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AZ Authors Associ Writers Circle welcomes Patricia L. Brooks to speak on The Art of Writing Memoir

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WRITERS FAIRE 2012 011

 

The Art of Writing Memoir

AZ Authors Association – Writers Circle

 

  North Mountain Visitor’s Center

12950 North 7th St., Phoenix, AZ 85022

 

RSVP/register [email protected]

Limited Seating

 

 Patricia L. Brooks, speaker, author, consultant [email protected]

 

 www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

for details 480- 250-5556

In this workshop you will immerse yourself in the art of powerful storytelling and take an unflinching look at your own stories.

You will learn to incorporate fictional techniques into your memoir writing to enhance your effort to share galvanizing events.

 

Objectives of this Workshop

ü Learn to help your reader see and feel what you saw and felt.

ü Understand the process and structure of memoir writing as a learned craft that will enhance your art.

ü Appreciate the power of storytelling by being loyal to your truth.

ü Further empower yourself to tell the truth.

ü Take an unflinching look at your stories and share your galvanizing events.

ü Bring your memoir writing to a new level with fictional techniques.

 

 

 

The Art of Writing Memoir – Desert Foothills Library welcomes Patricia L. Brooks

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WRITERS FAIRE 2012 014The Art of Writing Memoir

 

Desert Foothills Library – Writers Connection

 

Fri. May 3, 2013

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Cave Creek, AZ

 

 Patricia L. Brooks, speaker, author, consultant [email protected]

 www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

for details 480- 250-5556

In this workshop you will immerse yourself in the art of powerful storytelling and take an unflinching look at your own stories.

You will learn to incorporate fictional techniques into your memoir writing to enhance your effort to share galvanizing events.

Objectives of this Workshop ü Learn to help your reader see and feel what you saw and felt. ü Understand the process and structure of memoir writing as a learned craft that will enhance your art. ü Appreciate the power of storytelling by being loyal to your truth. ü Further empower yourself to tell the truth. ü Take an unflinching look at your stories and share your galvanizing events. ü Bring your memoir writing to a new level with fictional techniques.

ASU’s Smoking Ban is Just and Protects the Innocent – MY TURN AZ Republic Thurs 12/27/2012

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MY OPINION FOR THE MY TURN SECTION OF THE PAPER WAS PUBLISHED TODAY – 12/27/2012!

SEE SCOTTSDALE SECTION OF THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC or see my
submission below – thank you for your support and comments.  HAPPY NEW YEAR

PATRICIA

Subject: MY TURN – ASU’S SMOKING BAN one more time – Scottsdale Republic

Is ASU violating our civil liberties?  Of course not.  (My Turn, Marilyn June Jansen, 12/12/2012)  Ms. Jansen is correct in her My Turn about the decision by ASU to protect the students and
the public from both smoking and second hand smoke.  I support her view on their taking this necessary drastic measure.  She is also correct with her information on the statutes and the law.  Where she failed is in the crux of the situation.

What she did not point out is that 175,000 plus people die each year of lung cancer in this country and most of that is due to smoking.  Roughly 75,000 of that number is women – or close to twice that of the 40,000 that die of breast cancer.  Most do not know that because
breasts are prettier than lungs and marketing sells.

Ms. Jansen was remiss in her not mentioning lung cancer at all – but then lung cancer is not pretty it is scary. With about a 10% survival rate in many cases, lung cancer is usually deadly.  It is the least funded of the major cancers.  Very little marketing is put on lung cancer – no
walks, no big fundraiser events and certainly no celebrity spokesperson.

I know this because my sister died 14 years ago of lung cancer and the statistics are about the same today.  Yes, she was a smoker – and had quit for 12 years before her diagnosis.  She smoked in high school and college because it was glamorous, and after that because it was an
addiction.  She told me it was harder to quit smoking than to quit drinking – she eventually did both when she began raising children.  They were young teenage boys when she died.

We are not turning into a police state here in Arizona when it comes to ASU and the smoking ban.  This is a serious and right decision.  I was adjunct faculty for many years at ASU and witnessed firsthand the amount of smoking done by students – especially with beautiful
young women.  It was heartbreaking.  Most of the marketing for cigarettes is directed to young women – some of the most vulnerable in our society.

