Our Writers

A.J. Mahari

 A.J. Mahari is the Editor-In-Chief of Dialectic Magazine. She is a writer, author, Life and Mental Health/BPD Coach. Mahari has been writing online for 14 years and has written hundreds of articles on her many websites along with several Ebooks, authored and narrated several Audio Programs and she has several websites that among other things seek to inspire and help others to journey their life path authentically in the here and now through embracing the gifts and challenges of paradox in life.

Steven Aitchison

Steven Aitchison is the Author of Change Your Thoughts and works as an alcohol and drugs counselor. He has a B.Sc. in Psychology and has a passion for studying belief formation, thought processes and values and principles. His blog focuses on personal development through changing your thoughts but covers the whole personal development field.

John McManamy

John McManamy is an award-winning mental health journalist. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1999 at age 49 following a suicidal depression and a lifetime of denial. He is the author of the book, “Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You That You Need to Know.” John’s blog is Knowledge Is Necessity and he also has a Depression and Bipolar website.

Irene S. Roth

Irene S. Roth has a Masters degree in Philosophy from York University and is currently working on her doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Wales.  She writes academically and creatively. In 1997 she published one book in Medical Ethics called “A New Paradigm for Informed Consent”. Roth is in the process of having her second book published in Medical Ethics entitled “A Patient-Centered Approach for the Terminally Ill”. She has also published eight academic papers and over a hundred reviews in medical and academic journals.

Lisa Mason

Lisa Mason is a freelance writer with a specialty in Internet content and SEO articles and the author of “How to Earn a Living Writing for the Internet” as well as two poetry anthologies and a how-to poetry book. She has written thousands of articles, hundreds of Ebooks and thousands of website pages and related content in her 10+ years as a professional writer.

Bari Parsche

Bari Parsche, is our copy editor, as well as a contributing writer. He has been published in the 1997 Richvale writers anthology, “Words Dance”. He has also completed the “Keys to Editing” course through the University of Waterloo. He  is currently working on a novel.

Carol Bremner

Rebecca Emrich

Rebecca Emrich grew up in the city of Vancouver BC, in Canada. She has been writing for the past fifteen years, and has her own blog: Living a Life of Writing in which she deals with writers and the life of a writer.  This ranges from first drafts to the types of publishing choices each writer has at their disposal. Currently she is completing her first non-fiction book on World War Two, with a focus on the Eastern Front, using interviews from German soldiers. When not writing she enjoys photography, travelling and cooking.