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Published! Congrats to Donna Beumler
Donna Beumler lives in Hawi in North Kohala. She became a member of Hawaii Writers Guild in July 2018.
Donna Beumler is known as a novelist, but she has been extending her territory into poetry. Recently, she had a poem published in The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, Issue 2, 2021.
Here it is:
Donna Beumler lives in Hawi in North Kohala. She became a member of Hawaii Writers Guild in July 2018.
Donna Beumler is known as a novelist, but she has been extending her territory into poetry. Recently, she had a poem published in The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, Issue 2, 2021.
Here it is:
Phoenix Children |
Donna is a graduate of UC Berkeley and McGeorge School of Law. She spent many years living and working as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney and judge in southeastern Arizona before moving to Hawaii. She is the author of the legal thriller Criminal/Lawyer.
You can listen to Donna read one of her poems published in the inaugural issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s Latitudes here: https://www.hawaiiwritersguild.com/my-next-poem.html
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You can listen to Donna read one of her poems published in the inaugural issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s Latitudes here: https://www.hawaiiwritersguild.com/my-next-poem.html
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Published! Congrats to Donald J. Bingle
Donald Bingle lives in St. Charles, Illinois. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in October 2019.
Donald J. Bingle’s new spy thriller, Flash Drive, was released on March 1, 2021. It’s the third in his series about Dick Thornby, a new kind of international spy: just a regular guy with a wife, a teenage kid and a mortgage, who happens to have some skills for the job that needs to be done. In this book, Dick’s mission is to investigate a mysterious flash in the middle of the Australian Outback. Family in tow, he has to contend with foreign agents, a sinister Japanese cult, outlandish conspiracy theories, and futuristic weapons from the past.
Previous Dick Thornby thrillers include Wet Work and Net Impact.
Prolific in many genres, Bingle has written seven books and more than 60 short stories. He has also written screenplays, memoir, nonfiction, reviews and a superabundance of gaming materials.
You can sample some of Bingle’s nonfiction from the second issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s online literary review, Latitudes, here.
Until recently, Bingle split his time between Illinois and the Big Island. Now, you’ll find him at home in St. Charles, Illinois.
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Donald Bingle lives in St. Charles, Illinois. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in October 2019.
Donald J. Bingle’s new spy thriller, Flash Drive, was released on March 1, 2021. It’s the third in his series about Dick Thornby, a new kind of international spy: just a regular guy with a wife, a teenage kid and a mortgage, who happens to have some skills for the job that needs to be done. In this book, Dick’s mission is to investigate a mysterious flash in the middle of the Australian Outback. Family in tow, he has to contend with foreign agents, a sinister Japanese cult, outlandish conspiracy theories, and futuristic weapons from the past.
Previous Dick Thornby thrillers include Wet Work and Net Impact.
Prolific in many genres, Bingle has written seven books and more than 60 short stories. He has also written screenplays, memoir, nonfiction, reviews and a superabundance of gaming materials.
You can sample some of Bingle’s nonfiction from the second issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s online literary review, Latitudes, here.
Until recently, Bingle split his time between Illinois and the Big Island. Now, you’ll find him at home in St. Charles, Illinois.
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Published! Congrats to Jamie Brooks (aka James Robert Brooks)
Jamie Brooks lives in Kapa’au, HI. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2020.
Jamie Brooks’ most recent article appeared on March 1, 2021 in the Advocate. No, not the LGBTQ journal The Advocate. This Advocate is a publication of the doctoral students at the City University of New York.
It would be easy to get confused, however, because Brooks’ article was published under the provocative title: “The Snubbing of Greta Thunberg. A Queer Perspective of How a ‘Politics of the Normal’ Perpetuates Environmental Injustice.” Furthermore, the challenging first line reads: “Being a climate activist is a lot like being queer in a heteronormative world.” Intrigued? You can read the full article by clicking on the underlined title below.
On a personal note, Jamie reports he lives a blissful, middle-class queer life with his husband and dog Ranger, in Kapa'au, HI. His published works can be viewed here.