This ban is the right thing to do.  It is to protect the young and the innocent – even if they are of legal age.  And a college or university has the right make their campus a safe environment for all of us – student, visitor and faculty.  Second hand smoke kills too.  At least 20% of those who die of lung cancer never smoked according to the American Lung Association.  I support the ASU smoking ban in support of my sister’s memory.

Gifts of Sisterhood is now www.amazon.com as an ebook too – reference: HTTP://amzn.com/B006MLA91Q Kindle edition $3.95 (redone 2012) with additional information about the Journey from Grief to Gratitude workshop and the Stop Smoking Sister Campaign

 

 

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Celebrate My Sister’s Birthday – FREE EBOOK Gifts of Sisterhood-journey from grief to gratitude

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Title:    Gifts of Sisterhood-journey from grief to gratitude

Publication:    December, 2011

Contact:          Patricia L. Brooks, author

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

Cell                 (480-250-5556)

Email:             [email protected]

Publisher:       Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Scottsdale Author/Publishing Consultant
Launches FREE EBOOK to Celebrate Sister’s Birthday Jan 14-16! Gifts of Sisterhood – the gifts that keep on giving!

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, January 11, 2012 – To find hope in her
grief and to celebrate her sister’s life is God’s plan for this author. This past
month, Scottsdale author Patricia L. Brooks www.amazon.com/author/patricialbrooks
as Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC of Scottsdale, AZ enhanced her book Gifts of Sisterhood with updates in an Ebook now available to you
FREE for three days – Jan. 14-16 in celebration of her sister’s birthday.  This new Ebook supports the importance of family relationships and the journey of grief when a loved one is lost. www.amazon.com/giftsofsisterhood.

In today’s firestorm of spiritual doubt, this book is a collection of heartwarming stories that should not be overlooked.   Brooks gathered the stories from true
accounts of her relationship with her sister and their growing up in the upper
peninsula of Michigan.  They experienced the unusual, the synchronistic, the amazing.

She tells them in her own words with her sister’s permission.  Each one is a small miracle, often a life-changing experience that will touch your heart.

In addition to reducing the mystery of life, death and grief in her book, Gifts of Sisterhood, Brooks asserts life’s challenges occur all the time and change our lives forever; many times for the better.

Brooks, who represents not only her writing but her spirituality here, serves the community in many ways.  She teaches and works within natural
approaches to the grief journey and offers her workshop outline in this revised
Ebook.  Readers who sample this beautiful Ebook will become open to the possibility of achieving greater well-being and peace with life’s many challenges.  Her Stop Smoking Sister campaign is introduced as well.

Patricia is the president/founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers; building the group to 60 members since 2007 with monthly speaker/dinner meetings, critique groups and other outside book event activities.

The Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC website www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
provides information on their publishing services.    As a published author and Scottsdale business woman, Patricia L. Brooks performs the duties of publishing consultant/book shepherd for the independent writer/author seeking information in the self-publishing maze.  Patricia confirms her new Ebook is thought provoking and genuine and fits the other authors she has helped in the memoir, self-help and non-fiction arena.
Patricia can help you travel the writing and publishing maze.  Feel free to visit her many posts on writing and publishing on their blog http://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

We give and receive gifts, but the gifts that keep on giving – Faith, Courage, Love, Friendship, Happiness and Acceptance – are the gifts her youngest sister gave so freely.  Too often it takes a life changing experience to recognize what we already have, affirm what we already know, welcome what is given to us and share it with others.

Patricia is a “sibling survivor” of the #2 killer of women today.  While rejoicing in her sister’s memory she preserves her story and important legacy.  Through emotional healing Patricia takes you on a journey of love and friendship, grief and acceptance as she gives her sister’s spirit back to their “roots” in County Tipperary, Ireland.

You will learn to awaken the compassion within you, forgive yourself when facing life’s challenges, find the hidden gift of hope in your life and have faith that nothing happens in God’s world by mistake.

Patricia reveals her upbeat and insightful personal story of the relationship she had with her youngest sister – her friend, her confidante, her soul mate.  Their lives constantly intertwined, both growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and living 2,500 miles apart as adults.

Now God takes you on the Journey from Grief to Gratitude to a place of inspiration and acceptance.  The faith Patricia has her sister’s life was not in vain calls her to share her gifts with you.  By embracing her sister’s wit,
charm and beauty she weaves together a meaningful story of love and courage you can reflect upon as you travel your own life’s path.

