About US
Carolyn Howard-Johnson knew everybody, including Allyn Evans, Joyce Faulkner and Kathe
Gogolewski. Soon, Allyn, Joyce and Kathe knew each other as well. All were published
authors, and they joined forces to promote and sell their work at book fairs and other venues.
Each held different interests and published in different genres, but all entertained a love of
writing. It didn’t take long before they banded together to create audio classes for writers,
which were sold at Double Dragon Publishing.
Needless to say, this and other projects promoted much more than their work – it led to
lasting friendships. They continue to create audio projects both together and separately, and
built this site as an offering of their audio work for you to enjoy. You will find some of the
original audio classes for writers, as well as CDs and audio files that encompass topics
from humor to women’s issues to veterans and the military, and much more. Their individual
bios are included below.
Gogolewski. Soon, Allyn, Joyce and Kathe knew each other as well. All were published
authors, and they joined forces to promote and sell their work at book fairs and other venues.
Each held different interests and published in different genres, but all entertained a love of
writing. It didn’t take long before they banded together to create audio classes for writers,
which were sold at Double Dragon Publishing.
Needless to say, this and other projects promoted much more than their work – it led to
lasting friendships. They continue to create audio projects both together and separately, and
built this site as an offering of their audio work for you to enjoy. You will find some of the
original audio classes for writers, as well as CDs and audio files that encompass topics
from humor to women’s issues to veterans and the military, and much more. Their individual
bios are included below.
Joyce Faulkner's interests are varied. She began writing in the eigth grade, in the ninth grade
she won her first award, in high school she published her first article. She studied writing at the
University of Arkansas in the mid 1960s, engineering science in the mid 1970s and acquired a
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1980,
and an MBA from Cleveland State in the early 1990s. She worked in a variety of industries
including Steel and Oil and Gas. She participated in the early years when the Internet transited
from an Academic and Military tool to a commercial one. When she left Consolidated Natural
Gas, she was the Director of eCommerce. Throughout those years, she published feature
articles for trade magazines and was a columnist for Ag Pilot International. Her books cover a
wide range of topics...from Losing Patience, an award-winning collection of short stories, to In
the Shadow of Suribachi, which recieved the Military Writers Society of America 2006 Gold
Medal for Historical Fiction, to For Shrieking Out Loud, which is a collection of humorous
essays, to non-fiction historical books like The Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors. She
collaborates with other authors and often ghostwrites books for veterans and other historical
topics. She speaks on a variety of topics -- from little known historical events to writing tips for
new authors to humor. Joyce lives in Pittsburgh, PA. http://www.joycefaulkner.com
she won her first award, in high school she published her first article. She studied writing at the
University of Arkansas in the mid 1960s, engineering science in the mid 1970s and acquired a
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1980,
and an MBA from Cleveland State in the early 1990s. She worked in a variety of industries
including Steel and Oil and Gas. She participated in the early years when the Internet transited
from an Academic and Military tool to a commercial one. When she left Consolidated Natural
Gas, she was the Director of eCommerce. Throughout those years, she published feature
articles for trade magazines and was a columnist for Ag Pilot International. Her books cover a
wide range of topics...from Losing Patience, an award-winning collection of short stories, to In
the Shadow of Suribachi, which recieved the Military Writers Society of America 2006 Gold
Medal for Historical Fiction, to For Shrieking Out Loud, which is a collection of humorous
essays, to non-fiction historical books like The Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors. She
collaborates with other authors and often ghostwrites books for veterans and other historical
topics. She speaks on a variety of topics -- from little known historical events to writing tips for
new authors to humor. Joyce lives in Pittsburgh, PA. http://www.joycefaulkner.com
Kathe Gogolewski is a retired elementary schoolteacher turned author of fiction for both
children and adults. She taught as an adjunct professor at Hayward State in the Teacher
Credentialing program. Currently, she designs book covers and illustrations for authors and
writers, paints murals throughout San Diego county, and hosts The Mother Daughter Club
radio show, a segment of By For and About Women Radio Network. She is the
award-winning author of several books, including A Promise to Keep and Flight of The
Gryphon under her pen name, Ann Durand, and TATO, a children's book, under her real
name. She has published stories in the Amazon Short program at Amazon.com including The
Gold Coin and Weighing In. She has contributed to two anthologies and writes for Ranch and
Coast San Diego's Lifestyle Magazine as well as several ezines. She is the publisher of The
Fiction Flyer, an ezine for writers and is President of TRI Studio LLC. She has a Masters
degree in education and travels to elementary classrooms in California performing language
arts and science activities with children in their classrooms for their teachers.
