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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

June 27, 2010 by Patricia Brooks

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Marriott Suites Old Town, 3rd Ave/ Scottsdale Rd.

Please RSVP to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder patricia@plbrooks.com

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:   

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.                                       

 

Jane Austen

   

5:30 p.m. Network – Order dinner   

 

6:00 p.m. Welcome – MEMBER introductions for 30 seconds ONLY – thank you!

 

6:30 p.m. Announcements     

 

 

Ø  AUG 14th WRITING CONFERENCE:  Write Now 2010, Wrigley Mansion, Phoenix, all day, register at  www.desertsleuths.com

 

Ø  SEPT 24-26th WRITING CONFERENCE/CONTESTS:  Members Betty Webb and Patricia L. Brooks will be speaking at the Wrangling with Writing – Tucson Radisson Hotel, register with the Society of South West Authors www.ssa-az.org or Donna J. Young, Wrangling with Writers Facebook page.

 

Ø  OCT 2nd – SEDONA BOOK FESTIVAL www.wellredcoyote.com

 

Ø  SCOTTSDALE LIBRARY – seeking locals authors for the library shelves – submit your books to www.scottsdalelibrary.org 

 

 Ø  CONTEST/AZ Authors Association: www.azauthors.com

  

Ø  MEMBER THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS:  art donation w/book:  Cay Randall May donated a piece of her art for the AZ Book Publishers May 1 Awards dinner – WIN award for books:  Dawn Fleming and Marcia Fine won Glyph Awards in their categories – congratulations!

 

Ø  MEMBER NEWS: Congratulations Marilyn Frazer and Joanne Deck are finalists/recipients of the Indie Excellence Award www.indieexcellence.com

 

Ø  MEMBERS speaking w/books – Sedona:  Two Members will be speaking at the Well Red Coyote Bookstore in Sedona – Kebba Buckley Button speaks: June 25, Fri. @7:00 p.m. with her book www.discoverthesecretenergizedyou.com and Patricia L. Brooks speaks on Sept. 18th Sat. with her book www.plbrooks.com on the topic of Memorable Memoirs.

 

 

6:45 – SPEAKER:   DR. MARCIA REYNOLDS

 

SPEAKER:  June 30th – Wed. 2010    

My Journey from Publishing to Marketing my Books

  1. Book #1: What I learned NOT to do when self-publishing
  2. Book #2: Self-published and over 6,000 copies sold
  3. Book #3: Finding my voice WANDER WOMAN – just released June 2010

I will share what I’ve learned on my publishing and marketing journey and what I am planning for the future. Come hear lessons learned to help make your journey more enjoyable.

 

Dr. Marcia Reynolds is currently marketing her new book called Wander Woman, on how today’s strong, restless women can find contentment and direction.  It was just published by Berrett-Koehler in June, 2010.       

 

Marcia is considered an expert on the brain, helping people to understand “why they do what they do.” Excerpts from Marcia’s book, Outsmart Your Brain, have appeared in major publications around the world.

 

She travels around the world speaking, training and coaching leaders and rising stars in major corporations. Excerpts from her books have appeared in many publications, including Fortune Magazine, Harvard Communications Newsletter, Cosmopolitan, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and she has appeared on ABC World News and National Public Radio.

 

In addition to her doctorate in organizational psychology, she is also a Master Certified Coach and Certified Speaking Professional.  

 

    

SEE BELOW – UPCOMING SPEAKER SCHEDULE – 2010

 

·         JUNE 30th            Dr. Marcia Reynolds www.marciareynolds.com speaker, award winning author of several books shares her expertise

·         JULY  28th            Donis Casey – Historical Fiction Writer – published author – shares her success, ideas and habits www.doniscasey.com

·         AUG 25th              Laura Tohe is Dine (Navajo) l.tohe@asu.edu ASU professor of English, award winning author and poet

·         SEPT 29th              5th Anniversary – be ready to celebrate!   Stella Pope Duarte www.stellapopeduarte.com author of several award winning fiction books, speaker, advocate, educator,

·         OCT 27th              Vickie Mullins www.MullinsCreative.com author, speaker, creative consultant

·         NOV 17th special holiday date

·         DEC 15th special holiday date

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

PLEASE RSVP in advance for the next meeting to Patricia patricia@plbrooks.com or 480-250-5556.   

We appreciate your help in making this a special event for all of us and we look forward to seeing you again!    THANK YOU!

