Laurie Notch (IdeaGems)

In 2003, I established IdeaGems Media whose mission was to give up-and-coming creative writers a showcase to display their stories mined deep in the recesses of imagination. Four different magazines manifested: Adventures for the Average Woman, IdeaGems Magazine, Tough Lit., and more recently Paranormal World Magazine. Now we add a fifth creation: Hell's Half Acre--a publication devoted to my favorite genre, horror. I received my MFA in Creative Writing at the University in Southern Maine and her MA in Applied Anthropology at American University. My published works include my historical fiction novel The Spoiler (2007) and an anthology of horror shorts. I have also served as a cultural consultant for The Lonely Planet Guidebooks: Korea (1998) and a venue script writer for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.