A portion of the proceeds of this book goes to the Vital Care Hospice of the Straits of Mackinac County Michigan in memory of my sister. Thank you.

 

FALL SCHEDULE – Patricia L. Brooks – author, speaker, publishing consultant, educator

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Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

author

speaker

publishing consultant, educator

 www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

 www.plbrooks.com

Cell 480-250-5556 – Please RSVP

FALL SCHEDULE – 2010

Ø  WELL RED COYOTE BOOKSTORE                                                             

o   Making Memorable Memoirs Magical

o   State Rte 89 A, Sedona, AZ

o   Sat September 18th – FREE admission – 2:00 – 3;00

o   RSVP www.wellredcoyote.com   attn: Kris

 

Ø  WRANGLING WITH WRITING – conference 9/24 to 9/26

o   Do YOU want to be a Self-help Guru?

o   Tucson Radisson Hotel, Speedway Blvd.

o   Sat September 24  MUST register

o   RSVP Donna www.ssa-az.org or Donna J. Young on Facebook

 

Ø  SEDONA BOOK FESTIVAL – Sedona, AZ

o   Book Signing  – Gifts of Sisterhood

o   Yavapai College – 4215 Arts Village, W State Rte 89, Sedona

o   Sat October 2nd – FREE admission – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

o   RSVP [email protected]  and www.plbrooks.com for FREE chapters

 

Ø  OSHER LIFE LONG LEARNING INSTITUTE

o   Making Memorable Memoirs Magical

o   Mon October 4th  – MUST register – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

o   ASU – West Campus, 47th Ave at Thunderbird, Phoenix

o   RSVP  Karla 602-543-6681- [email protected]

 

Ø  CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY – main location

o   Making Memorable Memoirs Magical

o   22 S. Delaware St., off Chandler Blvd.

o   Sat November 6th – MUST register – 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

o   RSVP  Suzanne 480-782-2771 [email protected]

MAKING MEMORABLE MEMOIRS MAGICAL – Visit me in the Red Rocks of Sedona Sept. 18th, 2010

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Making Memorable

 

 

 Memoirs Magical

 

 

Write  Compelling Memoir

THE WELL RED COYOTE BOOKSTORE

www.wellredcoyote.com  

Sept 18th, 2010

HWY 89A West – Sedona, AZ – RSVP

Patricia L. Brooks, Author, Speaker

Publishing Consultant, Educator

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com and www.plbrooks.com

 

Getting from Point A to Point B to Point C

Desire to Struggle to Realization

 

·        Give us the Emotion and Drama

o   Face your issues directly

·        Give us your Revelations and your Regrets

o   Show us pain and suffering – your overcoming adversity

·        Give us the Vulnerable Moments

o   Demonstrate your authentic self in intimate details

·        Make it Relevant and Essential to our lives

o   Take us on an adventure or spiritual quest

·        Take Control of the story

o   Voice your opinions and thoughts

·        Dig Deep and Reveal yourself to us

o   Illuminate your transformation and renewal

 

What did you want out of Your Life? 

How did you Struggle?

How did you Realize your Dreams?

THANKS TO WRITERS DIGEST MAGAZINE for some of these ideas www.writersdigest.com

Making Memorable Memoirs Magical – Mystic Moon Bookstore – Scottsdale, AZ

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Making Memorable

 

Memoirs Magical

The To Do List of RETROSPECTIVE WRITING

MYSTIC MOON BOOKSTORE

www.mysticmoonbookstore.com

August 17th, 2010

6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

7119 E. Mercer, Scottsdale – RSVP

Patricia L. Brooks, Author, Speaker,

Publishing Consultant, Educator

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC, www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

·       Anticipate the Journey – and take us there

o   How did you live your life – for you or for them?

·       Develop the protagonist – You

o   Will you tell your true stories completely?

·       Create the Artist of your Life

o   How will you write – with emotional beats?

·       Communicate to us Who you are

o   Will you change anything to protect yourself?

·       Sketch fully your Character Choices

o   Do you understand who they are?

·       Look to your Memories in a New Way

o   What I the significance of this memoir?

·       Weave Threads with Theme

o   Can you guide your life story to a compelling read?

