My name is Dan Wickett and I am the host of this site.  The vision behind the Emerging Writers Network is mine, and this website is the second phase of that vision.  The initial phase  was my developing the network  via an email distribution of book reviews and interviews from 1999 - 2002.

As for backgrounds and qualifications to be judging the works and words of others?  They are nothing I have proof of - no University degree in Literature or English.  No MFA in Creative Writing, or job history as a book reviewer.  My qualifications are a long history of reading literary fiction, in large volumes, and the dedication to passing along my views on such, at as rapid a pace as I can, until the writers of such fiction get more recognition.  The Network has grown via word of mouth over the past two years, but specifically in 2003 as authors on the site have passed along information about the EWN to other authors and avid readers.

The site was constructed with the help of Breakthrough Technologies.  This Chicago-based firm is a great team of senior software engineers who specialize in applying cutting-edge technology to make great things possible through technology.

I hope you enjoy your time here - feel free to offer feedback via email.

Sincerely,

Daniel E. Wickett