Speakers Bureau
Elaine Abramson Creative Entrepreneur business and legal workshops for
artists and authors. Contact Elaine at AAArtWork@aol.com
Cliff Gravel As a former member of the International Platform Association, Cliff Gravel gained extensive speaking experience at various venues in a variety of subjects including: screenwriting, stage play writing, audio-novel writing, comedy writing, writing radio advertising, acting, alternate sexual lifestyles, D&S, S&M, pool hustling, bowling, radiation data analysis, chemical laboratory technology, mystery shopping, Standardized Patient work, medical examinations, paint technology, old-time movies and radio shows, Gypsy lore, ghost lore, newsletter editing, classical melodrama, psychic readings, MENSA. Cliff holds a B. S. in Science Education and post graduate studies in the Humanities.
Contact Cliff at: cliffgravel@aol.com or 505-888-1747.
Stephanie Hainsfurther is a business journalist with nearly 20 years of experience, I am co-author of Covering the Business Beat: Strategies for publishing what you write (Purdue University Press, 2004). I can speak on media issues, getting published and getting your company noticed in the press.
" I teach writing to business people for Anderson Schools of Management at UNM. I can speak on business writing and/or facilitate mini-workshops on business writing, such as grant & proposal writing, report writing, publicity and general writing."
Stephanie is a publicist/partner with Kup & Sourcer, an online blog site going live on May 1, 2006. We specialize in publicity for authors and artists, and she will be happy to on that subject. She's also a garden writer and the author of Pocket Gardening for Your Outdoor Spaces (Hobby House Press, 2004). I can speak on pocket gardening (small-space gardening), gardening in the high desert, gardening for beginners and basic garden design.
Contact Stephanie at: words13@osogrande.com
Ruth Brown Jimenez teaches a series of writing courses for Central New Mexico Community College’s (CNM) Emeritus Academy. She and her spouse own Senora Books, (www.SenoraBooks.com) an independent publishing enterprise; and are the former owners of Sisters & Brothers Bookstore and The Café Next Door. She is employed as a grant writer for a local non-profit agency. Under her pseudonym, Cleo Dare, she has written and published two mystery novels set in the Southwest featuring lesbian heroines, Melting Point and Brushstrokes. With her spouse and under their joint pseudonym, R.C. Brojim, she has written and published Book One in the Minority Fleet Space Adventure Series, Cognate. Book Two, Faultless, will be published in the future. She has had numerous articles and several erotic short stories published. Her areas of expertise include: fiction writing, business writing, grant writing, business administration, bookselling and self-publishing.
Robert R. Kresge (Rob) is an unpublished author of historical novels who moved to Albuquerque in late 2002. He has written three historical mysteries in the Schoolbook and Six-gun series (Wyoming, 1870s) and a Civil War spy novel based on real events, sort of Cold Mountain meets Eye of the Needle. He has also submitted modern short stories to a mystery magazine and two anthologies.
Rob retired from the CIA in 2002 after working on Southeast Asia, North Korea, Iraq during Desert Storm, gray market arms dealers, and sanctions against the former Yugoslavia. He spent 10 years in the Counterterrorist Center, where he was a founding member in 1986. On September 11, 2001, Rob was the senior analyst responsible for warning of terrorist threats to United States interests.
Rob has been a speaker briefer and teacher on terrorism, economic sanctions, and the Intelligence Community. He also spent 30 years in the Army Reserve.
Ira Rimson has been a pilot for 50 years, and has 40+ years' expertise in aeronautical engineering and aircraft accident investigation (small-to-large airplanes, helicopters, and an occasional hot-air balloon). He has consulted to authors whose books have included aviation plot excursions, including Kathy Reichs, Penny Rudolph and Kathy Brandt, and will gladly assist with the technicalities where able - even if your name doesn't end in "y".
Contact Ira at: irimson@post.harvard.edu or 505-275-4969.
Penny Rudolph says, "I certainly could speak on just about anything having to do with writing, especially plotting; with getting published; with finding an agent or publisher (including the query letter); or the state of book publishing today. Could talk on feminism in today's mysteries, how fiction becomes fact, and researching.
Contact Penny at: Penny3938@comcast.net
Lucinda Schroeder is a retired federal agent, a former firearms instructor, a former undercover agent, and am the author of "A Hunt for Justice--The True Story of a Woman Undercover Wildlife Agent," (Lyon's Press, April 2006). "I'm available to speak to local groups and am be happy to help writers. "
Lucinda's areas of expertise are:
- Firearms
- The Criminal Mind
- Undercover Operations
- Wildlife
- Federal Operational Procedures
- Informants
- Detection of Deception
- Search Warrants
Contact Lucinda at: ventana@aol.com or 505-856-4062.
Gerald M. Weinberg is an expert computer consultant, being one of the first five members of the Computer Hall of Fame in San Diego. He has published over forty books on computers, problem-solving, consulting, writing, management, psychology, and interpersonal relationships. His first mystery novel, The Aremac Project, will be published by Dorset House in 2006.
Albuquerque, NM Chapter
