Daphne Tarango is a freelance writer who comforts hurting women with the comfort she has received from God. Daphne inspires women to take biblical steps to personal growth and freedom. She also writes about her struggles with chronic illness and pain.
Daphne's work has appeared in Just Between Us, {in}courage (a division of DaySpring), Living Better 50+, The Gabriel, Inspired Women Magazine, Ruby for Women, Rest Ministries, and Mentoring Moments for Christian Women. Daphne contributed three chapters in the compilation Women of the Secret Place (Ambassador International, 2012). The thankfulness journal, Dragonflies, Ketchup, and Late-Night Phone Calls, is her first book.
Daphne speaks at recovery events. She was a leader in a local Christ-centered recovery program, where she facilitated open-share and step study groups.
Daphne lives in the Southeastern United States. She retired from corporate life at a Fortune 500 company to become a stay-at-home mom. She is the President of Lakeland Christian Writers, a chapter of American Christian Writers (ACW).
Daphne enjoys solitude; nature walks; journaling; experimenting in the kitchen; the arts; and spending time with her newlywed husband, her three children, their basset hound Dudleigh, and ornery Kitty-Kitty too.
Sarah Lindley Farnsworth is an artist, photographer, illustrator, web designer, creative director, German folk dancer, and so much more. She loves God, her husband, her kids, and tolerates her dog. She is super stoked to be a part of this collaborative writing efforts and hopes to do more projects like this in the future.
Melanie Hoover is a Bible teacher from Florida who posts "opinionary" at her blog.
A Central Florida resident, Cheryl Johnston enjoys memoir writing and sharing others’ stories. Currently, she writes articles for Focus Magazine with 1,000+ now in print and also accessible online. These include community interest as well as business, personnel and industry profiles that showcase the positive influences of manufacturing and marketplace in our American culture. She serves as Christian Education Director at her church and as a former English and Journalism teacher has helped high school students develop a passion for the writing craft. Her personal stories are included in compilations such as Women of the Secret Place (Ambassador International), Heaven Touching Earth (Bethany House) and Best Angel Stories 2014 (Guideposts Books). Through her writing ministry, Cheryl ghostwrites or edits for others, and sends “hope in an envelope” letters to incarcerated pen pals. Her favorite genre is true-to-life human interest and especially those stories that point readers to God.
Steve Ritchie is a story teller; just ask anyone who has sat around a campfire with him. He was born on August 18, 1950 in New Albany, Indiana and grew up in Kentucky, raised the son of a Baptist Minister. He played baseball and football for the schools which he attended and stalked the woods and streams of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hunting and fishing, all the while gaining knowledge of wild country.
He spent each summer on his maternal grandparents’ Southern Indiana farm where, when not helping his grandfather in the fields, he and his cousins roamed the timber covered hills north of the Ohio River. He hunted and fished whenever he had a spare minute.
After completing high school, he entered college, where he worked as sports statistician and wrote related articles for the school and local papers. There, his English professor was Dr. Woodridge Spears, the renowned poet and author of such works as “The Feudalist”. Steve left school after only one semester and entered the work force, but saw Dr. Spears a few months later. During their conversation, he told Steve, “….I see something in your writing,” and suggested he consider studying journalism…..he never forgot the words of his former professor.
In 1980, with a wife and two young children, Steve moved his family to Casper, Wyoming, finding work in the oilfields. While living in Casper, the family traveled throughout Wyoming, visiting such places as Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton, Devil’s Tower National Monument and areas along the Oregon Trail, such as Independence Rock and Devil’s Gate. They also visited Deadwood and Mount Rushmore National Memorial, both located in the beautiful Black Hills near Rapid City, South Dakota.
Being an avid hunter and fisherman, he again could be found roaming the pine and aspen-covered mountains with fabled names like The Big Horns, The Sweetwater Range and The Pedros; fishing the rivers and streams called The North Platte River, The Sweetwater River and The Middle Fork of the Powder River, as well as many others. Little did he know he was walking upon much of the country of which he would eventually write.
Having grown up in the South of the 1960s, Steve saw the effects of segregation and the prejudice toward Black Americans; he and his young Black friends weren’t even allowed to drink at the same water fountain. Being of Native American decent (Cherokee Indian), after moving to the West, he saw and felt those same prejudices toward the Native People of the West. Having learned those “real life” lessons, his stories, some of which include characters of the Plains Tribes, take a much different slant in their regard and reflect those lessons learned
In 1999, after having returned to college on a part-time basis, taking as many writing classes as possible, Steve moved to Florida. With the ghost of the conversation with his former professor having haunted his thoughts for nearly 40 years, in 2007, at the age of 57, he finally began writing. His first work to be accepted was Ride in the Shadow of the Tower, a short story, which was posted on the Black Horse Western Magazine website in January, 2009. His first published novel, The Black Mountain Dutchman, was released October 30, 2010, by Robert Hale Publishing, London.
K.J. Wharton is a budding writer of both fiction and non-fiction stories. Her love of writing, genealogical research, and travel – especially to the Netherlands – help weave together the true stories of her ancestors with creativity and authenticity. Her non-fiction work focuses on living with a rare form of scarring alopecia and leading others who have similar forms of hair loss towards acceptance. Wharton lives in the United States with her husband, Jeff, and their very spoiled and well-loved poodle, Pepper.
When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, Amberlyn always told her mother she wanted to read books. Little did she know, that's exactly what she would do. Many years of reading, honing writing skills, 'editing' published books as she read them, and a BA in English later, she began her editing career. Since then, Amberlyn has worked numerous freelance editing jobs, as well as working as Associate Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas for 5 years.
Amberlyn has gained experience and reputation as an efficient, affordable, and conscientious editor, willing to adapt to each writer's individual schedule and needs.
She offers editing and proofreading services for non-fiction and fiction books, gift books, articles, websites, blogs, and papers.
Please contact for free estimates and pricing.
