Our Critique Editors
| Gloria Kempton |
Gloria Kempton has two passions: writing and working with writers. As the daughter of a successful freelance writer, she understood from an early age how to arrange the elements of an effective story so as to connect with readers: an action-filled plot, characters the reader will remember, a setting that enhances the plot, conflict that challenges the protagonist, tension-filled dialogue.
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| Karlyn Thayer |
While most of Karlyn’s publishing success has been in the field of romance, she enjoys writing in other genres, including science fiction, horror and humor. Her published literary stories include “From the Halls of Montezuma to Manhattan,” which was nominated for the Pushcart Literary prize. Karlyn is a member of Romance Writers of America and Toastmasters, and has received numerous awards for her humorous speeches. She has taught story writing at Otero Junior College in Colorado and in the community education program at the University of California Riverside.
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| Terri Valentine |
The writing career of romance novelist Terri Valentine is truly a Cinderella story. An avid reader all of her life, she began writing her first historical romance in the summer of 1985 on an old Smith-Corona manual typewriter. To date, she has ten romance novels and a Christmas short story in publication. Sweet Paradise was nominated for Best Romance Adventure by Romantic Times and Louisiana Caress received a coveted K.I.S.S (Knight in Shining Silver) Award from Romantic Times. At present she is under contract for two more historicals, and she is currently working on a high-concept romantic novel that her agent anxiously awaits. She has also written a screenplay that is in production rewrites.
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| Carolyn Walker |
Carolyn Walker began writing at age ten, has been a published journalist, columnist and author for more than twenty-five years, and has worked independently as an editor. She also received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing in and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Carolyn’s journalism has won awards from the Suburban Newspapers of America, the Michigan Press Association, the Better Newspapers Association, and the Association for Retarded Citizens. She teaches writing at the college and university level.