 

7:30 NETWORKING – meeting ends by 8:00 – thank you for coming!

 

Goals of the Group

  • Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
  • Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
  • Attend monthly meetings  to move the group and its members forward
  • Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
  • Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
  • Encourage participation by members as presenters, mentors, judges and volunteers
  • Support and challenge each other to always be writing
  • Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
  • Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

 

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REFLECTIONS on our Published Books of 2009

January 5, 2010 by Patricia Brooks

REFLECTIONS on our Published Books of 2009         

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

speaker, author, publishing consultant

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

THE INITIAL CONTACT:

Meeting our authors for the first time is usually serendipity through my knowing another woman writer or a contact from one of my speaking engagements.  Some come from our website and many have my card when they call, given to them by a friend or found in a coffee shop.  We immediately start talking about writing, usually sitting in a coffee shop.  Our relationship is cemented.

Some of our potential clients share mutual acquaintances with us and know our coming together was meant to be.  They seek us to help them independently publish their book.  I write this reflection of 2009 as part of a greater plan for both their books and our time together.  We help writers in various ways and are eager to give back to the community. 

THE FIRST MEETING:

Our first meeting with the budding author is to discuss taking their manuscript or notes (if a ghostwriter is needed) through the independent publishing process and launch their work as a tangible book to enhance their goals and purpose.   Most writers ask me to help in the post-marketing of the book too with a book review and media release.  While being available to them early on with a peer review and commitments in our proposal and contract, we pledge to our author to continue with them long after the initial launch. 

While answering the writer’s inquiries into what needs to be done to make this all happen, and their determination to get the book out, we accept the challenge.  To look at all the opportunities available in the many facets of publishing, we make this experience function exceptionally well by setting up a team and selecting the best vendors (ghostwriter, editor, designer, printer to name a few) for the client.  All plans are in writing, including the proposal and contract with us and the contacted vendor.

THE INTERVIEW:

The writer relates their creative side by sharing their experiences as a professional or novice writer.  They elaborate for us how they opted for a traditional career in life “to earn a living”, but now want to be a writer first, and “to have a life” as a published author.  Using a more avant-garde approach to their creative life today, they relate to us over and over again that they write first for themselves and then for the reader.

We talk in our first meeting about their childhood and young adult encounters with writing so I can have a full picture of their writing life and commitment, as well as how writing has sustained them.  Most of these writers are eager for us to give feedback on their manuscript (first 30 pages or first three chapters) before we embark on a contract.  Since our paths could easily have crossed earlier in our writing life, our souls have some stories that resonate with each other in all of the manuscripts we select.  I enjoy the peer review process and give a full report to them after reading their submission.

THE DECISION:

When asked to be their publishing consultant and to read their manuscripts or chapters as a peer reviewer prior to the proofreader, editor or designer, I am honored and accept immediately (my partner husband also does peer reviews).  Although I am flattered about the peer review, I know it will be one of the most difficult aspects of our relationship and I do not take it lightly.  My feedback must be honest and sensitive.  Being the publishing consultant enlists my expertise, but to accommodate the author’s voice and honor their vision in a peer review I know I will be challenged. 

 In accepting the job of peer reviewer whole heartedly and with fierce abandon, I begin reading daily 10-15 pages each morning.  Doing the exercises and questions I prepare for myself will be part of my final report to the writer.  While opening my heart to the possibilities of their work and learning more about my new writer friend, I forge ahead enjoying each new day.

Although I realize as I proceed through their writing, which can be daunting due to unedited drafts, that their views and ideas are not necessarily mine I enhance my life with the read.  We are very selective about the types of books we publish, so I set aside an hour early each morning for this reading time.  My days are enriched because I view their work as a gift and value it greatly.

THE PROCESS:

My goal is to help another up-and-coming author. My objective is to take their work through the step-by-step process for a quality book and visualize the reader involved in this endeavor as well.  Transforming their life as the author did only a few years earlier, the reader will be forever changed from the experience of the book.  Good and honest work in the peer review is part of our strategy for success.

Possibly spanning the course of several years, the author may have ended suffering and challenging experiences with a wonderful turn of events that tells a story of inspiration with ideas for the reader’s life too.  A book well worth reading has to play a role in saving the life of the author and/or protagonist in some way while allowing the reader to hope they too can witness a transformation.

