San Diego Writers/Editors Guild

Writers can't not write. Goaded by dreams and thoughts, writers write because they'll simply burst if they don't. They have these urges to get it all out-from A to Z-from soup to nuts. They tackle those germs of thought, feeding and weeding and coaxing them to grow, perchance to blossom into something worthwhile-something beautiful-something that challenges or inspires. The 2014 San Diego Writers/Editors Guild anthology is a compilation of the various forms of the art. It is a bouquet of ideas-fantasy, whimsy, humor, and romance-often with a twist. Whether fact or fiction from seasoned and multi-published veterans or authors making their publishing debut, the contributors have drawn from the wells of their talent to share the memories pulled from life experience or the thoughts bumping around in their heads. They spun yarns. They told tales. They opened doors to the imagination-conjuring, questioning, and stirring. They glimpsed other worlds and they brought them to you. They did what they must. They wrote. (Marcia Buompensiero, Editor) We thank the muses of poetry who tickle and throttle. Their lofty to elemental snapshots of life entice us to ponder the infinite in the moment by amplifying the human spirit. We celebrate their inspiration and bring you their captured experiences from creative curious children-to seasoned citizens. (Simone Arias, Poetry Editor)

The Guilded Pen, Third Edition-2014, is a project of the San Diego Writers/Editors Guild, a non-profit, member-supported organization dedicated to promoting the writing arts for youth and adults. Visit our website: www.sdwritersguild.org Contributors: Diana Avery Amsden - Simone Arias - Gered Beeby - R. J. Black - Joseph Bonpensiero - Marcia Buompensiero - John Cain - Lawrence Richard Carleton - Anne Casey - Brad Collins - Alan Converse - Margaret Coughlin - Barbara Crothers - Fred Crothers - John Davis - Marie DiMercurio - Bob Doublebower - Chloe Edge - Dave Feldman - Anne Hoiberg - Lisa Hunt - Harry Huntsman - Carolyn Jaynes - Richard Lederer - Ruth Leyse-Wallace - Carolyn McCullough - Joe Naiman - Richard Peterson - Ty Piz - Norma Posey - Phil Pryde - Alan Russell - Mardie Schroeder - Charlotte Thompson - Ellen Shaw Tufts - Sam Warren - Wayne T. Williams - Gary Winters - Ken Yaros - Sandra Yeaman - Amy E. Zajac.