SEPTEMBER 2005-JANUARY 2006 BRIEF AND BIZARRE BIOS ARCHIVE

this is madness and insanity and it's yours . . .

JANUARY 2006 BRIEF AND BIZARRE BIOS

JO J. ADAMSON’S BRIEF BIO:

A Brief Vita (Well, 'kinda not brief.' Would have been more brief if I was "brief and bizarre." Well, maybe next year.)

Jo Adamson's full-length play was the Grand Prize winner in the Across Town Repertory Theatre in Gainesville, Florida 2002.

Her plays have been excerpted in Smith & Kraus, Inc. They are:

Audition Arsenal for Women in their 20's, Audition Arsenal for Women in their 30's, Smith and Kraus, 20205. "Transformation Scene," The Best Stage Scenes, 1996. "Doppelganger," The Best Women's Stage Monologues, 1996. "The Wax Cradle," The Best Women's Stage Monologues, 1997. "Dialogue of Self & Soul," The Best Women's Stage Monologues, 1997. "A Body Not Greatly Changed," The Best Stage Scenes, 1997. and The Best Men's Stage Monologues, 1999. "Teotwawki" is included in The Best Women's Stage Monologues, 2000.

"High Noon" and "Bread and Circuses," Smith & Kraus Audition Arsenal, 2005

Published full-length plays:

"The Wax Cradle," Drama Source

"Doppelganger," Playscripts, Inc.

DANIELLE ABBATIELLO’S BRIEF BIO:

I was born in a hospital in Jamaica, NY—the same one, in fact, that my father was born in years earlier, which makes sense, since he is my father. I currently work in educational administration at Stony Brook University. The bulk of my position requires me to deal with students who are accused of academic dishonesty, also known as plagiarism, or the ever popular cheating to the rest of the world—but I promise, my stories are all my own! Some people have described me as spoiled. I'd characterize myself as being misunderstood, with an affinity for getting what I want out of my parents. I am in the pursuit of happiness—which I would define as fairytale-like in scope—happily ever after, with all the trimmings.

PATRICK ANDREWS’ BRIEF BIO:

Patrick Andrews is the mostly unread, but critically loved author of works such as "Being & Nothingness: How to Tell Them Apart" and the well ignored "Organic and Still Brilliant—Supermarket Zen Exercises for Grocers."

The close to deranged Mr. Andrews lives in New Orleans and is given to this and that, although sometimes in the other order. He has also been spotted ignoring ecological disasters, beating metaphors with personified nouns and waiting for something to happen.

With stunning good looks accompanied by wit and grace, he’s the sort of man you would love to bring to an exclusive Upper-Manhattan dinner party, if only for the inappropriate remarks he would make during the après-dinner drinks.

PA is also a musician and you can hear his music at: http://www.nolabands.com/jamroom/bands/131/music.php

BRIAN ASHENFELTER’S BIO:

I go to Tri State University, so that makes me a Thunder . . . I guess? And if nothing else, this should be a prime example of why Engineers should leave writing to the professionals. Generally, I just write songs for my girlfriend, but this works too. But sometimes, I let my roommate use them to pick up chicks also.

Tri State is in Angola, IN and guess what? There's nothing to do here. Some would argue that this is the number one drinking university per capita in the nation. That pretty much leaves sober people like me to do stuff like this. Fun times, ah.

JON BERAHYA’S BRIEF BIO:

Jon Berahya is a comedian/writer/artist living in Lexington, Kentucky, with bipolar disorder and his parents, who feed him well. He would like to thank Dr. Shelton for all the medication samples and to the 2003 British Airways flight crews for providing him with safe passage to foreign lands and drinks that he is no longer allowed to partake of.

TIM BRUDEREK'S BRIEF BIO:

I started writing poetry when I was in the womb. I didn't really have fingers yet, but it was clear that I was hyper-sensitive to my surroundings, even back then. Most of the poems did center around themes of water and claustrophobia, but at least it was a start.

When I was born and the doctor slapped me on the bum, I realized then and there that the world was out to get me. I mean the first thing I saw when my eyes opened were bright lights, large people with sharp things pointed at me and a woman screaming bloody murder! Well, as you can imagine, I was inspired.

