
Published! Congrats to Eila Algood
Eila Algood has notified us that her new ebook, Smitten & Bitten, has just been released. It was published on February 19. The paperback version is set to follow very soon.
A tale of “Adventure & Love,” Smitten and Bitten invites you to go on an adventure with Cherise. Beginning in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains of New York, a difficult hiking experience leads to a life she had not imagined. Cherise travels to Connecticut, Manhattan and ultimately paradisical Hawai'i in this story of unexpected pleasures.
Eila Algood is founding member of Hawaii Writers Guild. She lives in Hawi in North Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii with her partner, Holly Algood.
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Published! Congrats to Donna Beumler
She’s done it again!
In our last issue, Donna reported she’d had a poem published in The Journal of Undiscovered Poets. Since then, her poem “Bears” was published in the Winter 2022 issue. Looks like Donna’s been discovered!
Here is “Bears.” If you think it’s about the hairy four-legged kind, read the poem again. Donna spent many years living and working as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney and judge in southeastern Arizona before moving to Hawaii. Her legal career taught her a lot about children in distress and the plight of children in poverty is a recurring theme.
Donna Beumler lives in Hawi in North Kohala. She became a member of Hawaii Writers Guild in July 2018.
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By Donna Beumler We are born wild things Waiting to be scarred in soft places We sleep in filthy gutters Drinking rain water from rusted buckets We have proud parents Also, mothers who abandon us We always need more: comfort, hope Heat in winter We suffer wounds which never fully heal Torn skin and dried blood informing who we will become Sometimes we sail easily into success Or we’ve been to prison We are devoted to our grandmothers Who teach us to be fearless Although we might be abused, Beaten, in love with the wrong people We get lost along the way Then find direction from someone else’s moral compass We are all here Our spirit animal is the bear Black, brown, white Vulnerable and angry, strong and sated We are all here Bears, mud matted in our fur Isolated on melting ice floes Which drift under our feet Climbing trees Reaching for limbs which seem too fragile to hold us Yet they do |

Published! Congrats to Richard Bodien
Richard Bodien reports he has published two compendiums of his writings since our last issue of Member News.
Cheating Death, Poems and Translations, was issued in paperback in October 2021. This book collects works written while the author was living in Chicago, India, Texas, Idaho, Seattle and Hawaii. It includes selected poems from the past 50 years, a translation from classical Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, and a group of translations from the ancient Chinese poets.
He also issued a first hardcover edition of On the Carving of Dragons: Translations from Ancient Chinese in October 2021. This book includes translations of poems written by some of the greatest poets of ancient China
Bodien studied classical Chinese language and literature at university. He hosted many well-received poetry events in Chicago, Austin and Seattle.
Bodien lives in Hawi on the Big Island of Hawaii. He has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since 2020.
Both books are available on amazon.com, at the Hawaii Writers Pop-Up Bookstore, and at Paradise Postal in Hawi.
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Published! Congrats to Jamie Brooks
In July, Jamie Brooks, (aka James R. Brooks) co-authored “Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps: The Role of Public Opinion Formation in Climate Change Mitigation Policies,” an academic article that appeared in the October 2021 issue of Global Challenges.
This article analyzes City of Cambridge, Massachusetts legislation that requires all gasoline and diesel pumps to display a consumer warning label outlining the climate change and public health impacts from fuel combustion. The analysis reveals "warming labels" may shift public opinion toward long term support of sustainable transportation emissions policies and practices.
Here’s a link to the article: Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps: The Role of Public Opinion Formation in Climate Change Mitigation Policies - Brooks - 2021 - Global Challenges - Wiley Online Library .
Brooks is the founder of the non-profit group Think Beyond the Pump. The group researches and promotes innovative policy solutions to mitigate climate change impacts from fossil fuel consumer markets. His research focuses on cultural productions of environmentalism(s) as relations of power that shape attitudes toward environmental risk. He publishes on transportation emissions policy and all aspects of environmental communication.
Jamie Brooks lives in Kapaa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. He has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since November 2020.
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Published! Congrats to Jamie Brooks
In July, Jamie Brooks, (aka James R. Brooks) co-authored “Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps: The Role of Public Opinion Formation in Climate Change Mitigation Policies,” an academic article that appeared in the October 2021 issue of Global Challenges.
This article analyzes City of Cambridge, Massachusetts legislation that requires all gasoline and diesel pumps to display a consumer warning label outlining the climate change and public health impacts from fuel combustion. The analysis reveals "warming labels" may shift public opinion toward long term support of sustainable transportation emissions policies and practices.
Here’s a link to the article: Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps: The Role of Public Opinion Formation in Climate Change Mitigation Policies - Brooks - 2021 - Global Challenges - Wiley Online Library .
Brooks is the founder of the non-profit group Think Beyond the Pump. The group researches and promotes innovative policy solutions to mitigate climate change impacts from fossil fuel consumer markets. His research focuses on cultural productions of environmentalism(s) as relations of power that shape attitudes toward environmental risk. He publishes on transportation emissions policy and all aspects of environmental communication.