Most authors are bold and courageous in their telling of their stories and are not afraid of the risk if it means helping another soul on a spiritual search.   The self-help and memoir genres are alive and well.  Most people today are on a spiritual quest.  I realize in my morning readings that the books we review and publish are similar creatures in many ways.  Being completely involved in the manuscripts in doing the peer reviews, I see them as an opportunity for me too and take the review to fruition in a positive manner.

THE INSIGHT:

None of us, me, my husband or the authors we work with, takes rising above the “ashes of life” lightly or looks past the obvious to realize a happy life.  Reading and critiquing our authors’ manuscripts or chapters is a responsibility taken to heart.  It is the sweetness of the process and a critical area on the successful journey of what we can offer the author.

Just as the author’s philosophy shines in their book, it also chooses to thrive in the challenges and opportunities of launching a book to market.  Our authors look to us for intuitive and creative ways to find solutions to the questions they pose for themselves in their writing plan.  Their positive attitude is paramount when we accept them into our program and take responsibility for making the book launch happen for them.  We share a common belief with our authors that there is something larger than ourselves involved in the creative and writing process, and that creativity is as much a part of healing as a pen is to paper. 

We published three wonderful books in 2009 in the genres of self-help, spirituality and new fiction.  They are written by creative and artistic souls who love their art and admire other’s art too.  They come to see their life’s worth sharing in writing as well as in art.

As stated throughout many of the books we publish, the path of life is sometimes simple; it just isn’t always that easy to achieve. We help you break-out and launch your first book or another book quickly and easily.

THE FEEDBACK:

Our peer reviews captivate an approach to faith and love, courage and the science to saving the voice of the writer’s work.  Most of our authors share their mind, body and spirit experiences in a mix with creativity and a love for the written word.  This philosophy and attitude carries forward. 

Having experienced our latest author’s work for many weeks, this philosophy is enhanced, and I have learned a lot.  All of the books (listed below) have pushed me to places I have neglected overtime.  It has been a wonderful journey.  Thank you, Mia, Cay and Kiki for an enlightened 2009.

It has been a privilege to meet Mia, Cay and Kiki as writer clients.  We have become friends through our working together and I encourage them to get their message out to the public with appointments on Internet Radio and online social networking, speaking to women who are in need of their message and blogging to the general population who in these difficult times needs to be part of the psychology of hope.

THE APPRECIATION:

We are pleased to be a part of three more important and inspiring books.  Each one of these women truly touches a chord for anyone who needs to know life can turn for the better with a slight change of attitude, a chance with faith or the courage to try new things.  Cay and Mia’s books are especially for the “baby boomer” generation that feels so many times to be in a poor light.  All three books show us how to appreciate our lives just the way they are and to be grateful for what we have and give back.

All too often, this “baby boomer” generation of mine finds itself lost and confused when in fact we continue to make a tremendous impact on every aspect of our society.  These three women author’s books should be part of Wellness Community and Life Long Learning programs for early retirees and third career people who need to take stock in just what they are worth and where they can go from here. 

My husband and business partner Earl, and I, would especially like these three beautiful books  The Secrets of the 100 Golden Keys, Remnants-ready for new life and Healing and the Creative Response to be compulsory reading for the many displaced “middle aged” workers who feel they have nowhere to turn and no solutions for a life interrupted.  Whether you are a “baby boomer” considering a new career or a “young-at-heart” senior person seeking answers and spiritual truths about yourself and your life, these books stand out like the artwork featured in them.

Happy New Year and enjoy the reading. 

Recommending this year’s books launched fall 2009:

Healing and the Creative Response   Cay Randall May        www.healingcreativeresponse.com

Remnants-ready for new life             Kiki Swanson              www.kikiswansonbooks.com

The Secrets of the 100 Golden Keys  Mia Pratt                    www.100goldenkeys.com

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BROOKS GOLDMANN PUBLISHING features their author Rev. Cay Randall May, PhD

November 24, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

 

New Book De-Mystifies Natural Healing

 

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC and

 

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

 

features:

 

 

Author Rev. Cay Randall May, PhD  presenting a read/sign

at the  Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ

at 7:00 pm Dec 3rd with her book

Healing and the Creative Response.

 

            In today’s political firestorm over health care alternative forms of medicine are overlooked.  Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC announces a new book and CD by Rev. Cay Randall-May, Ph.D., Healing and the Creative Response: Four Key Steps Shared by Healers and Artists which explains how to use prayer, laying-on-of-hands, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki and Energy Medicine to promote well-being.  In addition to reducing the emotional and physical distress of illness and injury, Randall-May asserts that applying the steps in her book can enhance self-expression through a process she calls the Creative Response.