Fast forward 23 years, and here I am, still writing poetry today. I have expanded my themes a bit since the beginning, as you can see from these poems. Yes, I know, some of them are still about water, but you can't really escape the past, can you?

If you like what you've read here, please contact me at willymiller02@yahoo.com. I do not yet have a website because technology and I do not see eye to eye, but you can count on me to write you back at lightening speed. Thank you for reading!

LA VONNE NATASHA CAESAR’S BIO:

As a young writer, I know that I am not alone in
suspecting that many poets today are eventually (and
repeatedly) published because of their impressive
autobiographical lists of experiences (as opposed
to . . . well, you know . . . ability and stuff . . .). The
reason we all love dear Humdinger is because they
prefer to inform us of far more interesting life
details—like psychotic quilting experiences . . . as
opposed to long lists of ivy league schools. If you
must know, I've never had a psychotic quilting
experience . . . but I was raised in a strange cult by two
delightfully psychotic geniuses. So, I guess that
explains why I am a poet! But you'll have to wait a
few years for the autobiography if you want to know
more! :)

ROB CARNEY’S BRIEF BIO:

Rob Carney just moved back from sunny California to Boston in November, and in celebration of his horrible timing, he and his girlfriend have been sick for about 90 days. He often laments that he wore shorts and sandals every day for 16 months straight, usually as he put on boots and gloves and a hat. His goal is to acquire a job that requires writing funny e-mails to his friends and pays him $150,000 a year. He played with blogspot for about a week and usually ignores it at:
http://guyhandsome.blogspot.com/

LES COMBS’ BRIEF BIO:

Les is a retiree living in Arkansas. After years of unrequited labor upon golf courses and their adjacent woods, fields and creeks in three states, he turned in his putter for the pen. Writing offers him similar frustrations as golf without having to pick weed seeds and burrs from his clothing after each session. A sampling of his short fiction is available at the following addresses:

http://thewritersezine.com/t-zero/archives/2003-texts/2003-06-story1.shtml

http://thewritersezine.com/t-zero/archives/2003-texts/2003-11-story2.shtml

http://thewritersezine.com/t-zero/archives/2004-texts/2004-01-story1.shtml

http://thewritersezine.com/t-zero/archives/2004-texts/2004-08-story3.shtml

DAVID R. CAUDELL’S BIO:

I’m a typical twenty-four year old guy from a small southern Indiana town called Scottsburg, which is about thirty miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.

One of my passions is writing kid’s stories/poems. I’ve been writing them for about a year now. I guess this hobby emerged due to my job. I’m a teacher’s assistant at a small middle school, where I help teach special education. I love my job. There, I get a chance to be a child everyday. Just seeing those kids smile, learn, and love brings so much joy to my life.

Humor also plays a big part in my life. It’s not uncommon to see my friends and co-workers make a choir into play. Just like my life, you will find tons of childlike and pre-teen humor in my writing.

With that, I hope you enjoy my poem. Christmas has always had a special place in mine and my family’s hearts. I think you can see some heart into the rhythms, if you look past all the juvenile humor.

AKIL DRAYTON’S BIO:

I am a young entrepreneur in the telecom field at the moment. I am a father to a very beautiful and intelligent 4 year old daughter, who I love so. I love to write and since I was turned to it by a 7th grade teacher who read through one of my notebooks and started to make me take notice that my writing was actually credible. I am in the process of collecting current pieces that are written from daily experiences or random thoughts that have been saved and reviewed, be it from the daily stress of work, or a simple smile you noticed from a beautiful woman. I am a very fun loving and comedic character; all who come in contact with me often feel an instant connection and friendship for a long time.

MARGARET FIELAND’S BRIEF BIO:

I am a computer software engineer by profession and a musician and writer by avocation. I play the flute and the piccolo and belong to a marching band. My home is graced by several poodles that will almost always start to howl when I practice my piccolo, thus forcing me to practice in the garage. As you might gather from the poem below, I am both a poor sleeper and a coffee drinker.