Jamie Brooks lives in Kapaa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. He has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since November 2020.
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Published! Congrats to Janet Carpenter
Janet Carpenter sometimes introduces herself to her readers by saying: “I have been a writer wandering all my life. (Currently, I'm "wandering" what I'm doing!! Ha!) I'm a literary nomad that has traveled through all genres of Life. Known for my quirky comedic twists, I'm not afraid to explore the darker side!”
Recently this “literary nomad” wandered into Vocal media, an online platform for “creators”, including writers, where she has found a comfortable home. Within the past three months, Janet has published four short stories on Vocal, including uplifting nonfiction essays and fiction that explores the “darker side.”
The stories include “Dancing the Dog”, an essay about an encounter that changed Janet’s concept of walking her dog. Another nonfiction piece, “’Aumakua”, describes how this born-in-Hawaii gal discovered that her “’aumakua” (guardian spirit) had changed from an owl to an ’io (a Hawaiian hawk). One of her short stories, “Through Porcelain Eyes”, is reminiscent of Kazuo Ishigura’s Klara and the Sun, while “The Pond”, a Hawaiian-style horror story, will make you think twice before you step foot in a swimming hole that might just be inhabited by a monster.
Each story is illustrated by a photo that will draw you in to click on the link to the story. Stories can be read for free, but you can leave a “tip” for Janet if you really like it. Here’s a link to Janet’s page: https://vocal.media/authors/janet-carpenter-sark8l054a
You might even want to try Vocal media out as your own publishing home.
Janet Carpenter has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since June 2017. She lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she is active in the Volcano Writers Group.
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Published! Congrats to Janet Carpenter
Janet Carpenter sometimes introduces herself to her readers by saying: “I have been a writer wandering all my life. (Currently, I'm "wandering" what I'm doing!! Ha!) I'm a literary nomad that has traveled through all genres of Life. Known for my quirky comedic twists, I'm not afraid to explore the darker side!”
Recently this “literary nomad” wandered into Vocal media, an online platform for “creators”, including writers, where she has found a comfortable home. Within the past three months, Janet has published four short stories on Vocal, including uplifting nonfiction essays and fiction that explores the “darker side.”
The stories include “Dancing the Dog”, an essay about an encounter that changed Janet’s concept of walking her dog. Another nonfiction piece, “’Aumakua”, describes how this born-in-Hawaii gal discovered that her “’aumakua” (guardian spirit) had changed from an owl to an ’io (a Hawaiian hawk). One of her short stories, “Through Porcelain Eyes”, is reminiscent of Kazuo Ishigura’s Klara and the Sun, while “The Pond”, a Hawaiian-style horror story, will make you think twice before you step foot in a swimming hole that might just be inhabited by a monster.
Each story is illustrated by a photo that will draw you in to click on the link to the story. Stories can be read for free, but you can leave a “tip” for Janet if you really like it. Here’s a link to Janet’s page: https://vocal.media/authors/janet-carpenter-sark8l054a
You might even want to try Vocal media out as your own publishing home.
Janet Carpenter has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since June 2017. She lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she is active in the Volcano Writers Group.
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Published! Congrats to Duncan Dempster
Duncan Dempster is an avid believer in the power of words to evoke emotion as well as the power of emotion to inspire words. When he published his first novel, Chapel on the Moor, in 2014, he showed himself to be a master of that power.
Sometimes, though, the spoken word can be even more powerful than the written word, so when Duncan revised and republished this haunting love story in the fall of 2021, he added an audio version which enhances the power of his words even more. (The only thing that could have made it better would be if Duncan had recorded it in his own resonant speaking voice).
Here’s a link to a sample of it on audible.com: https://www.audible.com/search?keywords=Duncan+Dempster&ref=a_hp_t1_header_search
Duncan Dempster is a founding member of Hawaii Writers Guild and the Guild’s much relied- upon webmaster. He lives on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Published! Congrats to Duncan Dempster
Duncan Dempster is an avid believer in the power of words to evoke emotion as well as the power of emotion to inspire words. When he published his first novel, Chapel on the Moor, in 2014, he showed himself to be a master of that power.
Sometimes, though, the spoken word can be even more powerful than the written word, so when Duncan revised and republished this haunting love story in the fall of 2021, he added an audio version which enhances the power of his words even more. (The only thing that could have made it better would be if Duncan had recorded it in his own resonant speaking voice).
Here’s a link to a sample of it on audible.com: https://www.audible.com/search?keywords=Duncan+Dempster&ref=a_hp_t1_header_search
Duncan Dempster is a founding member of Hawaii Writers Guild and the Guild’s much relied- upon webmaster. He lives on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Published! Congrats to Don Mules
(aka D. Ward Cornell)
Don Mules (who writes under the pen name D. Ward Cornell), is one of the most prolific writers in the Guild. His genre is science fiction and he says that he’s noticed that some of the most successful science fiction writers these days publish four books a year.