·       Squelch in the end the anger, hatred and resentment

o   Can you express your feelings constructively?

·       Honor love, hope, joy, happiness

o   Do you understand what you believe and why?

·       Seek in the end Transformation – Your burst of Energy at the Close

o   What will lead to your transformation?

“What is your myth – the myth in which you live?” 

Carl Jung

THANKS WWW.WRITERSDIGEST.COM and Writers Digest Magazine for this quote and some of these writing ideas.  Happy Writing!

The Journey from Grief to Gratitude – ASU Osher Life Long Learning Institute

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The Journey from Grief to Gratitude – Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

 

P. L. Brooks Seminars, LLC – Speaker, Author, Consultant, Faculty – www.plbrooks.com

 

In partnership with Gifts of Sisterhood – a book about sibling loss, grief and healing.

 

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – Osher Life Long Learning Program www.asu.edu

 

Thank you for allowing me to present this workshop to:

the ASU Polytech Campus and

the Sun City Anthem community center in Florence, AZ

 

 

§  Grief’s Meaning

 

§ It hurts uniquely during the Holidays

§ Seek supportive/understanding people 

 

REFLECTION: The Snowflake theory for me is important because……

§  Grief’s Mysteries

 

§ Everyone does not go through all the Stages

§ Take a break to compose yourself

 

 

REFLECTION:  The Grief Journey’s physical and emotional areas that surprised me were……

§  Grief’s Impact

 

§ Most areas of my life were affected

§ Stay busy but allow your feelings

 

REFLECTION:  I will begin to Do something I have always wanted to Do for me and that is……

 

QUOTE:            “Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much.”            

A. J. Cronin

 

§  Your Perception

 

§ Death is a natural part of life

§ Grief stages are an integral part of living

 

REFLECTION:  I will feel Death by allowing myself to acknowledge the loss/process the pain by…………..

 

§  Your Response

 

§ Stop expecting others to understand

§ Don’t let Grief be your unfinished business

 

REFLECTION: I will build my Grief Space and allow myself time for silence by……..

 

§  STAGE ONE – Loneliness/Depression

 

§ Feeling all alone and depressed

§ Shock/Denial – emotional release

 

REFLECTION:  I will Reflect in my writing or Meditation positive thoughts that can help me find an emotional release by….

 

§   STAGE TWO – Your Possible Side Effects

–    Lack of concentration and Memory loss

–    Anxiety and Isolation from others

–    Fatigue and Reduced productivity

–    Increased accidents and errors – Disorganization

§  STAGE THREE – Your Anger/Hostility

 

§ Acknowledge your anger and hostilities

§ Panic attacks/anxiety – Guilt/Shame

 

REFLECTION:  I welcome a Grief Partner where my confidentiality will be honored by….

 

QUOTE:  “How happy a person is depends on the depth of his Gratitude.”          

John Miller

 

§  STAGE FOUR – Letting Go to Heal

 

§ Address the physical symptoms and get active

§ Forgive yourself and seek acceptance

 

REFLECTION:  I will learn to Journalize, identify my Triggers and address them by .….

 

§  How to Cope – Progress

 

§ Move along, let the tears flow

§ Allow for times of silence, honor yourself

 

REFLECTION: I will acknowledge the loss and that I am not 100% by ……..

 

§  How to Move Forward – Liberation

 

§ Accept the blessings of the relationship change

§ Know your experience is unique

 

REFLECTION:  I will not rush my Bereavement and be patient with myself and my timeline by……..

 

QUOTE:            “He who forgets the language of Gratitude can never be on speaking terms with

Happiness.”                                              

C. Neil Strait

 

  • How to Search – Answers/Stages

 

§ Keep the faith, allow time to Heal

§ Believe in you – Gender differences

 

REFLECTION:  I will commit to my Faith and reject Fear as I work at the cost of grief by……..

§  How to Reach Within – Choice

 

§ Be willing to stop asking “why” – acceptance

§ Don’t isolate – significant dates matter

 

REFLECTION:  I will remember them always as the true impact comes later and it starts with……..

 

§   How to Move On – Pay it Forward

 

§ Search for meaning in your loss – give back

§ Be a comfort to others – awareness

 

REFLECTION:  I am willing to Learn to live again by attaching some meaning to the loss through……….