CHRIS GOEBEL’S BRIEF BIO:

I hid from my high school yearbook. They caught me once, I think, maybe twice, but I frequently played hide and seek in my youth. When camping, I hid so well and long that everyone thought me dead, seriously maimed at least. I found the subject so interesting that I attempted to learn how to become invisible, as actors have done for espionage roles. Then, I learned that OTHER PEOPLE are walking around invisible! When you become invisible, then you somehow learn to see people from China walking across your room in the middle of the night. I couldn’t do it. Who wants people coming in their room unannounced? They say they can’t see you—right!

THOMAS E. JORDON’S BRIEF BIO:

I am a 45-year old freelance writer based in Northwest Arkansas. I have been through the Creative Writing Program at the University of Arkansas (where my BA in History is from) at the undergraduate level. Often William Harrison (the original Rollerball, Mountains on the Moon) would use my writing as that week’s example of what could be made just a little better with a little push over the top. I like to think I’m finally the writer he hoped I’d turn out to be by now.

I have written eight full-length screenplays and as many more short screenplays. One of my short screenplays, Loose End, is being included in the upcoming feature What is Love (http://love.mullrahe.com/) by MullRahe Productions (http://www.mullrahe.com/). Some of my recent work-for-hire assignments include creating a short video aimed at Management professionals at all levels and a spec script for a documentary on the history of the cross. I have also worked with a team of writers on a project to create a spec television series pilot, which went nowhere. I have won awards for both my short fiction and non-fiction. Most recently, my short story Last Words was published by the e.magazine Thirst for Fire (http://www.thirstforfire.com). My non-fiction has been seen in national publications. I am a contributor to Carol Duboc’s new WineandMusic.com project (http://wineandmusic.com/), an e.magazine on wine and music around the world. And finally, I work as an internet researcher for Hamilton’s Hollywood Top 30 (http://www.radioexpress.com/public/weekly_top30.html), a nationally syndicated radio program.

STAN KRAJEWSKI’S BRIEF BIO:

Born in New York, I quickly had passion that came alive in all that I do, singing in chorus all through grade school, as well as art classes, plays, and photography. It was at twelve years old that I discovered what was to become my rite of passage into the world of creative paths that have opened up in my life. Going up into the attic one day, I found my mother’s high school year book. Upon opening the pages, I stopped at “Aspirations.” “Singer and Actress” was my mom’s passion, and although it was not lived in the sense in which we have always followed, it was transformed in such a way that delivered her spirit to the world. With 6 children to raise, Margaret Keddy Woll would belt out a tune that engulfed the entire world. It was years later that what I had found was that rite of passage for my own life. What was not used was passed on, and with that, I gratefully share this with the world with honor and passion. May you find all what I do, all that I write, and all that I bring forward live with that seed that was passed
on so long ago.

Stan Krajewski’s a photographer as well as poet. You can view his photography at:

www.guestsgallery.com

Stan is donating poems to our Poetry for Dedications page, a gift from Humdinger poets to the world.

To read Stan’s work on that page, click here.

STEPHANIE LAW’S BRIEF BIO:

Stephanie lives out of country, out planet, out of universe. She neither endorses nor condones alien abductions, UFO sightings, or hauntings. On a clear night, she flies over the moon and turns into a very nice wolf.

ANGEL LOGAN’S BIO #2:

Angel Logan has been writing for 24 years, from poetry to short stories to professional letters to speeches—for anyone that asks for her assistance. In fact, Angel has also written a quote for a greeting card company out of California, called Kate Harper Designs. The quote needed to reflect edgy, real life humor and it also explains Angel too: "I only do yoga, so I can polish my toenails."

Anyone that knows Angel, knows that she isn't a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. She is a pre-Madonna type almost always in heels and a dress and would rather exercise her mind than stand on her head. But everyone appreciates that about her and accepts her just as she is, as she accepts everyone in her life.

Angel's first priority is to sell several books, to touch the hearts of her readers and help them remember that no matter what, there is always hope. However, she would also like to sell enough books, to buy her dreamhouse for her and her husband. It isn't a mansion nor is it a cottage, but it will cost a lot of books. This house is worth it though, because it is the perfect home to make everlasting memories and write many more books, which Angel intends to do.

Regardless of her journey or what she writes, Angel wants to give her readers a vision into the window of life, to help them find their wings to fly!

