Contributors

We are currently looking for guest bloggers for 2011-2012. If you are interested, please email Bridgid. Send a short description of your writing and blogging experience as well as two to three potential topics. We are unable to pay for blog posts at this time. We will pay you in good karma (kidding, kind of) and your bio will be added to our contributor page.

I look forward to hearing from you!

~Bridgid

Regular Contributors

Bridgid Gallagher — Editor & Founder

In 2009, I started Inky Fresh Press with the desire to share information on the craft and business of writing. The blog has grown from a resource into a community, and I couldn’t be more delighted. I encourage you to take a look at what we have to offer and to join the conversation. If you’d like to know more about me, please visit my website at bridgidgallagher.com.  You can also follow me on twitter @bridgidlee.

Alicia Caldwell — Contest & Giveaway Roundup blogger

I’m a full-time mom, part-time accountant, most of the time outdoor enthusiast, and all of the time crazy. Somewhere between mom and crazy, I’d like to squeeze in author. Connect with Alicia on The Write-Brained Network, where she is the coordinator for the Salt Lake City IRL (in real life) subgroup.

Click here for Alicia’s posts.

Janel Gradowski — Writing Prompt blogger

I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was in the 5th grade. I wrote a story about a talking car and my classmates asked the teacher to read it twice. Since that fateful day I have written press releases for a small stock car racetrack, designed and published beadwork patterns in internationally distributed magazines and finally returned to my first writing love, short stories. I now happily write everything from 140-character Twitter fiction to full-fledged short stories. I have a particular love of flash fiction (usually 1000 words or less). You can reach me at my blog, Janel’s Jumble, on Facebook, or by email.

Click her for posts by Janel.

Liza Lester — Word Rumble blogger

I used to be a scientist. Well, I am a scientist, but I’m drifting off the research path, looking around for what I might like to be and do instead, and how to make my new career accommodate and foster writing. I had to admit to myself that writing is a priority, and that I had been refusing to make it happen out of some misplaced sense of reasonableness. I want to start being unreasonable. (It comes more naturally).  When I was a kid, I knew I would grow up to write books. It was unquestioned. Maybe your child’s-view of yourself never really goes away. I don’t want to let me down! The admitting was terrifying, but now that it’s out there, I feel much relieved. The unknown future looks brighter. All I have to do it get to work…

Click here for posts by Liza.

John F. Taylor — Tough Love for Freelance Writers blogger

John F. Taylor is a freelance writer, blogger, and journalist with contributions to various fiction and nonfiction, print and online journals, magazines, and anthologies. John began writing his senior year of high school where he was taught — not by the teachers, but by a friend — how to write poetry. He spent the next ten years crafting poems and short stories and then began nonfiction work in 2002. In 2007 his book on Uromastyx: Complete Herp Care was published by Tropical Fish Hobbyist. His latest piece of fiction can be found in House of Horror Best of 2010 Anthology. His most recent piece of nonfiction can be seen in Reptilia magazine. John writes, produces, and owns Reptileapartment.com, Reptilelivingroom.com, and his latest venture Herphousemag.com. He is currently working on two manuscripts regarding reptiles, and is a regular contributor to various reptile blogs.

Click here for posts by John.

Kate Dotson (on hiatus)

Growing up I read a lot of books, got A’s in English, and heard ‘You’re a good writer’ more than once. (Yes, half of those times it was my mother speaking.) It was always in the back of my mind that I could be a writer, if I wanted to. Well, I want to.  I’ve started my novel (a romance, but not the cheesy kind) and can’t wait to see the end product. I also dabble in a little poetry and want to try some short stories.

When I’m not working on the next great American novel I can be found at my real job, dispatching for the fire department, (my work number’s 911) or at home with my honey Greg and our two doggies. If you just can’t get enough of me, come visit me at my personal blog (stillasmalltownheart.blogspot.com), or email me.