 

§   How to Grow Beyond – Celebrate a Life

 

§ Live each day for both of you – senses

§ Open doors when you are ready

 

 

REFLECTION:  I will show kindness, count my blessings; accept the opportunity of this special time by….

 

QUOTE:            “So much has been given to me; I have not time to ponder over that

which has been denied.”                       

Helen Keller

 

     

Surviving the Death of a Sibling – Wray, T. J. – 2003

The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion – 2005

Connections – Clarke, Jean Illsley – 1999

When Bad Things Happen to Good People – Kushner, Harold – 1997

 

Hospice of the Valley www.hov.org

Living through Loss www.templechai.com

New Song Center www.newsongcenter.org

Hope for Bereaved www.hopeforbereaved.com

Crisis, Grief and Healing www.webhealing.com

 

 

§   P. L. Brooks Seminars, LLC

§   Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

§   www.blog.brooks.goldmannpublishing.com 

§   www.plbrooks.com  480-250-5556  [email protected] 

§   Faculty Lecturer:  Arizona State University – Business

§   President/Founder:  Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

         Member:  AZ Authors Association – 2006 Award Winner

         Member:  AZ Book Publishers Association

           

         Award Winning Author: Gifts of Sisterhood www.plbrooks.com

        

         Do you need a SPEAKER for your group?

 

§  Gifts of Sisterhood – a journey on to your own

 

2006 AZ Authors Association

Literary Contest

Winner– non-fiction category  

 

§  Door prizes for you!!

§  Event price – Gifts of Sisterhood – $10                    

§  www.plbrooks.com to review FREE chapters of Gifts of Sisterhood

§  FREE one hour consultation on writing or publishing – 2010

 

THANK YOU for coming – Happy Holidays!

 

 

JOURNEY FROM GRIEF TO GRATITUDE – ASU Osher Life Long Learning Institute 11-16-09

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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY features

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM – speaker, author, publishing consultant and

ASU associate faculty 

[email protected] and www.plbrooks.com

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com and cell 480-250-5556 cell

 

 

The Journey from Grief to Gratitude

making the most of the holidays

November 16th, – Monday – 9:30-11:00 a.m.

 

ASU Polytech Campus – Williamsfield and Power Roads, Mesa, AZ

 

ASU’s Osher Life Long Learning Institute

RSVP – Lois Lorenz at 480-727-1153 or [email protected]

 

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

 

The Journey from Grief to Gratitude

making the most of the holidays

Speaker:     Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

 

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In an encouraging presentation, Patricia shares her Journey from Grief to Gratitude to allow you to make the most of the holidays.  With her story, ideas and suggestions, she will honor the unique stages of grief and their impact on us.

 

Powerful truths for the holidays:

·        Trust yourself

·        Listen to your heart

·        Keep their memory alive

·        Know they are here

 

Patricia will send you to the New Year with insights inspired by a philosophy of gratitude!

 

Patricia is the author of Gifts of Sisterhood, the beautiful story of her relationship with her sister Roberta who passed away from lung cancer. She is also the grateful sibling who healed through this writing. 

 

Brooks Goldmann Publishing supports the Fountain Hills Book Festival with Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

                                    Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC           [email protected] or 480-250-5556

 

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY

OF WOMEN WRITERS

Invite you to the

Fountain Hills Book Festival

Celebrate St. Patty’s Day early with us, and find the luck of the Irish!

 

WHO            The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers (SSWW)

& Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

 

WHAT           Invite you to visit with them at the Fountain Hills Book Festival

 

WHEN           Saturday the 14th of March, 2009 – 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

                       

WHERE         Fountain Hills Library Campus, 12901 La Montana Drive, at El Lago Blvd. and La Montana, Fountain. Hills, AZ

 

WHY              The following members of (SSWW) will be displaying their books and available to discuss their work with you:

 

 

MORE Scottsdale Society of Women Writers (SSWW) meets from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Café Carumba restaurant, 7303 E. Indian School Rd., Old Scottsdale for their monthly speaker meetings.  Please RSVP if you plan to attend a meeting by contacting Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder at [email protected] or 480-250-5556 cell.

 

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing and camaraderie and support found in no other group.   For more information, see www.plbrooks.com

Contact Info

Brooks Goldmann
Publishing Company, LLC
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

480-250-5556

Contact:
Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM
Earl L. Goldmann

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