Angel Logan, Published Author
Wings of an Angel Poetry Collection
Thought Provoking and Picturesque Poetry Collection
Captures The Essence of Life's Journey Through a Season of Promise
ISBN# 1-4134-2967-X

"A Vision Into The Window Of Life, To Help You Find Your Wings To Fly!"

Read selections of Angel’s book at:

Angel Logan | The Official Web Site: www.wingsofanangel.us

Andrew Madrid’s Brief Bio:

Writer/Comedian/Father/Hero.

Andrew Madrid has been sober for twenty nine years and enjoys everyday as if it were his last, he is twenty nine. His work can be linked at: http://www.andrewandaaron.com

MARK McKENZIE’S BRIEF BIO:

From an early age my parents have encouraged me to achieve my dreams. Most people would describe me as a shy, quick-witted person. With that type of personality a unique sense of comedy is born. I am the type of person that comes up with crazy schemes and wonders what would happen if I actually performed the acts. Most people like me because I’m polite and rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks. As much as I like those things, I really like to help people in need. I’m part of a service organization at my school. I also like to write, however, I hate to read. Most ideas in my writings come from my mind, TV, or my life. I hope you like my stream of consciousness.

JON MILLER’S BIO:

Dragged kicking and screaming from the succulent bosom of Western Pennsylvania by an attraction to flashing lights, Jonathan Miller currently resides in Los Angeles for no particular reason. Although he desperately wishes to someday sell a screenplay, he'd be happy with a job that paid him enough to both eat and drink; as a graduate of USC's acclaimed Master's of Professional Writing program, he's not holding his breath. His current home is a wee apartment shared with his fiancé and the dumbest cat alive.

ALEXAE NANDI’S BRIEF BIO:

Alexae Nandi was hatched from an unknown, venomous serpent. He slithered and hissed his way through the darkened hallways of California high schools into the big, wide open mouth of the real world and quickly assimilated by training on the flying trapeze, growing a tail and squawking "Caw! Caw!" at all passing automobiles. He makes his money snapping antennae from ants and selling them to Rival anthills as exotic, imported chopsticks.

LOUISE NORLIE’S BRIEF BIO:

When Louise Norlie is not working full time or playing the piano, she is probably writing. She'd like to do all three at once if she could. She has a rare bone disorder known by a convoluted Latin name and is desperately seeking a publisher for her novel on growing up with a disability. Her stories have appeared in many prominent disability publications and are upcoming on the international publication Disability Studies Quarterly. She also writes fiction in many other genres, ranging from the absurdly comic, to the gory, to the tragic and can be found at all hours in a state of frenzied inspiration. Links to her online publications can be found here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/louise_norlie

KATRINA PIERSON’S BRIEF BIO:

Katrina Pierson is still getting used to her new last name. In July of 2005, she was married on the beach in Clearwater, Florida, to the person who appreciates her writing the most, her love of 5 years, John. They live together in central Minnesota in a house only fit for Tiny Tim (if you've seen the Geico commercial you'd understand). They have also crammed a parakeet, lizard, and a stuck-up Siberian cat named Isabelle in the house with them. Katrina has been a writer since she learned the alphabet.

She spends her free days lounging in her popasan with her HP laptop balanced perfectly on her crossed legs, paging through the free ads on craigslist. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in English at St. Cloud State University and hopes to go on to work as an editor, publisher, or literary agent. She loves visiting big cities, going to zoos, and licking Cheetos cheese off her fingertips (as well as writing the occasional poem). She has been published in two other online journals. You can e-mail your thoughts to her at: trinapierson@gmail.com Katrina Pierson’s work can be found at:

http://www.dogwoodjournal.com/

http://apt.aforementionedproductions.com/

R S Prasanna’s Brief Bio:

Born thinking I was the only one with something behind my eyes.

I saw, I heard... but I also saw and heard the "I" at a real early age. Even when I was little more than a foot-and-half long, I used to think I am the "Gifted One"... the One who could stand away from life, observe it, contemplate it ... and be amused by the millions and millions of automated humans going through the motions of life. Of course I did not know then that every Tom, Dick and Harry thought so too.

And that was good. Never liked being bunched with them .

Anyway, this gave me a whole new world view, which I explored in front of the mirror, behind homemade grease paint. Entertained guests with my own vaudeville acts. This was at age Nine.