http://www.tri-studio.com
children and adults. She taught as an adjunct professor at Hayward State in the Teacher
Credentialing program. Currently, she designs book covers and illustrations for authors and
writers, paints murals throughout San Diego county, and hosts The Mother Daughter Club
radio show, a segment of By For and About Women Radio Network. She is the
award-winning author of several books, including A Promise to Keep and Flight of The
Gryphon under her pen name, Ann Durand, and TATO, a children's book, under her real
name. She has published stories in the Amazon Short program at Amazon.com including The
Gold Coin and Weighing In. She has contributed to two anthologies and writes for Ranch and
Coast San Diego's Lifestyle Magazine as well as several ezines. She is the publisher of The
Fiction Flyer, an ezine for writers and is President of TRI Studio LLC. She has a Masters
degree in education and travels to elementary classrooms in California performing language
arts and science activities with children in their classrooms for their teachers.
http://www.tri-studio.com
Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of the multi award-winning How To Do It Frugally
series of books for writers including The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your
Publisher Won't and The Frugal Editor, Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation
and Ensure Success. An instructor for UCLA Extension's world-renowned Writers' Program
she speaks frequently to writers at venues like the San Diego State University's Writers
Conference, Dayton University's Erma Bombeck Workshop and Call to Arts! EXPO. She also
writes for magazines as varied as the Romance Writers of America's magazine Romance
Writers Report and Writer's Journal. Her novel, This Is the Place, won eight awards,
Harkening won three and she is a poet with several books published including She Wore
Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood available on Amazon. Learn more at
www.howtodoitfrugally.com.
series of books for writers including The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your
Publisher Won't and The Frugal Editor, Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation
and Ensure Success. An instructor for UCLA Extension's world-renowned Writers' Program
she speaks frequently to writers at venues like the San Diego State University's Writers
Conference, Dayton University's Erma Bombeck Workshop and Call to Arts! EXPO. She also
writes for magazines as varied as the Romance Writers of America's magazine Romance
Writers Report and Writer's Journal. Her novel, This Is the Place, won eight awards,
Harkening won three and she is a poet with several books published including She Wore
Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood available on Amazon. Learn more at
www.howtodoitfrugally.com.
Allyn Evans holds an MBA and a BA in Psychology and is the author of Grab the Queen Power:
Live Your Best Life! and Happily Ever After with Your Daughter Today, Catch Your Dream and
Live it! and the Amazon Short How Ordinary People Can Perform Unthinkable Acts. She is a
professional speaker on teens/tweens and a paid consultant and contributor to numerous
online sites. In addition to being named an expert consultant for the national Science, Math,
Engineering and Technology program, she regularly conducts workshops designed to enhance
the skills of GirlTech students in Oklahoma career technology centers. Her favorite topics are:
empowerment, family and women, image/self-esteem, inspirational, life balance, personal
development, self-help and women’s history. www.allynevans.com
Live Your Best Life! and Happily Ever After with Your Daughter Today, Catch Your Dream and
Live it! and the Amazon Short How Ordinary People Can Perform Unthinkable Acts. She is a
professional speaker on teens/tweens and a paid consultant and contributor to numerous
online sites. In addition to being named an expert consultant for the national Science, Math,
Engineering and Technology program, she regularly conducts workshops designed to enhance
the skills of GirlTech students in Oklahoma career technology centers. Her favorite topics are:
empowerment, family and women, image/self-esteem, inspirational, life balance, personal
development, self-help and women’s history. www.allynevans.com