Meet the Writing Essential Member Editors!

Gather is pleased to introduce the charter Writing Essential Member Editors. These Gather members come from diverse backgrounds and will be sure to make the Writing Essential a dynamic place to write, read, visit and comment!

Kathryn Esplin Oleski (www.kathryneo.gather.com)

Kathryn Esplin-Oleski was raised in Salt Lake City, but moved to Montreal with her family, where she finished high school and college. Kathryn has a BA in English Literature from McGill University and a Master of Science in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, at Northwestern University.

Kathryn’s book reviews have appeared in The Montreal Gazette; her arts and drama articles have appeared in The Globe and Mail; Kathryn covered Utah politics at Medill from Washington, D.C. for The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Kathryn freelanced for numerous computer/business publications, including a stringer story forNewsweek magazine on graft in the music industry.

Kathryn worked as a reporter and senior editor for International Data Group (IDG) for several years, and then continued to freelance computer/business articles.

Kathryn copy edited a technical book, Raggett on HTML 4.0, published by Addison-Wesley Longman, 1998. Kathryn also worked for the people who invented the web, the www.W3C.org. the World Wide Web Consortium, in marketing communications, at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.

Kathryn’s fiction, The Quill Speaks, was published in Pieceworks, a literary magazine, in 2003.

Kathryn will moderate and feature work in the Writing Essential on Wednesdays.

Birdie Jaworski (www.birdiejaworski.gather.com)

Birdie Jaworksi lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Her stories and poetry have appeared in many print magazines, newspapers, and online journals. Birdie can also be heard on some NPR stations, where she contributes stories and commentary.

Until May 2007, when she hung up her lipstick, Birdie kept daily diary of her Avon Lady adventures at her website, Beauty Dish. Her funny blog stories been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Positive Thinking Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.

Birdie recently finished writing a memoir of her time as an Avon Lady. She now writes full-time, and will teach writing at an Expeditionary Learning elementary school in the fall.

Birdie will moderate and feature work in the Writing Essential on Thursdays

Edward Nudelman (www.enudelmanx.gather.com)

Edward Nudelman is a graduate of the University of Washington and is a director of science in a Boston-area biotech company.  He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed cancer journals.  Alongside his science career, Edward has been writing in the non-science sector for the past twenty years and has published several books on a prominent American illustrator with Pelican Publishers in Gretna, LA.  Recently, he has found success in publishing his poetry journals (including Plainsongs, Tears in the Fence, The Orange Room Review,  The White Leaf Review, Adagio Verse Quarterly, Penwood Review and others), is featured on MiPOradio (recorded poems) and is currently working on a manuscript for his first book of poems.  He writes a column in the Essential Books section for Gather.

Ed will moderate and feature work in the Writing Essential on Fridays

Aaron Lazar (www.aplazar.gather.com)

Aaron Paul Lazar works as an engineer by day but can be found on weekends in his gardens with his two toddler sidekicks, grandsons Julian and Gordon. His passion lies in writing, where he has created eleven books with characters of depth, color and substance. Lazar entices readers with intricate plots, lush imagery, breathless action, gourmet meals, classical music, bountiful gardens and surprising romantic moments. There are nine LeGarde mysteries in the queue and two Sam Moore paranormal mysteries in line for publishing.

Mr. Lazar also writes monthly columns for the Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Voice in the Dark newsletter, and The Back Room ezine and has been published often in Absolute Write. He lives in Upstate NY with his extended family. Visit his websites at www.legardemysteries.com; www.mooremysteries.com, and his blog at www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com.

Aaron will feature and moderate work in the Writing Essential on Saturdays

Ron Hall (www.erroneous.gather.com)

Ron Hall, whose resume includes "cut firewood 1980-1986" now has a desk job writing federal grants and doing fundraising research. About his writing, he says, "My favorite writing projects include putting together what I call "intelligible instruction manuals". I find the shorter something is, the harder it is have it make sense, but the chances are much better it's going to get read. Prior to Gather, I had notebooks I had written in, but never thought of myself as a writer. Along came this supportive arena filled with other people who like to write, and that gave me the encouragement I needed to write seriously. This new writing group ramps up the excitement, and I'm honored to be involved in the project.

Ron will feature and moderate work in the Writing Essential on Sundays

Gather is in the process of finalizing two additional Member Editors. We will be sure to share that information with you as soon as those positions are filled!