Moved on to putting up skits while in Middle school. Also started writing the smallest of small stories.

I remember reading R K Narayan's "Swami and friends" and thinking ... "Hey, I should do that! The words are there, and there's the pen and paper—I just get one on the other—and tha's it!"

Thus started my writing journey at age Thirteen. Wrote an epic 200-word masterpiece.

My saving grace: I promptly sent it to the bin.

"This is no R K Narayan, dammit! I wonder why."

To this day, I wonder.

And that, in all honesty, is my only weapon: my wonder.

My acting improved, so did my realisation that acting was "not all." So I attempted direction. And screenwriting.

My bin kept getting fuller by the day.

Well, in a few months from now, I should be taking up an unofficial open invitation to one of the most reputed Film Schools in India. They saw my award winning Short Film.

So, at age 22, what am I?

Like one of my characters in one of my million "unwritten" screenplay says to his lady, "I am a promise!"

At age 30, I shall know if I have kept it!

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I am a part of the professional Theatre circuit here in my city, Chennai, India and will be making my directorial debut on stage, mid 2006. My favorite authors are Jeffrey Archer and R K Narayan. My God in songwriting is Tim Rice. I am currently trying to learn from Arthur Miller a tiny bit, at least how in the world he writes those plays of his! I am a drooling "groupie" of Broadway, even though I have just heard of it—it is for me, sitting miles away, a legend, a distant Fairyland! I am a great admirer of Ayn Rand.

JOSE RIVERA’S BRIEF BIO:

Jose Rivera grew up in Puerto Rico and he would love to go back and live in Old San Juan. He's married to another writer, Nanette Rayman, where they live in New York City very happily. He will also be published in Eclectica and Poesia in 2006. His favorite shows are Law and Order and Forensic Files. He loves Nanette more than life.

DANIEL ROBINSON’S BRIEF BIO:

I am a twenty old writer and game programmer. I am surrounded by mountains and snow covered trees in upstate New York! I spend most of my time on a PlayStation playing games, just wasting my poor excuse of a life away. In my spare time, I like to make computer games and write scripts. I have written nine books in three years from military to horror. Including Magic books which can be bought through this link.

http://www.lulu.com/danielrobinson

But for real, I do enjoy writing. I have a wonderful fiancé who has supported me in everything I have done! I have made a couple of games which can be found at www.rottenzombie.com I also have a few sim movies made that I have written.

They are: House Of Curse and The Video Game. Here is where the movies are:

http://movies.lionhead.com/studio/lestatslover

If you check them out, Please feel free to e-mail me with comments good or bad at: stupifided2002@yahoo.com

ROXANNA RUSSELL’S BRIEF BIO:

I was born. I grew up. I went to college. I got a degree. I like to write. I wrote a book called The Letter. See http://www.geocities.com/rdr1124/home.html for excerpts. It can be purchased at your book retailer of choice. I've written four other books. None of those have been published . . . yet. I work. I don't like my job. Novel concept, I know. I like movies. Some favorites are "Flirting with Disaster," "Amelie," and anything by Wes Anderson. I'm single. I like being single. This apparently makes me irresistible. Someday, maybe I won't be single. I don't want kids—pets are OK. Someday, maybe I'll have a better job. Someday, maybe I'll make enough money from writing so I can retire from doing actual work. Someday, I'll be dead. Though I'd prefer that to be later rather than sooner. The end.

MEGAN SCHINDLER’S BRIEF BIO:

Megan Schindler is an "emerging"—i.e., virtually unpublished—writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, humor, screenplays—heck, whatever they'll take. A professional student at the University of Southern California, she suffers in Los Angeles with her 17-pound cat, Meatball.

KATIE SCHWARTZ’S BRIEF BIO:

Katie Schwartz loves food. She can eat anyone under the table. She'd take an eighth of sour cream over a 5th of vodka any day. When Katie isn't eating, or planning to eat, she's writing comedy, obsessing over something inane or second guessing herself, but that's just for kicks.

Katie is residing in Los Angeles amongst contagious amounts of silicone and super self loving folks. She longs to go home to New York City, and she will soon. But just like Captain Kirk had a mission, so does she.

