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Members

Total members: 276

    gposzywak

    Member since: September 17, 2007

    Location: Fullerton, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "Hi, my name is Greg. My writing experience is somewhat limited. I have taken courses in fiction, and poetry as well as having written and performed spoken word. I'm a creative person, but my talent is much more visually based. (Art and design.)"

    Russell Traughber (Meetup Organizer)

    Member since: February 20, 2006

    Location: Irvine, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 86

    "Hi Fellow Writers, I've written three novels, working on my fourth. Published? Not yet. Why? Practice novels don't sell! They're training for that someday when I get it right."

    angela rodriguez

    Member since: May 12, 2008

    Location: Irvine, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "Hello, I am considering a second career in writing. I have a BA in PR, a MA in Clinical Psych and currently work in health care. Based on my education and life experiences, I have a few ideas that I would like to write about. However, I have been out"

    Janis

    Member since: February 27, 2008

    Location: Laguna Niguel, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 1

    "I've just taken a writing class, have a few articles that have been published over the years, and am currently writing the first novel I will finish! A support group would be great."

    kalyani kapur

    Member since: May 2, 2008

    Location: Irvine, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 1

    "I like the concept of a group of people giving direct feedback, to see how they percieve your writing. When we write we are so consumed & to an extent attached, we might miss to see the obvious in the plot"

    Kevin Campbell

    Member since: April 24, 2008

    Location: Irvine, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 2

    "Hi, I'm new to OC and would like to join a critique group to improve my writing. I've had some nonfiction books and articles published, some screenplays produced/optioned. I need help with my fiction."

    Rod Vickery

    Member since: July 31, 2007

    Location: Mission Viejo, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 19

    "I'll try any genre. Write short fiction, poetry, novels, scripts."

    Sharon

    Member since: May 4, 2008

    Location: Aliso Viejo, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "Hi. I've been writing poetry since high school and am in the process of writing 2 books. I enjoy creative writing classes and would like to join a writer's group to share my work, as well as enjoy others' work. I'm passionate about my writing! "

    Gangsta

    Member since: April 22, 2008

    Location: Los Angeles, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "Gotta bust some rhymes."

    Richardson Gray

    Member since: October 20, 2007

    Location: Huntington Beach, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 1

    "I have recently retired to Huntington Beach to write full time. I have written about 200 pages of an offbeat romance. If I have any success with a book, it probably could end up as a series, tracing the artistic couple's lifelong passion. "

    Gui (Assistant Organizer)

    Member since: October 11, 2006

    Location: Huntington Beach, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 14

    "After too many years of saying "sorry, I don't do fiction" - I am having fun with it and appreciate the much needed feedback :)"

    Julie Trask (Assistant Organizer)

    Member since: January 6, 2007

    Location: Orange, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 10

    "I've always been interested in writing but only recently have really begun to attempt both fiction writing and non-fiction blogging. Looking forward to interacting with others who like to write."

    Kate Buckley (Assistant Organizer)

    Member since: November 9, 2006

    Location: Laguna Beach, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 4

    "I'm a native Kentuckian, in So. Cal. since 1998. I'm a poet and painter, also interested in essay and memoir. "

    Kirsten Wright

    Member since: May 6, 2008

    Location: Mission Viejo, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "I am working on my first romance novel, entitled Riding for Lucifer. I have finished 2 chapters and would love to hear advice from readers and writers"

    Jackson Sellers

    Member since: May 4, 2008

    Location: Lake Forest, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 1

    "I am a professional writer and editor, retired now at age 76, but I am still involved in both disciplines. I spent 50 years at the Los Angeles Times, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo. One book, two others in progress. "

    Mitra Makbuleh

    Member since: May 11, 2008

    Location: Irvine, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "My name is Mitra Makbuleh. My expertise is in the area of Spiritual Psychology and I am currently working on a non-fiction book and would very much like to join a writers group such as yours in my area for the purpose of mutual enhancement and suppor"

    Diana Ewing

    Member since: June 20, 2006

    Location: Santa Ana, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 39

    MaryAnn (Assistant Organizer)

    Member since: July 18, 2007

    Location: Laguna Niguel, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 32

    "I'm an author, educator, freelance writer and poet. I have several young adult novels published, the most notable a Junior Library Guild Selection. I've also been published in national and regional magazines and newspapers."

    Beverly Reynolds

    Member since: May 12, 2008

    Location: Fullerton, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "I'm Beverly and I like the idea of hearing other writers material, and getting feedback on my own work."

    John Adams

    Member since: March 31, 2007

    Location: Pomona, CA

    Last visited: Past few days

    Meetings attended: 0

    "Hello everyone. I love to write and want to do more than I often have time for. This group sounds interesting. I enjoy writing both ficition and non-fiction and I hope to get know more writiers. Also, I'm the one on the right."