FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Wishes you a Happy Spring
VICKI DELANY www.vickidelany.com
Speaker for Scottsdale Society of Women Writers
WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers
WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting
WHERE: NEW LOCATION – Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner. Enter off Chaparral Rd at the 4th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit and turn left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. March 30th , 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 patricia@plbrooks.com
NOTE: *See notes below for dinner fees, new format and new location, thank you.
SPEAKER: Vicki Delany writes everything from standalone novels of psychological suspense to the Constable Molly Smith books, a traditional village/police procedural series set in the British Columbia Interior to a light-hearted historical series set in the raucous heyday of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Having taken early retirement from her job as a systems analyst in the high-pressure financial world, Vicki is settling down to the rural life in Bucolic, Prince Edward County, Ontario where she rarely wears a watch. The next book in the Constable Molly Smith series, Among the Departed, will be published by Scottsdale’s Poisoned Pen Press in May 2011. Of Among the Departed, Library Journal says in a starred review: Delany gives us a breathtaking vista, in which she places her deceptively minimalist plots. Her exceptional ability to create characters, both realistic and sometimes creepy, makes this another terrific addition to her outstanding body of work
Canadian author Vicki Delany has eight published novels to date, with the ninth to be released in May and the tenth in the fall. She loves being a professional writer, but it’s been a long slog. Vicki began her career as a Sunday writer. As a single mother with three daughters and a full time job as a systems analyst Sunday afternoons were the only time she could find to write. It took time and planning and determination, but she is now a full time writer who publishes two books a year from two different publishers. She moved from the city to the simple life on a small property in rural Ontario, Canada, and says that she is now living her dream. Vicki will talk about what it took to get her there, how she maintains the simple writers’ life, and offers advice to those of you still struggling to find the time and energy to pursue your own passion.
Vicki Delany
Negative Image, From Poisoned Pen Press
It’s a crime not to read Delany.” London Free Press
Gold Fever: A Klondike Mystery, From Rendezvous Crime
Find me on Facebook and twitter @vickidelany
*There are changes to the menu and the cost of the meeting, and the way you pay for your meal at the meeting. Please note all our changes below.
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 4th Floor Grille.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4th 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.