Treasurer  Chair and Newsletter Editor: Susan Tuttle

Susan is a native of Buffalo, New York, Susan moved to the Central Coast in 2004. She is the author of the suspense novel, Tangled Webs. She continues to win awards for her short stories, novels and, recently, her creative non-fiction. Susan writes sci-fi, fantasy, suspense, paranormal suspense and spiritual meditations. 

She is also a professional editor/writing coach. You can find her on Facebook, or contact her through her websites:

 

www.susant-creations.com and www.susant-writer.com or email her at  aim2write@yahoo.com.

Assistant Newsletter Editor:

Elizabeth Roderick

Elizabeth Roderick grew up, so to speak, in Washington State.  She most recently lived in the Seattle area, where she was a member of several working rock bands, a paralegal, and a chemistry student.  When she moved to California in the fall of 2013 she started writing, taking to it with a sort of compulsive mania.  

She is currently working on the seventh book in a young adult fantasy series, as well as some autobiographical vignettes, and is researching publishing options for the first YA novel.

When not writing, she enjoys gardening, cooking, and backpacking.  She is married to a wonderful biochemist, and has a charming daughter.

She keeps a blog at pimentointhehole.com, and news on her series will be available at talesfrompurgatory.com    

Webmaster and Programs Director:

Janice Konstantinidis

Janice joined SLO NightWriters with the goal of developing her writing skills. She is Australian by birth and has lived on California's Central Coast eight years. She is currently writing her memoir. She enjoys writing limericks as well.

She has been writing shorter pieces, prose, poetry most of her life. Janice is currently her memoir, which chronicles her time spent as a child laborer in a Magdalen Laundry in Australia. She intends to write a book of limericks as well.

Janice won four awards in the 2013 Lillian Dean Writer's Contest. First and second place in 'Creative Non Fiction Memoir', and second and third place in Poetry. 

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Tasmania, a Bachelor of Letters in English Literature from The Australian National University and a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Canberra. She also practiced as a Gerontologist for many years.

Janice is writing a Wikipedia page about the institution where she was incarcerated - Mount Saint Canice.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Saint_Canice

Contact her by email at jkon50@gmail.com

Membership Director

Hanje Richards:

Hanje's role is to convey members suggestions or concerns to the board, to listen to members and bring their issues, needs and interests to the board; to identify potential problems and possibilities; to survey the members at least once a year to determine the degree of satisfaction experienced by the members and to identify concerns and problems; to write a monthly column for the newsletter.

Please feel free to contact Hanje at hanje@yahoo.com

Publishing Director:

Randy Ross

Critique Groups Coordinator: 

Position open -

Critique Group Coordinator

Duty Statement:

This position is an appointed position with full voting privileges on the Board. Coordinator manages the systems and processes related to NightWriter member Critiques and Peer Review.


Critique Group Coordinator Duties:


Communicate Critique group availability, requests, and news to the general membership via the NW Newsletter and Website. Work with Newsletter Editor and Web Master to post Critique group information
Coordinate the Electronic Line Edit Exchange program by advertising the program to the general membership, logging and updating the names of interested members. Create and maintain an email group for communicating the guidelines and contact information to the participants

The job could also include:

Visit existing Critique Groups, serving as liaison to NightWriters and encouraging NightWriter membership for all critique group participants by educating about the benefits of NW.
Highlight the work of Critique Group members in the NW Newsletter with a group photo, group description, and samples of writing.

Acting Coordinator

Janice Konstantinidis

Contest Committee:

Secretary and Board Historian: Sharyl Heber

Sharyl has been a member of SLO NightWriters for close to 30 years. 

She's served on the Board on Directors for over five years in the capacity of Vice President, Critique Group Coordinator, Board Historian, and now, General Assistant. She's a novelist, poet, lyracist and screenwriter as well as papercrafter and fiber artist.