Click here for posts and photos by Kate.

Guest Bloggers

Jasmine L. Denton

I got my start in writing when I was ten years old. I wrote an awful series about a line of princesses who all found themselves in similar forbidden love scenarios. After that, I wrote fanfiction and gathered quite the fan base.

I completed my first full-length novel when I was eighteen and currently have three manuscripts in the works. When I’m not writing, I’m building my platform or hanging out with my two-year-old niece and my twin sister.

To learn more about me, you can follow me on Twitter or visit my website. You can also contact me via email. I welcome emails from fellow writers and hope to hear from you!

Click here for Jasmine’s posts.

Jim Fuller

Jim is the self-published author of four books, SOCKS, MARTY’S TOWN, MARTY’S MOM, and MISTER MARTY. He began writing his first book at 79. Learn more about Jim and his experience with self-publishing.

Connect with Jim on his website or on Twitter.

Jim’s posts for Inky Fresh Press.

Kim Kircher

Kim Kircher has logged over 600 hours of explosives control, earning not only her avalanche blaster’s card, but also a heli-blaster endorsement, allowing her to fly over the slopes in a helicopter and drop bombs from the open cockpit, while uttering the fabulously thrilling words “bombs away” into the mic.  Her memoir, THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES, is forthcoming from Behler Publications.  Check out her blog www.kimkircher.com, about her upcoming memoir or www.blogcrystal.com, about her job as a ski patroller.

Click here for Kim’s posts.

J. M. Lacey

J.M. Lacey is an independent, full-time writer, marketing and public relations professional. She works with small to large businesses creating Web sites, advertisements and other marketing and publicity needs. She writes literary and women’s fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on the arts and classical music. She maintains a classical music blog, as well as a monthly e-newsletter that offers marketing tips. She is also a public speaker and teaches workshops on writing for businesses, and marketing, at both writing and corporate conferences. Visit J.M.’s website, blog, or sign up for her marketing E-newsletter.

Click here for a link to J.M.’s posts.

Catherine Misener

Born in San Antonio, Texas—home to more BBQ joints, Mexican restaurants and comfort food diners than people—Catherine Misener was destined to either become a chef or marry one. She played it smart and got hitched to a professionally trained chef and baker, thus freeing her to pursue her other passion—writing. With some patience and much chocolate, they lovingly raise their two children in Vancouver, Washington. Connect with Cat by visiting her blog, Just Write Cat, or by following her on Twitter.

Click here for a link to Catherine’s posts.

Donna Munro

For nearly two decades I was a graphic artist but I’ve always been writing in some form or other; be it at home freelancing or writing novels, or at work writing press releases, newsletters, articles or blogging. I’m now lucky enough to be employed by a small book publisher on the Gold Coast, Australia. I love my job as a marketing publicist because, not only do I get to write daily, but I also get to help other writers and liaise with booksellers and the media.

I live in a beautiful part of the world but have a desire to visit Africa to volunteer one day. I collect elephants (not live ones unfortunately), love Rugby League, health and fitness, the beach, family and of course writing is my passion.

Learn more about Donna by visiting her personal blog.

Ricki Schultz

Ricki Schultz is a freelance writer, editor, and contributor to Writer’s Digest Books. She interviews literary agents for the Guide to Literary Agents blog, and her work has been featured in Guide to Literary Agents as well as Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (2010 and 2011).

She has published poetry in The John Carroll Review; has had pieces in St. Ignatius Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, and The Villager; and has won awards for two other young adult manuscripts. In addition to being the coordinator of Shenandoah Writers and The Write-Brained Network, she belongs to James River Writers, Southeastern Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, and Young Adult Romance Writers of America.

Originally from Ohio, Ricki taught high school English and journalism for five years, and she holds a BA in English and an M.Ed. in secondary education, both from John Carroll University in Cleveland. She currently lives with her husband and beagle in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Click here for a link to Ricki’s posts.

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