Mules comes very close to that standard. We reported on the first book in his new series, The Rise of Daan: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 1 in the first issue of Member News. Since then, he has published two more books in that series: Prophet: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 2, in August 2021 and Liberation: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 3, in December 2021.
Here’s a look at the covers of the two new ones.
Published! Congrats to Don Mules
(aka D. Ward Cornell)
Don Mules (who writes under the pen name D. Ward Cornell), is one of the most prolific writers in the Guild. His genre is science fiction and he says that he’s noticed that some of the most successful science fiction writers these days publish four books a year.
Mules comes very close to that standard. We reported on the first book in his new series, The Rise of Daan: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 1 in the first issue of Member News. Since then, he has published two more books in that series: Prophet: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 2, in August 2021 and Liberation: The Chronicles of Daan, Book 3, in December 2021.
Here’s a look at the covers of the two new ones.
All three books are out in hardback, paperback and ebook, and The Rise of Daan is also now out in audio book format.
The author reports that all three books spent at least a week on the Hard Sci Fi 100 list and the last two made it to the top 50 list.
Mules lives on the Kohala coast of the Big Island. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2019.
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The author reports that all three books spent at least a week on the Hard Sci Fi 100 list and the last two made it to the top 50 list.
Mules lives on the Kohala coast of the Big Island. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2019.
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Published! Congrats to Linda Petrucelli
Linda Petrucelli, a writer of creative nonfiction and flash fiction, reports that her nonfiction essay “Tattered Wing” was published in Issue 19 of Barren Magazine in August of 2021.
It was selected as the “Editor’s Pick” of the creative nonfiction pieces published in that issue and Petrucelli was notified by the editors in December that “Tattered Wing” had been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Pushcart Prizes, awarded annually for excellence in the fields of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, acknowledge writers who often are or become some of the most celebrated in their fields. Their work is published in an anthology each year.
Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and mixed media for “hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.” The gritty theme for Issue 19 was “A Sundering.”
Petrucelli’s piece highlights the tattered wing of a Black Witch Moth that she spotted one night when the pain from her own injured shoulder made sleep difficult. Here is a link to her story: https://barrenmagazine.com/tattered-wing/
Read it if you want a taste of exquisite writing—but maybe not when you are lying in bed hoping for a night of sweet dreams.
Linda Petrucelli lives in North Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii “with one husband and 10 cats.” She has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since August 2018.
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Published! Congrats to Dr. Heather F. Rivera
Heather Rivera started the year off right: her 11th (that’s right, her 11th!) book was released on January 3rd. In a Pickle: Loheea Enchanted, Book Two is Dr. Rivera’s second book in her latest “young reader” series. It was published by Lone Walker Press.
Levi and Harlow are thirteen-year-old cousins who live in a magical world called Loheea. After returning home from a visit with Cousin Hayden on Earth, they are tasked with a school presentation about their unusual journey. But Levi would much rather have an adventure than talk about one.
When their gremlin friend, Pickle, goes missing, Levi is more than ready to set off on a mission to find him. Harlow thinks it's a bad idea. When Levi insists on going it alone, Harlow insists on joining him to ensure his safety. Together, they face seemingly impossible obstacles, and find clues that hint at an even larger mystery. The kids want to turn back, but the goal of rescuing their friend keeps them going until all paths are blocked except for the most dangerous one—the way forward. What are they willing to risk to get them out of this pickle?
Heather Rivera lives in Pahoa, Hawaii. She has been a member of Hawaii Writers Guild since December 2018.
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Published! Congrats to Dan Sockle
In 2017, new member Dan Sockle compiled and edited a book of 24 essays which is titled America’s Jihad: Joining Humanity’s Struggle with Jihadists, the Far Left, the Far Right and Other Extremists since 9/11.
The 2017 book was a second edition, the first edition having been published in 2016. For many other writers, that might have been the end of the project. But not for Dan Sockle. Sockle continues to write about the subject matter with passion and commitment.
His latest installment, posted on his website on January 8, 2022, is headlined: “January 6…How many ‘Big Lies’ must we endure? What is your situational awareness?” January 6, of course, refers to the insurrection that occurred at our nation’s capital on that date in 2021. (Sockle interrogates whether that incident should be called an “insurrection” or merely a “riot” or “mob violence.”)
Then he investigates the psychological operations (PSYOPS) directing misinformation our way. Finally, he analyzes “Principles of Journalism” propounded by the American Press Association. Can these principles ensure the central purpose of journalism to provide citizens with the accurate and accurate information we need to function in a free society?
You can read about it here: January 6… How many “Big Lies” must we endure? What is your situational awareness? – America's "Jihad" (americasjihad.com). See what you think.
Dan Sockle joined Hawaii Writer Guild in February 2022. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.
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