 

            Randall-May, who represents prayer healing and medical intuition on the national Council for Healing and serves on the American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition, is a faculty member of the Energy Medicine University where she teaches natural approaches to healing.  She shares examples of natural healing from her more than 30- year career as well as from the experiences of many other healers and artists.  Readers who sample this richly illustrated book and CD online by visiting www.HealingCreativeResponse.com will be opened to the possibility of achieving greater well-being while engaging more than the usual senses. 

 

CHANGING HANDS BOOKSTORE:  Tempe, AZ – located at the corner of Guadalupe Rd., and McClintock in the Trader Joe’s Shopping Center.  Please RSVP:  www.changinghands.com

 

BROOKS GOLDMANN PUBLISHING CO., LLC: For more information or a free hour of consultation contact Patricia at 480-250-5556 or see their blog www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Filed Under: Blogroll, brooks goldmann publishing, business consultation, PUBLISHING PICKS, SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS Tagged With: Add new tag, alternative forms of medicine, american board of scientific medical intuition, brooks goldmann publishing, Cay Randall May, changing hands bookstore, energy medicine, healers and artists, healing and creative response, reiki, Therapeutic touch

ART FEST OF SCOTTSDALE – BOOK STREET – Nov 21-22

November 18, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

ART FEST of Scottsdale

 

BOOK STREET

BROOKS GOLDMANN PUBLISHING, LLC – features their authors:

·       Kebba Buckley Button – book signing: Sat. 10-12 noon

o   Discover the Secret Energized You

·       Cay Randall May – book signing:  Sat. 1-3 p.m.

o   Healing and the Creative Response

·       Michael J. Lyding – book signing: Sun. 10-12 noon

o   Gratitude a Verb

·       Mia Pratt – book signing: Sun 1-3 p.m.

o   The 100 Golden Keys

SATURDAY and SUNDAY

NOV. 21ST and 22ND

Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, 7380 E. 2nd St. and Civic Center Blvd., Old Town Scottsdale

(South of Indian School Rd.)  10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily – FREE to the public

For more information on the event:       www.bookstreetaz.com  

FREE – ONE HOUR CONSULTATION w/attendance at this event – just pick up a card from Patricia L. Brooks.

For more information about publishing consultation and book shepherds see:             www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

 

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Brook Goldmann Publishing launches Healing and the Creative Response

September 28, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

 

Contact:          Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

Address:          7970 E. Camelback Rd., 710, Scottsdale, AZ  85251

Cell                  (480-250-5556)

Email:              egoldmann@cox.net or patricia@plbrooks.com

Web Site:        www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Blog:               https://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

 

Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

 launches Healing and the Creative Response

 

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, September 28, 2009 –To find healing in our creativity is the ultimate satisfaction on our quest for peace and harmony.  That was accomplished this past week by author Rev. Cay Randall May, PhD as Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC of Scottsdale, AZ enhanced the launch of her high quality self-help production Healing and the Creative Response.  This new book de-mystifies natural healing

 

            In today’s political firestorm over health care alternative forms of medicine are overlooked.   “Healing and the Creative Response:  Four Key Steps Shared by Healers and Artists explains how to use prayer, laying-on-of-hands, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki and Energy Medicine to promote well-being.  In addition to reducing the emotional and physical distress of illness and injury, Randall-May asserts that applying the steps in her book can enhance self-expression through a process she calls the Creative Response.

           

Randall-May, who represents prayer healing and medical intuition on the national Council for Healing and serves on the American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition, is a faculty member of the Energy Medicine University where she teaches natural approaches to healing.  Readers who sample this richly illustrated book and CD online by visiting www.HealingCreativeResponse.com will be opened to the possibility of achieving greater well-being while engaging more than the usual senses. 

 

As a published author herself, Scottsdale business woman, Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM of Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC endorses this book on what she considers “the ultimate subject for all of us.”  Patricia knows the author is a spiritual soul having worked with her on the publishing process.  Brooks also contributed her own experience to its content.  She assures us the work’s examples are thought provoking.    

 

The Brooks Goldmann Publishing website www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com provides more information on this publication, as well as detailed information on their publishing services available to you.  Patricia can help you as your “book shepherd” while you travel the writing and publishing maze.  You can also visit her many posts on writing and publishing on their blog https://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

 

Contact Patricia at 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com to set a date for your FREE one hour consultation and coffee meeting.  Begin to take the path of your writing passion.

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