Gossamer Beacon \r\nMeet the team. Charissa Duff is a recently retired twenty year military professional, who is currently an actress in training on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. She serves as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Mark V Monument Scholarship Project, and also is a staunch supporter for Veterans issues. She enjoys long walks on the beach with her three children, and Tango dancing while SCUBA Diving with her husband. You can find Char on a beach, in a cafe, curled up with her Nook reading a new science fiction thriller, on twitter, or occasionally on CBS Friday nights in the background of Hawaii Five-0. , \\r\\n Bethany Peterson has had a life-long love affair with the written word. She had learned to read on her own by the age of three and has rarely been seen without a book since. Bethany is excited to share her love of classic stories with the readers of The Gossamer Beacon.