I met Erika when she was living in Albuquerque on sabbatical from her academic job. She quickly found her way into the writing community here for good reasons: She is funny and quirky and smart. Really smart. And talented–as a poet and a novelist. But what I have admired about her most is her tenacity … Read more
Author and intuitive writing coach, Chloe Rachel Gallaway, is the founder of The Winged River Writer and author of The Soulful Child: Twelve Years in the Wilderness, a memoir of her childhood through age twelve in the wilderness of Northern New Mexico. Chloe’s unusual life of growing up deeply connected to nature and spirit has … Read more
I met Nathalie a few years ago at the Taos Summer Writers’ Conference (now, sadly, defunct). We weren’t in a workshop together, but the conference was known for it’s friendliness, and the camaraderie not only among the participants but with the faculty as well. (I mean I got to hang out with Wally Lamb!) I’d … Read more
Randi Beck Ocena was born and raised in Oklahoma where she divided her time between bookstores and horse barns. Her love of art, writing, and a particular passage by Natalie Goldberg took her to New Mexico where she lived for 10 years, earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Philosophy, painted a few murals, and … Read more
Woz Flint is a writer, mama, and lover of green olives and toast. She has published pieces in places such as The Huffington Post, Brevity, and BUST Magazine. When she isn’t playing Nintendo with her 8-year-old son or binge watching episodes of This Is Us or Schitt’s Creek, you can find her at her kitchen … Read more
Karen O’Reilly is a writer and human rights and humanitarian worker. She has worked as a human rights educator for Amnesty International, and in refugee protection and resettlement for the UN refugee agency in Uganda, the Central African Republic, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Jordan. In between UN deployments she writes expert witness reports for lawyers … Read more