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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS welcomes Jessica McCann, Novelist, Freelance Writer and Editor

September 27, 2019 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Jessica McCann, Novelist

Freelance Writer and Editor

Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Wed – SEPT 25^th,2019 5:30 pm – See PayPal info below*

Starfire Golf Club, 11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Mission: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with professionals relating to writing, publishing, and marketing of books, and camaraderie and support.

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SPEAKER – Jessica McCann, Novelist, Freelance Writer and Editor

Jessica McCann is a published novelist and has worked as a professional freelance writer and editor for magazines, universities, corporations and nonprofits for 30 years. Her creative nonfiction and reporting have appeared in Business Week, The Writer, Phoenix, ASU Research and more than 50 other publications. She also is a frequent speaker/presenter at writers’ conferences and book-related events. Her debut historical novel, All Different Kinds of Free, won the “Freedom in Fiction Prize” from The Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Her second novel, Peculiar Savage Beauty was named “2018 Book of the Year” by the Arizona Authors Association.

Author Chuck Wendig recently said, “Every book is a fresh walk into a different dark forest.” It’s true. Once you complete a book and think you know what you’re doing, the next project comes along and you feel lost all over again. During her presentation at the October meeting of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers, Jessica McCann will share details of her writing journey and provide simple tools that can help any writer better navigate the dark forest.

www.jessicamccann.com

NOTE:

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food a week in advance, and must receive a guaranteed number at that time, the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com NOTE upper right corner for the link. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON the FRIDAY before the meeting! Meeting information on the left of the main page. Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 pm. The buffet is available by 5:45 Themeeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a membership signup sheet too.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table with a lot of wonderful announcements for you, including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are reviewed at 6:00 with dinner. The member introductions follow at 30 seconds each.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101 Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a quarter mile, the club is on the West side (Left) of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side (Left) of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale.

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 mentors, 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

SSWW Welcomes Ginger Scott, Amazon-bestselling Author of many novels

March 28, 2019 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Ginger Scott, Amazon-bestselling Author

Goodreads Choice Award, Rita Award-nominated Author

Young and New Adult Romances

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED April 24^th,2019 5:30 pm

See PayPal info below*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club, 11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

WHY: Mission: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with professionals relating to writing, publishing, and marketing of books, and camaraderie and support.

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SPEAKERS 6:45: Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling Author, Goodreads Choice Award and Rita award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances. A sucker for a good love story, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. She has been writing and editing for a helluva long time, and has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart, whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils). If you can’t find her, check the baseball diamond.

Ginger will share her publishing story, from what sparked her interest in writing YA fiction to how she made the leap from journalist and marketing professional to profitable author. She self-published her first novel in 2013 and is now a full-time, bestselling and award-winning author with nearly 20 titles to her name. Ginger will talk about marketing avenues she found to work best along the way and share her best do’s and don’ts in self-publishing. This talk will be very interactive, and participant questions are encouraged.

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Bestselling Teen Romance Author

Mouthy Baseball Fanatic

Autism Advocate

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food a week in advance, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 pm. The buffet is available by 5:45 Themeeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a membership signup sheet too.

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 mentors, 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

SSWW Welcomes Historical Novelist, Satire Writer, Marcia Fine

October 4, 2017 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes SSWW Member Marcia Fine

Award Winning Historical Fiction Novelist, Writer of Satire

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED October 25^th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*

11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

NOTE upper right corner for link on this website, fill out the form and pay with your credit card before 10:30 am Friday 20^th, thank you!

SPEAKER: Marcia Fine www.marciafine.com

“Researching the Roots of Your Story”

In all of Marcia Fine’s four historical fiction novels she has done extensive research about the time-period, settings, real-life characters, textiles, food, geography and beliefs. She’s written about 1950s Miami, contemporary Paris, Poland in the 1920s, NYC in the 1930s, Spain and Portugal in the late 1400s and Mexico in the 1600s.

Where does she find her facts? How does she know they are true? Where does inspiration come from? Marcia will share the secrets of rooting out the history of your story.

Award-winning author and speaker Marcia Fine has written seven novels, including THE BLIND EYE—A Sephardic Journey, historical fiction chosen by the state library of Arizona for ONEBOOKAZ 2015. PAPER CHILDREN—An Immigrant’s Legacy has been a finalist for three national prizes. PARIS LAMB, her sixth novel, deals with anti-Semitism in the 1950s. She has also written the only satirical series about Scottsdale. Her novel, HIDDEN ONES released in 2017, examines conversos in Mexico during the Inquisition. It has won First Prizes in the categories of Historical Fiction and Multicultural. Marcia has a BA from Florida State University and a Masters from Arizona State University.

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

RSVP before 10:30am the Friday morning before the meeting. The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating my contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available at 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table with a lot of wonderful announcements for you. They also include the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are now done with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds, and follow the announcements.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a short distance, the club is on the West side of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road.

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 mentors, 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

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Betty Webb – mystery writer of many novels

May 19, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Wishes you a Happy Summer of Writing

BETTY WEBB www.bettywebb-mystery.com

May Speaker for Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE: 2011 LOCATION – Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner. Enter off Chaparral Rd at the 4^th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit and turn left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. MAY 25TH, 2011

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.

HOW: PLEASE – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SPEAKER: Betty Webb www.bettywebb-mystery.com

Betty Webb, a former journalist turned mystery novelist, shares how she has turns real life cases into fiction without getting sued. She also discusses how to keep a series going after seven books, and gives tips on how to create a lead character who can carry that burden. Her bestselling mysteries include two very different series: “Desert Wives,” part of the Lena Jones mysteries; and “The Koala of Death,” one of the light-hearted Gunn Zoo mysteries.

BIO: A journalist for more than 20 years, Betty Webb interviewed U.S. presidents, astronauts who walked on the moon, and Nobel-Prize winners, as well as the homeless, the dying, and polygamy runaways. Her mystery novels have received rave reviews from the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. Betty is a member of the National Federation of Press Women, Mystery Writers of America, the American Association of Zoo Keepers and the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers.

See notes below for dinner fees, new format and new location, thank you.

There are changes to the menu, the cost of the meeting, and the way you pay for your meal at the meeting. Please note all our changes (as of 2011) – thank you.

MENU: Salad, dessert, beverage and roll or a sandwich/soup, dessert, beverage and roll – both with tax and gratuity included – make a CHOICE the night of the meeting.

COST: $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests (able to visit twice before joining)

CHECKS: Please make your check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers PRIOR to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45 at the table at the door so we can start the meeting promptly at 6:00.

(1) Leave your check made payable to SSWW,

(2) Have your name checked off the RSVP list,

(3) Pick-up your name badge – your receipt for the food server.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table and the format remains the same.

DIRECTIONS: Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Fashion Square Mall – Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots – best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4^th Floor Grille.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4^th Floor Grille and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4^th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back on the north end of the complex.

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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