THE SNUBBING OF GRETA THUNBERG. A QUEER PERSPECTIVE OF HOW A ‘POLITICS OF THE NORMAL’ PERPETUATES ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
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Jamie Brooks lives in Kapa’au, HI. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2020.
Jamie Brooks’ most recent article appeared on March 1, 2021 in the Advocate. No, not the LGBTQ journal The Advocate. This Advocate is a publication of the doctoral students at the City University of New York.
It would be easy to get confused, however, because Brooks’ article was published under the provocative title: “The Snubbing of Greta Thunberg. A Queer Perspective of How a ‘Politics of the Normal’ Perpetuates Environmental Injustice.” Furthermore, the challenging first line reads: “Being a climate activist is a lot like being queer in a heteronormative world.” Intrigued? You can read the full article by clicking on the underlined title below.
On a personal note, Jamie reports he lives a blissful, middle-class queer life with his husband and dog Ranger, in Kapa'au, HI. His published works can be viewed here.
THE SNUBBING OF GRETA THUNBERG. A QUEER PERSPECTIVE OF HOW A ‘POLITICS OF THE NORMAL’ PERPETUATES ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
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Pat Evans
Published! Congrats to Pat Dunlap Evans
Pat Dunlap Evans lives in Waikoloa, HI. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in September 2020.
Pat Dunlap Evans publishes an ongoing blog at http://www.patdunlapevans.com/blog. Themes vary from humor to rants and raves, recipes, reviews, and musings. Readers can sign up to become members on her website and receive notices when a new post is complete. She tries to update the blog at least twice monthly.
Reading our members blogs is a great way to get to know them even before you meet them in person. That is certainly true of Pat’s blog. One of her recent blog posts, about moving from the mainland to Hawaii during the Covid-19 pandemic, will have you moaning in sympathy inwardly, if not right out loud. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong, or so it seemed. But in the end, Pat and her husband, Dr. Bill Evans, and their two dogs, Meryl Streep and Lord Byron, made it to the Big Island, fulfilling a long-held dream to live here. They are now currently at home in Waikoloa.
Pat has previously published three novels and is currently “dreaming up a cozy mystery-thriller” called The Women’s Club of Greater Wrightway. In this allegorical story, someone is killing the influential women of a small town, and the mayor and police chief must find out whodunit before another body drops. You can find out more about Pat’s writing on her Author’s Page on the Hawaii Writers Guild website, https://www.hawaiiwritersguild.com/pat-evans-page.html .
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Pat Dunlap Evans lives in Waikoloa, HI. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in September 2020.
Pat Dunlap Evans publishes an ongoing blog at http://www.patdunlapevans.com/blog. Themes vary from humor to rants and raves, recipes, reviews, and musings. Readers can sign up to become members on her website and receive notices when a new post is complete. She tries to update the blog at least twice monthly.
Reading our members blogs is a great way to get to know them even before you meet them in person. That is certainly true of Pat’s blog. One of her recent blog posts, about moving from the mainland to Hawaii during the Covid-19 pandemic, will have you moaning in sympathy inwardly, if not right out loud. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong, or so it seemed. But in the end, Pat and her husband, Dr. Bill Evans, and their two dogs, Meryl Streep and Lord Byron, made it to the Big Island, fulfilling a long-held dream to live here. They are now currently at home in Waikoloa.
Pat has previously published three novels and is currently “dreaming up a cozy mystery-thriller” called The Women’s Club of Greater Wrightway. In this allegorical story, someone is killing the influential women of a small town, and the mayor and police chief must find out whodunit before another body drops. You can find out more about Pat’s writing on her Author’s Page on the Hawaii Writers Guild website, https://www.hawaiiwritersguild.com/pat-evans-page.html .
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Published! Congrats to Steven Foster!
Steven Foster lives in Kamuela, HI. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in February 2019.
Steven Foster reports that, In January 2021, he published the paperback of his second novel, Summer Passage of ’66, a coming-of-age story about an 18-year-old youth on his journey to manhood. “Woody” is worried about being drafted as the Vietnam War rages on. Knowing his 19th birthday is just around the corner, he is confronted with a decision that could drastically change his life.
