network. She facilitates a monthly Writing Circle, Older Women's Legacy circles, and has developed and taught a variety of programs on journal writing and personal growth.
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- Sharon Blumberg is a freelance writer and junior high Spanish teacher. She has been a teacher for 17 years. She currently teaches seventh grade Spanish in Flossmoor, Illinois. She resides in Munster, Indiana with her husband and dog.
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- Janet Caplan, who lives near Victoria, British Columbia, has been a member of Story Circle Network since February 2005 and is a member of the Internet Chapter's writing circle #14. In addition to her work as an accountant, Janet enjoys writing personal essays, her local writing group, book club and long boat rowing.
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- Robin Edgar has over 30 years of experience as a professional writer and storyteller. Specializing in profile and lifestyle articles of a positive nature, her work appears in national and regional publications such as The Charlotte Observer, Our State Magazine, Skirt!, and Museum News.
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- Laura Strathman Hulka A life-long reader and writer, Laura enjoys a wide range of genres, including mysteries, history, biography and spirituality. She enjoys blogging, and is writing a guide to women's retreats.
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- Becky Lane is a lifelong voracious reader—especially of books about people who are "living the good life." She and her husband have recently left suburbia and embarked upon their own quest for the good life in the Texas Hill Country.
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- Sharon Lippincott lives near Pittsburgh, PA, and has been writing for thirty years. After retiring from the business world, she turned her focus to life story and memoir writing and leads workshops on these topics based on her latest book, The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing.
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- Donna Van Straten Remmert is a former member of the SCN Board of Directors, and has facilitated writing workshops and writing circles. She has published a memoir about her childhood, The Littlest Big Kid and a memoir about her teen years, The Jitterbug Girl.
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- Cheri Rosenberg and her husband of twenty-five years live in New York with their three teens, two dogs, and other assorted pets. Cheri is a consultant dietitian who started writing for public venues five years ago after she wrote a fan letter to an author who strongly recommended that she review fiction.
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- Sharon Wildwind is a Calgary, Alberta writer, who focuses on mysteries and memoirs. She has kept a journal since 1978 and has one published memoir, Dreams that Blister Sleep, based on the year she spent in Vietnam with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
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Guests*
Editors
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Susan Wittig Albert, Editor: In 1985, I left my career as a university professor and administrator and began working fulltime as a novelist and freelance writer. For the past 16 years, I've written the China Bayles herbal mysteries, and for the past five, a series of historical fantasies called The Cottage Tales, featuring Beatrix Potter.
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Susan Ideus, Assistant Editor, an almost-native of New Mexico, lives with her husband of 38 years, Harold and their Cairn "terror", MacDuff, in Magnolia, TX. Both of their grown daughters are within easy visiting distance. Being the only non-Texan in the group, Susan endures much good-natured grief on that score.
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Linda Wisniewski, Editor: I joined Story Circle Network about eight years ago and have been an Internet chapter member almost as long. I've facilitated an e-circle, written book reviews and was one of the editors of the Kitchen Table Stories anthology.
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Robin Wittig, Editorial Assistant: After a short career in advertising and marketing, I spent 15 years working with non-profit youth-serving agencies. Now I work from home, having just launched a Virtual Assistant practice. My husband and I enjoy working with young people, and we spend a great deal of time as volunteers for local youth groups.
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Editor Emerita
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Paula Stallings Yost, Editor, 2002-2008: After a twenty-five-year career in public relations and journalism in Dallas, I returned to my roots in the piney woods of East Texas, working for a while as lifestyles editor for a small-town daily newspaper. In 1999, I established LifeSketches/ Heirloom Memoirs Publishing.
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Former Reviewers
- Melanie Alberts
- Karen Bensing
- Lisa Check
- Gloria Cordova
- Leslie Crowley
- Grace Forrest-Maestas
- Christine Gilbert
- Cassandra Jacobs
- Jazz Jaeschke
- Juanita Johnson
- Maggie Knorr
- Dianne Lodge-Peters
- Denise McAllister
- Laurie Park
- PJ Pierce
- Paulette Rees-Denis
- Rebecca Roberts
- Jan Epton Seale
- Lisa Shirah-Hiers
- Leslea Smith
- Peggy Talley
- Lina Tanner
- Marti Weisbrich
- Mary Welker-Haddock
*Stars have posted 10 or more reviews in the past 18 months and have their own web pages. Associates have posted 5-9 reviews in the past 12 months, and Guest Reviewers have posted 1-4 reviews in the past 12 months.
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