Julianne Woodside is an award-winning fiction, poem, and creative nonfiction (CNF) writer living in Sacramento, CA. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including the Tule Review, Toho Journal, and The Soul of the Narrator. Stories are upcoming in A Veterans Anthology and a zine produced by Coffee & Ink. She is an active collector of rescued literary journals and profound cats, and is currently working on story-starts and a memoir collection.
Joella Aragón draws inspiration for her stories from her time living with her Mamacita Ella in British Honduras (now Belize) during the Vietnam War. Mamacita Ella practiced Obeah Magic and passed her knowledge on to her granddaughter Joella. This wisdom became a cornerstone of Joella’s storytelling , allowing her to create characters and plots that resonate with the power of the mystical and mundane.
With the Vietnam War as a backdrop, Joella writes about her father, Evaristo, who left Belize to become an American Citizen, marry, and raise five children while in the Air Force. She writes about her blind, mentally ill mother and the lessons learned from her about resilience, determination, and seeing the world in a different way.
Joella first knew she wanted to write when she was six years old. She immersed herself in writing, winning several awards in high school. Life took her in a different direction, but the longing to write haunted her until she picked up her pen again at age 30.
Since retiring, Joella dedicates her time to writing, revising, and submitting her work to various magazines. She hopes to self-publish a novel in 2025.
Actor information coming soon . . .