Foster often writes about the struggles people face and how they overcome their challenges through the power of love and faith. His first novel, Spirit of an Eagle, about a despondent Vietnam War veteran rebuilding his life, was published in 2019.
You can read his short story, “War Butterfly”, in the second issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s Latitudes here.
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Steven Foster lives in Kamuela, HI. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in February 2019.
Steven Foster reports that, In January 2021, he published the paperback of his second novel, Summer Passage of ’66, a coming-of-age story about an 18-year-old youth on his journey to manhood. “Woody” is worried about being drafted as the Vietnam War rages on. Knowing his 19th birthday is just around the corner, he is confronted with a decision that could drastically change his life.
Foster often writes about the struggles people face and how they overcome their challenges through the power of love and faith. His first novel, Spirit of an Eagle, about a despondent Vietnam War veteran rebuilding his life, was published in 2019.
You can read his short story, “War Butterfly”, in the second issue of Hawaii Writers Guild’s Latitudes here.
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Don Mules
Published! Congrats to Don Mules
Mules lives on the Kohala coast of the Big Island. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2019.
Don Mules reports he published a new science fiction novel, entitled The Rise of Daan, on March 2, 2021 under the pen name D. Ward Cornell. His new book is available in paperback, eBook and audio formats, and available on Kindle Unlimited. It’s also the first of a new series. (You can tell because it’s subtitled Chronicles of Daan: Book 1.)
Mules is a prolific writer of science fiction. His previous series, Ascendancy, was comprised of five full-length books. He wrote three of them and substantially revised two others, all in 2020.
In a previous career, Mules was an engineer, consultant and entrepreneur whose work took him all over the world, exposing him to many different peoples and cultures. Now he’s creating his own worlds and cultures and sharing them with his readers.
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Mules lives on the Kohala coast of the Big Island. He joined Hawaii Writers Guild in November 2019.
Don Mules reports he published a new science fiction novel, entitled The Rise of Daan, on March 2, 2021 under the pen name D. Ward Cornell. His new book is available in paperback, eBook and audio formats, and available on Kindle Unlimited. It’s also the first of a new series. (You can tell because it’s subtitled Chronicles of Daan: Book 1.)
Mules is a prolific writer of science fiction. His previous series, Ascendancy, was comprised of five full-length books. He wrote three of them and substantially revised two others, all in 2020.
In a previous career, Mules was an engineer, consultant and entrepreneur whose work took him all over the world, exposing him to many different peoples and cultures. Now he’s creating his own worlds and cultures and sharing them with his readers.
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Linda Petrucelli
Published! Congrats to Linda Petrucelli!
Linda Petrucelli lives in Hawi in North Kohala. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in August 2018.
Linda Petrucelli is a prolific writer of flash fiction and creative nonfiction. So far in 2021, she reports, she’s had seven pieces accepted for publication in literary magazines. Four have been published already; the other three are forthcoming. Her flash CNF, “Countdown” placed Runner-up in the 2021 Santa Clara Review Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest.
Published already:
Forthcoming:
More of Linda’s writing can be found here: https://jackrabbitfiction.com/category/flash-fiction/. You can sign up to be notified when new work is posted.
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Linda Petrucelli lives in Hawi in North Kohala. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in August 2018.
Linda Petrucelli is a prolific writer of flash fiction and creative nonfiction. So far in 2021, she reports, she’s had seven pieces accepted for publication in literary magazines. Four have been published already; the other three are forthcoming. Her flash CNF, “Countdown” placed Runner-up in the 2021 Santa Clara Review Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest.
