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Office Hours Faculty
Lilly Ghahremani • Queries, cover letters, nonfiction proposals; how to market a project
Judy Reeves • Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, the Art & Craft of Creative Writing
Nicole Vollrath • Flash fiction, short stories, MFA programs Amy Wallen • Fiction, Novels, Publishing, and Everything in Between Megan Webster • Poetry, Submissions, Open Mic Presentations, and More
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Geoff Bouvier • Poetry, Poetry Submissions, Journalism
Lilly Ghahremani is an attorney and literary agent. She co-founded Full Circle Literary in 2004. Lilly enjoys reading literary fiction but mostly limits her representation to a wide range of nonfiction (how-to, relationships, parenting, lifestyle, business, humor, etc.) as well as YA and middle grade. Books by an expert sharing their knowledge in an engaging way are her specialty. A sampling of some of her projects include Jonathan Yang's The Rough Guide to Blogging (Penguin UK), Jack Mauro's M4M: The Gay Man’s Guide to Love, Lust, or Just “Hanging Out” Online (Simon Spotlight), Elisabeth Squires' bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls (Seal Press), Meg Mateo Ilasco's Craft, Inc. (Chronicle Books) and Isabel Cruz's Isabel's Cantina (ClarksonPotter). Lilly particularly enjoys books about pop culture, crafts, the rest of the world (with a soft spot for the Middle East), music and the performing arts, and topics that connect with a female readership. 
Midge Raymond • Fiction, Memoir, Journalism, Publishing
Judy Reeves is a writer and teacher with more than 20 years experience as a workshop leader. She is author of four books on writing, including A Writer’s Book of Days, named a “hottest book for writers” by Writer’s Digest magazine. Other books include, Writing Alone, Writing Together, A Creative Writers Kit, and The Writer’s Retreat Kit. In addition to her work as a teacher and writer, she is Executive Director of San Diego Writers, Ink. 
Lisa Shapiro • Fiction, Nonfiction
Nicole Vollrath, MFA, earned her master’s degree in creative writing at Emerson College in Boston. She served as prose editor for the literary journal Beacon Street Review, as director of Phone-A-Poem, and as a reader for Ploughshares and Agni. She has published articles, book reviews and won several awards for her short fiction including the AWP Intro Journal Award for “Lost Items, Found Objects” published in Puerto Del Sol. This summer she attended the Tin House Writers Workshop. She currently teaches fiction writing courses at UCSD Extension and for San Diego Writers, Ink.
Amy Wallen has received rave reviews from the Los Angeles Times for her best-selling novel, Moon Pies and Movie Stars. Her second novel in the series will be out in January 2008. Amy is a SDW, Ink advisory board member, in addition to being the host of First Friday—the monthly prose open-mic night for San Diego Writers, Ink. She lectures and teaches creative writing across the country, including the University of California, San Diego Extension, Gemini Ink, as well as leads private workshops. 
Megan Webster is a well-known San Diego poet, whose third poetry collection, Bipolar Express, received the 2004 San Diego Book Award for Best Unpublished Poetry Chapbook. Published by Finishing Line Press, Bipolar Express was also a finalist in the 2005 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition. Megan's poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals. She has also published texts for English as a Second Language. She has a master's in Intercultural Education and over 30 years teaching experience.
