Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer’s Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.

Debbie Guyol teaches creative writing in the Mature Learning Program at Clark College, where she has inspired scores of students since 2002 and edited an anthology of student writing called
Elderberry Wine Vintage 2010.  Debbie is also a lawyer who has practiced in New York City and Portland.  She is the co-author of The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering, as well as numerous articles for legal publications.  She has been editor-in-chief of an Oregon State Bar publication, the Debtor-Creditor Newsletter since 1998, and speaks frequently on legal and law-career issues.  As well as a writer, she is an old movie buff and francophile.  She is at work on a novel called, Cary Grant Slept Here, and her co-authored book, Pride and Prejudice and Kitties was published in Spring of 2013. For more information on Debbie, visit her website, Writing Into the Sunset.