Published already:
- “Animal Gaze”
Passengers Journal
Volume 2, Issue 5: Prose — Passengers Journal
When a neighbor with a soft heart (or a soft head, depending on your point of view) starts feeding wild chickens, chickens can take over your driveway, even if you own 10 cats. - “Letter to Grandma”
Journal of Expressive Writing
https://www.journalofexpressivewriting.com/post/dear-grandma
This memory of a visit to Linda’s beloved grandmother was triggered by the prompt “I am grateful for…”. - “Swing”
Sky Island Journal
https://www.skyislandjournal.com/issues?fbclid=IwAR0vt1u-rkjKYNrD9V1dDeiGPE6q2lTXM8ajLdNSrWG9zBdVKObqfeqz9yE#/issue-16-spring-2021/ On a swing, you can kick the sky and let your sorrows dissolve in tears. - “On Learning the Mother Tongue (Not the National Language)”
Pollux Journal
https://www.polluxjournal.com/issue-2/linda-petrucelli
The cultural and political realities of learning a suppressed language.
Forthcoming:
- “Omphilomancy.
Permafrost - “Tattered Wing”
Barren Magazine - “Countdown”
Santa Clara Review
More of Linda’s writing can be found here: https://jackrabbitfiction.com/category/flash-fiction/. You can sign up to be notified when new work is posted.
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Published! Congrats to Jada Tan Rufo!
Jada Tan Rufo lives in Waimea (Kamuela), HI. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in March, 2017.
Jada Tan Rufo grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, the daughter of a Chinese entrepreneur father who refused to be stereotyped. His family wanted him to be a medical doctor, but he had other opinions. Jada, too, has opinions, lots of them, and many of them end up in her blog. During 2021, she’s been writing a series of blog entries called “Conversations with My Dad.” Her Dad wanted Jada to be an engineer, but Jada had another opinion—she hated math!
Another recent series on her blog is called “Ugly Tourists.” (Did we mention that Jada has strong opinions?) Some of her “Ugly Tourists” blog pieces focus on the behavior of tourists who came to Hawaii during COVID-19 and disregarded the health proclamations of our governor because that’s not the way things were done where they came from. Other pieces from the series, however, take on earlier visitors: Captain James Cook (a very bad guy) and Captain George Vancouver (a better one).
In a blog post about Inner Mongolia, Jada explained her motivation for writing the series about ugly tourists. “I wrote this series of stories of ugly tourists in Hawaii because this phenomenon of travelers behaving as masters in someone else’s home is not just a Hawaiian problem. It’s universal.”
Jada Tan Rufo is a former English as a Second Language teacher who spent 14 years teaching in China. She is the author of a memoir, Banana Girl: An Asian American Woman’s Life in China and The Zone, a historical novel that takes place in 1937 Nanjing. She is currently writing and illustrating a children's book telling the story of a young girl's first Chinese New Year celebration.
Jada’s blog can be accessed at https://xinghuajiangsu.wordpress.com/.
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Jada Tan Rufo lives in Waimea (Kamuela), HI. She joined Hawaii Writers Guild in March, 2017.
Jada Tan Rufo grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, the daughter of a Chinese entrepreneur father who refused to be stereotyped. His family wanted him to be a medical doctor, but he had other opinions. Jada, too, has opinions, lots of them, and many of them end up in her blog. During 2021, she’s been writing a series of blog entries called “Conversations with My Dad.” Her Dad wanted Jada to be an engineer, but Jada had another opinion—she hated math!
Another recent series on her blog is called “Ugly Tourists.” (Did we mention that Jada has strong opinions?) Some of her “Ugly Tourists” blog pieces focus on the behavior of tourists who came to Hawaii during COVID-19 and disregarded the health proclamations of our governor because that’s not the way things were done where they came from. Other pieces from the series, however, take on earlier visitors: Captain James Cook (a very bad guy) and Captain George Vancouver (a better one).
In a blog post about Inner Mongolia, Jada explained her motivation for writing the series about ugly tourists. “I wrote this series of stories of ugly tourists in Hawaii because this phenomenon of travelers behaving as masters in someone else’s home is not just a Hawaiian problem. It’s universal.”
Jada Tan Rufo is a former English as a Second Language teacher who spent 14 years teaching in China. She is the author of a memoir, Banana Girl: An Asian American Woman’s Life in China and The Zone, a historical novel that takes place in 1937 Nanjing. She is currently writing and illustrating a children's book telling the story of a young girl's first Chinese New Year celebration.
Jada’s blog can be accessed at https://xinghuajiangsu.wordpress.com/.
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