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Marcia buompensieroAs Treasurer since 2012, I seek to continue to support the SDWEG writing community by ensuring the financial soundness of its 501(c)3 non-profit organization status through accurate accounting/reporting of income and expenses which helps board decisions as it promotes members. As managing editor of The Guilded Pen anthologies from 2013 to 2022, I provided members exposure through publishing and increased income for the organization. I support members as a manuscript reviewer, editor and publisher for their novels and biographies. My writing and publishing experience includes: Sumerland, (2017 San Diego Book Awards, Best Published Mystery). Under the pseudonym "Loren Zahn," I produced the Theo Hunter mystery series: Dirty Little Murders, Deadly Little Secrets, and Fatal Little Lies. (Deadly Little Secrets was a finalist in the 2015 San Diego Book Awards.) I founded Grey Castle Publishing. www.greycastlepublishing.com. I write nonfiction magazine articles about the history of San Diego's Little Italy and have curated several museum exhibitions held in the Little Italy community. | Penny PaughPenny Paugh has published nonfiction extensively in the fields of mental health, corrections, speech, and hearing. For fiction, her short stories have been published in The Guilded Pen Anthology in the years 2021 through 2023. Also, her story, “The Diet Soda Creature” appeared June 12, 2024 in the Academy of Heart and Mind’s online magazine. As the Board’s Events person, I will continue to arrange presentations and workshops that will strengthen the professional acumen of our members. | Janet TraversJanet Travers has written songs, a play, and for the last fifteen or so years, short stories. She moved to San Diego in February of 2023 and joined the SDWEG. She was asked to be on the Board of Directors and is a Director at Large and Assistant to the Marketing Chair. She decided to pursue getting published and submitted a story to The Guilded Pen 2023 Anthology, which was accepted. Shortly thereafter, she won a writing contest and another of her stories was published in TulipTree Review Fall/Winter 2023. Janet is grateful for all the Guild has to offer. She attends almost all the workshops and became a founding member of a critique group in April of 2023. This wonderful group has helped her edit 35 of her stories which she is primed to have published. She’d like to continue serving on the board, assisting in any capacity. |
Jackie Williford | Sandra YeamanSandra Yeaman began writing stories, most based on her life in other countries, on her retirement from the US Department of State. Once she found the Guild, she offered to help wherever needed, which led to her taking on the roles of webmaster, social media manager, and membership manager. She began submitting stories for The Guilded Pen in 2013 and has only missed one year since. Except for a year off, she has served on the Board of Directors since 2015, currently serving as President. In 2024, she published her first memoir, Whispers in the Shadows, about her year of teaching in Romania. She credits her SDWEG membership with bringing her the knowledge and confidence to publish that book, a gift for a group of her former students in Romania. She hopes to continue serving in whatever capacity the Board needs most for another two-year term. |