Katie is so not third person savvy and she's not sure what else she should say about herself. So, read Katie's work! And if you want to know more about Katie, email Katie:

katiegirl@gmail.com

BIO FOR MICHELE A. SCIROCCO:

Michele lives in Weehawken New Jersey with her husband and their two dogs Harlee and Neo. When she isn’t writing or teaching creative writing classes, she enjoys snuggling, cuddling and cozying up with her dogs, ergo this photo of her and Harlee. Ah, a true moment of zen! Michele, Harlee, and Neo can be reached at: michelescirocco@hotmail.com.

THOMAS W. SYPEK’S BRIEF BIO:

I was born, or should I say, created by Anna Muggridge (my mother) and Adolph Sypek, (my biological father, who I never knew). I was raised by a loving stepfather, Tom Muggridge, in a three story house in South Boston, Massachusetts. I had three brothers and three sisters, all halves. No, they weren’t split in halves; they were just half sisters and brothers. My life growing up reads like a soap opera. I wrote a play about it called, of all things, “Family.” My education, such as it was, was uninspiring and uneventful. “I came. I saw. I didn’t conquer.”

I have tried everything, and I mean, everything, from acting, writing, directing, factory working, and homosexuality, which I found I was very good at. I have learned to live this and that and I am, at the ripe old age of sixty-seven, a very talented and gifted man. Life hasn’t always been good, but it has always been a laugh riot. I hope you enjoy my story.

D.W.THORNTON'S BRIEF BIO:

My words are the fame that create my identity and with that I shall cease!

DECEMBER 2005



KEVIN CURTIS BARR’S BRIEF AND BIZARRE BIO:

I am an illustrator and graphic artist and was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before I started attending "The College of Art Advertising," located in Cincinnati, I created "King Merlin And The Rapp Lords." The first book has been placed in its entirety on my website:

www.DigitalConsciousness.com

(search for artist Kevin Curtis Barr)

In the near future, I plan on creating some new poetry and growing in my skills as an illustrator and graphic artist. From time to time, I also write song lyrics. I wrote songs before poetry, tried my amateur hand at photography and at being a budding artist. I’m one who hopes that "King Merlin And The Rapp Lords," will someday be a household name, seen along with the likes of Dolly Parton and "Queen Bee," Lil' Kim (a whole other story).

My biggest muse has been singer Chaka Khan; she seems to hold a certain power over me still. Since I’m an artist who does whatever he feels like doing, ahead of learning where all the rules apply many times, I feel that in the end, this may serve to have been my biggest asset during the whole of my somewhat off-centered human existence.

DAN BERTHIAUME’S BIO #3:

Inspired by the late, great Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,
Dan Berthiaume spends most of his time hunkered down
in a fortified compound in northeastern Massachusetts,
waiting to be discovered by a publisher and
supplementing his limited income as a fiction writer
by editing a business magazine.

ALMA BOND’S BRIEF BIO:

Alma Bond first became a published author when she was

69 years old. Since then she has had 11 books published,

including The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel,

Tales of Psychology: Short Stories to Make You Wise,

and Who Killed Virginia Woolf, a Psychobiography. Her

latest book, Camille Claudel, a Novel, is currently in

publication.

JENNA BURDETT’S BRIEF BIO:

I'm 13-years-old and the fifth child of seven children ranging in age from 30 to 8. Our house is very BIG and right now my Dad is adding on two bedrooms and a BIG living room.

Before living in this BIG house, my whole family of nine lived in a three bed, one bath. (Imagine trying to brush your teeth with four other people in the bathroom!). Now we live in a five bed, two-and-a-halfbath, plus an apartment for my Grandma. Of course, we usually need the room. Especially when my brother decides to bring home his soccer team from college. Or when my sister's bridesmaids all come and stay with us while we're getting ready for the wedding. We are never bored at our house.

