People Along the Way: Greater Los Angeles Writers Society

People Along the Way: Greater Los Angeles Writers Society

Since its formation in May 2009, our critique group now includes writers of
other genres: memoir, historical fiction and fantasy. We meet twice monthly,
on the second and fourth Sunday, at the Santa Monica Public Library. The
Santa Monica pier, shown in the left bar, is six blocks away from the library.

Shelley Youngren, our group leader, is an author and humorist. She has
two books published:

Barry Gilfry

Revising manuscript of sci-fi novel, Two Thousand Eleven: Earth Colony
Roswell.
Working on historical fantasy novel, Circadian Rhythm.

Cecelia D. Pitts, an elementary school teacher for the past thirty years, has
been writing since third grade and has won accolades for her poetry. She is
a self-published fan author in fantasy and sci-fi fan publications.

Changes: Vincent’s Story (Beauty and the Beast Zine)

Dan McNay

Author of murder novel, It Knows You By No Other Name.
New historical novel, The Truth About Treasure Island, to be published.
The Murderer and Other Poems.

Daniel Brandler, Technical Director of Ohmega Technologies, Inc. of Culver
City and co-inventor for Multilayer Resistor and Capacitor Formation, has
published numerous articles in technical trade journals.

Published a memoir of the sixties, Seeking Intimacy.
Currently working on his first novel, American Atheists.

E.J. Nelson

Completed his first fantasy novel, A Quest of the Heart, Spirit of the
Wood.
Currently working on sequel, The Secret of Hidden Valley.
Author of The Literary E. J. Nelson, a collection of prose and poetry.

Frank Nickels, a retired naval architect, designed the world’s first container
ship.

Self-published, History of the Class of ’58, N.Y.S. Maritime College at
Fort Schuyler.
Currently writing an historical novel, Tom McKay, A New York Privateer,
based on the pre-Revolution period of American history.

Rich Samson, one of the first four members of our critique group, passed
away unexpectedly in October 2009. He holds a special place among the
people who have joined me on my journey.

Rich was in the process of revising his first draft of Eight Months in the Haight – a fictionalized
account of his experiences living in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco from January
to September 1972.

Takiko Morimoto

Revising manuscript of her semi-biographical novel, The Haiku Master.

GLAWS Critique Group for Writers of Literary and Mainstream Fiction
(2009 to Present)

LISTEN TO

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
ANDY GRAMMER

SANTA MONICA PUBLIC
LIBRARY - CALIFORNIA

SANTA MONICA PUBLIC
LIBRARY - COURTYARD WHERE
OUR GROUP MEETS

SANTA MONICA PIER
CALIFORNIA

FORMER
MEMBERS
WHO HAVE
TAKEN OTHER
PATHS

ERLAND
INJERD

STEPHEN
WILLIAMS