All Things Change Eventually
Even for Hawaii Writers Guild Members
Since we had our annual meeting and election of officers in January, we want to take this opportunity to say mahalo to our departing secretary, Diane Revell and aloha to Donna Beumler, who was elected to take her place.
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Before we leave the subject of our annual meeting, we should focus on one other member of the Guild. If you watched the meeting on Zoom you no doubt saw Johnson Kahili IV, who was the emcee and coordinator of the entire production.
Johnson joined Hawaii Writers Guild in 2020. With the encouragement of President Carol McMillan, it wasn’t long before Johnson became a member of the board of directors, taking over for Louise Riofrio when she stepped down as events director. Since then, Johnson has handled many Guild events, but none of them bigger than our annual meeting and election of officers this past January.
Being events director for the Guild would have been about as much as most people could handle, but when North Kohala Director Eila Algood decided to stop producing her video program Inside the Writers Studio, which she initiated when the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the Guild’s in- person authors readings, Johnson stepped into the breach. He developed a program he calls Hawaii Writers Showcase which now appears on the Guild’s YouTube channel.
Johnson has also made a regular appearance about once a month as one of a team of facilitators that lead the Guild's weekly writers support group for members, Readings and Responses.
[Editor's Note: All of these leadership duties appeared not to have slowed down Johnson's own writing. He regularly presented segments of his novel-in-progress to not one, but two writers support groups. He had completed one fantasy novel and was exploring the world of publishing while embarking on a second novel. However, it now appears that Johnson himself is entering a transition. He has recently revealed he can no longer continue producing Hawaii Writers Showcase. He will remain a member of the HWG board until a replacement is found.
Thank you for all your contributions, Johnson. Your example on many fronts has been and will continue to be inspiration to us all.]
Johnson joined Hawaii Writers Guild in 2020. With the encouragement of President Carol McMillan, it wasn’t long before Johnson became a member of the board of directors, taking over for Louise Riofrio when she stepped down as events director. Since then, Johnson has handled many Guild events, but none of them bigger than our annual meeting and election of officers this past January.
Being events director for the Guild would have been about as much as most people could handle, but when North Kohala Director Eila Algood decided to stop producing her video program Inside the Writers Studio, which she initiated when the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the Guild’s in- person authors readings, Johnson stepped into the breach. He developed a program he calls Hawaii Writers Showcase which now appears on the Guild’s YouTube channel.
Johnson has also made a regular appearance about once a month as one of a team of facilitators that lead the Guild's weekly writers support group for members, Readings and Responses.
[Editor's Note: All of these leadership duties appeared not to have slowed down Johnson's own writing. He regularly presented segments of his novel-in-progress to not one, but two writers support groups. He had completed one fantasy novel and was exploring the world of publishing while embarking on a second novel. However, it now appears that Johnson himself is entering a transition. He has recently revealed he can no longer continue producing Hawaii Writers Showcase. He will remain a member of the HWG board until a replacement is found.
Thank you for all your contributions, Johnson. Your example on many fronts has been and will continue to be inspiration to us all.]
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And what, you may wonder, is Eila Algood doing now that she has stopped producing Inside the Writers Studio? We’re happy to report that Eila has transitioned into other projects. (See our report elsewhere in this issue on her newly-published eBook, Smitten and Bitten.)

In addition, Eila has announced an opportunity for women members of Hawaii Writers Guild. For more than seven years, she has been broadcasting a radio program on KNKR (North Kohala Radio, 96.1 FM) which includes a segment called “Women’s Voices.” Eila is inviting women writers interested in reading poems or very short essays for the “Women’s Voices” segment to contact her. If you’re too shy to read your work yourself or just don’t think you have a “radio voice,” Eila says she will consider reading your work on the air herself. If you’re interested in this opportunity, you can reach Eila at ealgood@gmail.com.