LA VONNE NATASHA CAESAR’S BIO:

As a young writer, I know that I am not alone in
suspecting that many poets today are eventually (and
repeatedly) published because of their impressive
autobiographical lists of experiences (as opposed
to . . . well, you know . . . ability and stuff . . .). The
reason we all love dear Humdinger is because they
prefer to inform us of far more interesting life
details—like psychotic quilting experiences . . . as
opposed to long lists of ivy league schools. If you
must know, I've never had a psychotic quilting
experience . . . but I was raised in a strange cult by two
delightfully psychotic geniuses. So, I guess that
explains why I am a poet! But you'll have to wait a
few years for the autobiography if you want to know
more! :)

ARTHUR CAREY'S BRIEF BIO:

Arthur Carey is a former newspaper reporter and journalism instructor who gave up frozen toes in Michigan for earthquake tremors in California. When not hunched over a keyboard, he deals with squirrels raiding his bird feeders and the possum burrowing under his backyard fence.

DOMINICK CASCIATO’S BRIEF BIO:

I am a very interesting twelve-year-old because I have already won three essay contests and one of them had a very odd story. In my essays, I love to include my family because they are a big part of my life. What makes some of my stories quite interesting is that they are hard to believe.

For an example, when my family would take my brother and me up to Disney, we would usually ride in strollers. But as we grew up, my brother grew out of one and I was still being pushed around in it. So, one day as we were strolling around one of Disney’s theme parks, a Disney cast member that was dressed up as a gang member confronted me and said, “Aren’t you a little to old to be pushed around in that thing?”

          At that time, there was a small crowed gathered around that saw as I replied, “How did you get that weird job? Did you not go to college?”

          Once those words came out, the man quickly stopped talking and turned around to find the next victim of his sick sense of humor.

          But before I knew it, we went back to that same park one year later and he was still there. So, I went over to him and asked, “Do you remember me?”

          And he replied, “Yeah, you’re that kid who was still in your stroller when you were eight years old!”

          A little angered I replied, “Oh! And you still have the same job!”

          That was a brief summary of one of my many hilarious moments in my life. Sadly, I believe that man is still working there, but lucky for me, I am out of my stroller and walking like an average kid.

          Most of my essays are not posted on the Internet. But the one that was on the Internet was at writersdigest.com assignment#53 for kids.

DAVID R. CAUDELL’S BIO:

I’m a typical twenty-four year old guy from a small southern Indiana town called Scottsburg, which is about thirty miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.

One of my passions is writing kid’s stories/poems. I’ve been writing them for about a year now. I guess this hobby emerged due to my job. I’m a teacher’s assistant at a small middle school, where I help teach special education. I love my job. There, I get a chance to be a child everyday. Just seeing those kids smile, learn, and love brings so much joy to my life.

Humor also plays a big part in my life. It’s not uncommon to see my friends and co-workers make a choir into play. Just like my life, you will find tons of childlike and pre-teen humor in my writing.

With that, I hope you enjoy my poem. Christmas has always had a special place in mine and my family’s hearts. I think you can see some heart into the rhythms, if you look past all the juvenile humor.

OSCAR CINTRONMARINA’S BIO:

I was born in a cave and from it I crawled with a blind eye. I crawled for what seemed like eons. One momentous day out of sheer boredom when life seemed to have left me, I picked up a book and a ray of light penetrated the darkness in my clouded mind.

The words rushed in and out like torrents of floodwaters and I felt alive as if life had suddenly entered my body and innumerable words flowed from my pencil and pen without the slightest effort.

Creations of thought proved too much to contain. They had to be told, annotated, or related. And so I write when I am assailed by the writer's touch, when I feel that my thoughts must be given more time on paper so that they may mature, before they wisp away on the speeding highway in my mind.

On a bean bag my hungry mind began to rage; only sixteen, I had to learn to control my newfound power which cried out for unfettered release for what had lain dormant for so long.

That's how it happened in a "hidden in the words" sort of way. From childhood, monsters, the spooky, the macabre, the horror, and the strange have drawn me into their convoluted world like a magnetic web—infected by the unnatural virus.



LIZ DONOVAN’S BRIEF BIO:

I have no friends.
I like little dogs in tiaras.
Do these two correlate? You decide.

23, Vegan, embarrassed to be an American and have way too much time on my hands.

