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Rumbin, Michael

By Amy Pistone | June 24, 2025

Michael Rumbin ABOUT MICHAEL Michael Rumbin is now retired and living with his wife in Arizona, close to their daughter and two grandchildren. Previously a marketing executive for several Fortune 500 companies, he traveled the world while living in Philadelphia, San Diego, Sacramento and Los Angeles. As a pastime Michael restores stringed instruments and writes … Read more

Zambrano, Roxanne Kind

By Amy Pistone | April 20, 2025

Roxanne Kind Zambrano ABOUT ROXANNE Roxanne is a writer, actor, director, and teacher at Saddleback Community College.

Coffee House Writers Group

By Amy Pistone | January 23, 2025

Coffee House Writers Group Read your work, receive feedback, and provide feedback to others through our new Coffee House Writers Group. We meet via Zoom on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Our friendly and welcoming members provide feedback that is positive and encouraging. Please send an email to Russ Thompson, facilitator and … Read more

Sayers, Dirk B

By Amy Pistone | October 3, 2024

Dirk B Sayers ABOUT DIRK Dirk’s path to authorship wasn’t quite accidental, but almost. Through tow previous careers, first as a Marine officer and subsequently as a corporate trainer Dirk started more stories than he finished. But during the 2008 financial meltdown, his employer filed for Chapter 11 protection. Along with many others, Dirk was … Read more

It’s All in the Story: California, The Sequel

By Amy Pistone | June 22, 2024

It’s All in the Story  California, The Sequel An Anthology Dust off that magnum opus sitting in your desk drawer. Bring on your finest flash. Dazzle us with your prose and world-building. The It’s All in the Story, California, The Sequel anthology is intended to bring recognition and publication to the great writers of SCWA … Read more

Symons, Allene

By Amy Pistone | March 12, 2024

Allene Symons ABOUT ALLENE Allene Symons is the author of Love in a Time of Caterpillars: A Memoir of Monarchs and Caregiving (Forked Road Press, February 3, 2024), as well as Aldous Huxley’s Hands: His Quest for Perception and the Origin and Return of Psychedelic Science (Prometheus Books, 2015). Her other books are Nostradamus, Vagabond … Read more

The Writers’ Hangout

By Amy Pistone | February 6, 2024

THE WRITERS’ HANGOUT Welcome to SCWA’s newest offering: The Writers’ Hangout. Our mission is a place where SCWA members and people interested in writing can discuss writing and how it is affecting their lives. All are welcome.

Sayers, Dirk B

By Amy Pistone | January 21, 2024

Dirk B Sayers ABOUT DIRK Retired Marine officer, former corporate trainer turned author and cranky old guy.

Dunkleberger, Amy A

By Amy Pistone | May 12, 2023

Amy A Dunkleberger ABOUT AMY A native of Washington, D.C. and longtime California resident, my debut novel After the Blue Rain, set in postwar L.A., came out in late 2022 under my pen name A.D. Price. If there’s truth to the old saw about writing being a journey not a destination, then I’ve been a … Read more

Carlin, Bruce

By admin | April 10, 2023

Bruce Carlin ABOUT BRUCE Bruce Carlin is an accomplished executive in the healthcare and retail industries. He started his own company in 1998, focused on delivering healthcare as a consumer service rather than the cold and disjointed product it has been historically. Long worked alongside him, an unassuming but diligent professional who applied wise financial … Read more