SARAH EL EBIARY’S BIO #2:

Sarah El Ebiary got the inspiration to write "Rock Dreams" after years of experience as a concert promoter in the Pacific Northwest. A radio DJ by day and a busy business woman by night, Sarah spent most of college years coming up with ways not to ever spend money on a CD or concert ticket again. Not only has she worked with tons of musicians & venues, she was by far one of the only females in the backstage area who WASN'T sleeping with the band. She was also easy to spot as the 5 foot 2 inch tall, roadie-chick hauling gear before and after the show. While her concert days have been put on hold, Sarah has been busy preparing for law school in which she hopes to one day become an entertainment/ media lawyer, a career that will allow her to stay involved with the music industry without having to carry sound equipment up a flight of stairs.

BRIEF BIO OF A. NAN EMYSS:

A. Nan Emyss is currently attempting to make up for five years of lost time and losing more time in the process. She has published two previous poems and is working on some art and more literature.

CHRIS GOEBEL’S BRIEF BIO:

Chris Goebel has always been a writer and poet. In elementary school, Chris created a magazine (which now smells terrible and looks funny). In middle school, Chris worked on a children’s book, wrote numerous song lyrics and began a novel that never got finished (about the Great Pyramid, because it looks cool, not because Chris would ever visit a place as hot as Egypt). Chris won a DAR essay contest (a patriotic thing, and much of Chris’ novels have a patriotic streak, not streaker). During high school, Chris wrote crap about and to the opposite sex.

Why Chris started writing is for probably the same reason that most kids write: teachers make them. Much as we might’ve hated those termagants, something about their mind torture converted into useful recreation—for some of us. Others are terribly frightened by a blank piece of paper and sweat when asked to write an essay. Some people claim that’s because of the dreaded red ink marks that littered our error-ridden papers. Come on, what they’re really afraid of is the grade, not the stupid red ink!

Chris’ first published works were poems and that is where mistakes became great teachers: don’t publish things you’ll hate later. How one misspelling practically rots Chris’ brain (imagine rotten cauliflower) when rereading it! After a while, the anthology submissions kept getting accepted and Chris forgot who and how many and when. But still, Chris publishes poetry/short stories and now this E-zine and Jack of Genre Newsletter for Writers and more to come (including several completed novels).

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ERIC HAUENSTEIN’S BIO:

Eric grew up in Charlton, New York, where he developed a deep appreciation for cows. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York (where it was cold much of the time) and did graduate study in philosophy and literature at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio (where it was flat much of the time). He has worked as an English Teacher, a Lieutenant in the Air Force, done project engineering, technical writing, labor, counseling, tutoring in writing and math, and has been a newspaper writer and editor. His publications include several technical manuals, newspaper articles, an essay, two short stories and now—a poem. Eric has participated in numerous creative writing classes, seminars and workshops. He continues to be a student, and earnestly hopes he will always remain one.

His interests include watching Kate do things, hiking, tennis, running, mysticism, guitar, singing, chess, mythology, meditation and coed naked rugby.

Leigh Kunkel’s Bio:

Leigh was born near L.A. to non-denominational parents. Soon after she was born, her Catholic grandmother and great aunts, who happened to be nuns, baptized her Catholic in the sink while her parents were at the movies.

Despite her non-Catholicnicity, she attended Jesuit high school, where she went to confession once to see what it was like. The priest called her “immature” and she never went back. After high school, she attended Columbia University in New York for approximately three months before she realized that she never, EVER wanted to go back. She spent the next semester in Guatemala, volunteering at a medical clinic as a translator, and in Santiago at a language school.

She later moved to London, where she now lives in an apartment near Covent Gardens with her dog. She makes her living by doing freelance writing and working in an independent clothing store down the street.

She is also nineteen, and the entire last paragraph is just what she hopes her life will turn out to be. The rest is true.

ANGEL LOGAN’S BIO #2:

Angel Logan has been writing for 24 years, from poetry to short stories to professional letters to speeches—for anyone that asks for her assistance. In fact, Angel has also written a quote for a greeting card company out of California, called Kate Harper Designs. The quote needed to reflect edgy, real life humor and it also explains Angel too: "I only do yoga, so I can polish my toenails."

Anyone that knows Angel, knows that she isn't a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. She is a pre-Madonna type almost always in heels and a dress and would rather exercise her mind than stand on her head. But everyone appreciates that about her and accepts her just as she is, as she accepts everyone in her life.

Angel's first priority is to sell several books, to touch the hearts of her readers and help them reme