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

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Jessica McCann, Novelist

Freelance Writer and Editor

Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Wed – SEPT 25th, 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 Denise Meridith, PR Expert, Author and Business Consultant

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Denise Meridith

Public Relations Expert, Author and Business Consultant

Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Wed – AUGUST  28th,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 6:45 pm:  Denise Meridith is a Brooklyn native.  With degrees in wildlife biology from Cornell and an MPA from the University of Southern California, she served 29 years in the Federal government. Denise was the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Land Management in Washington, DC before coming to Arizona as the BLM State Director for Arizona 24 years ago. She has had her own public and community relations firm since retiring early from the government in 2002. Denise has been a writer most of her life, writing and illustrating her first book when she was 10. She has written over 1000 columns for the Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal, Examiner.com and other newspapers; been editor of Home & Lifestyle Magazine; and published several books, including her autobiography Thoughts While Chillin’. She is currently a contributing columnist for Michael Smerconish of CNN.

Public Relations: Times Have Changed, Have You?   Denise Meridith has published two books in the past year:  The Year a Roof Rat Ate My Dishwasher:  An Arizona Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and The Dog Who Wished He Could Fly, a children’s book. In her presentation, Denise will use her own 50 years of writing experience to demonstrate how literature and writing books have changed. She will discuss the changing who, what, where, when, why and how of publishing, and the most effective current techniques of publishing and promoting books.

Denise Meridith, CEO

Denise Meridith Consultants Inc

denisemeridithconsultants@cox.net

www.denisemeridithconsultants.com

P 602-763-9900

F 602-314-7977

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 JENNIFER KAHTZ/Emotive Pull Communications

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Jennifer Kahtz, Emotive Pull Communications

‘helping you emotionally connect to your audience’

Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Wed – JULY 31st,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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SPEAKERS 6:45: Five years ago, Jennifer Kahtz “fired” her boss and hired herself. Tired of working in an unfulfilling career in the medical field, she decided to pursue her dream of helping to create positive social change. The question remained: how could she do this and still pay the bills? That’s when Emotive Pull Communications was born.  Jennifer observed the power of human connection in her life, and knew that if she could harness that power, she could help heart-centered businesses break free from mediocrity and change the status quo. She does this by helping companies to emotionally connect to their audience, then strategically positioning them to be successful. She helps businesses uncover their why, soul, and mission so that people become endeared to their brand.

In today’s talk, Jennifer will be sharing an experiential story about how she transitioned from the medical profession into a self-taught writing career and the creation of her own marketing content business, Emotive Pull Communications.

She’ll relate real-life experiences that reveal: (1) the journey of creating a new reality and the twists and turns that taught her how to create content that really pulls an audience emotionally, whether it’s for a book, author or business (2) how she turned her passion into an income in hopes that you will learn something that will help you on your own journey (3) the societal myths that hold us back from taking the action steps necessary to do what we really want to do (4) why creating communications based on emotional psychology is so effective (5) how she makes a living teaching other how to create content that sells

She’ll share solutions for how to: (1) write great book titles/taglines that people want to buy (2) stand out from the competition  (3) create compelling blog titles with language that pulls your specific audience based on their emotional drivers (4) add personal writing into your blogs while keeping it professional, along with essential blog dos and don’ts  www.emotivepull.com

NOTE:

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – July 26th    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 Betty Webb, Author of Many Mysteries

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Betty Webb, Author

The Lena Jones mysteries and the Gunn Zoo mysteries

WHAT:          Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN:          Wed – MAY 29th, 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: Betty Webb is the author of 10 Lena Jones mysteries

(DESERT REDEMPTION, DESERT WIVES, etc.) and 5 Gunn Zoo mysteries

(THE OTTER OF DEATH, THE PUFFIN OF DEATH, etc.).

For 20 years Betty was a journalist, interviewing everyone from U.S. presidents, astronauts who walked on the moon, and polygamy runaways. A nationally-syndicated literary critic whose reviews ran on the New York Times wire for more than 30 years, she currently reviews for Mystery Scene Magazine.

Betty is a member of the National Federation of Press Women, Mystery Writers of America, and the Authors Guild. She is also well-known as a creative writing instructor and has taught creative writing at Phoenix College and held Masters’ Classes in Creative Writing at ASU. She is currently the Writer-in-Residence at the Tempe Library.

She will talk about the necessity for a writer to be flexible in today’s ever-changing market. For instance, after having the same editor and the same publisher for 20 years, her publisher just got gobbled up by one of the giants — and Betty with them.  Her writing life will be changing, but at this point, she doesn’t know how.

She might call her talk “The Uncertainty of the Writing Life.”

Betty Webb, Author of DESERT REDEMPTION
Pub date March 12, 2019 www.bettywebb-mystery.com

MORE INFO BELOW

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. 

*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

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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 24th, 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.

_____________________________________________________________________

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.

—

Bestselling Teen Romance Author

Mouthy Baseball Fanatic

Autism Advocate

The Waiting Series | Cry Baby | The Falling Series | The Hard Count | Wild Reckless | The Like Us Duet www.authorgingerscott.com

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. 

*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 Features Member Indie Publishing Panelists

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

 

Presents Member Indie Publishing Panelists

Caren Cantrell, Vickie Mullins and Ann Videan

And Patricia L. Brooks, Moderator

 

 

WHAT:          Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

 

WHEN:          WED DEC 19th, 2018, 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.

_____________________________________________________________________

 

SPEAKERS 6:45: SSWW INDIE PUBLISHING PANEL with members Vickie Mullins, Caren Cantrell and Ann Videan. Patricia L. Brooks will be your moderator. There will be questions for the panelists for 30 minutes. Then we will open it up to questions from you. I will call on as many of you as possible. Each panelist will display their books for sale. JOIN US and get the latest info on the everchanging world of independent publishing and speak to experts in the field!

 

**Vickie Mullins started Mullins Creative, an award-winning graphic design company, in 1991. Her company exceled in print design, with a specialty in multi-page documents … books, magazines, tabloids, directories, and company brand development and execution.

In 2006 she and a partner started a publishing company, Perfect Bound Marketing + Press after authoring a series of eight books. From the lessons she learned through the school of hard knocks, today she guides authors through the steps of becoming independent publishers where they maintain control of their books and their financial destiny. An expert on Special Market Sales, Vickie says she doesn’t care if she ever sells another single book … instead, she’d rather sell her books by the 1,000s.

www.mullinscreative.com or Contact her at 480-941-8202

 

**Caren Cantrell is the owner of 102nd Place, LLC, a company that enables authors to bypass the uncertain and lengthy process of traditional publishing and get their books, and more importantly their message, to readers in a way that gives them ultimate control. She specializes in non-fiction and children’s books. Her services include everything from ghostwriting to editing to interior design and publication. Caren is an indie author herself, giving her unique knowledge of what makes an indie published book look like it came from a traditional publisher.

When Caren isn’t writing or helping others to get published, she travels around the country and overseas visiting her seven grandchildren. It’s one of the things she loves best about her job; she can work from anywhere and most often does!

www.102ndplace.com or Contact her at 480-575-3088

 

**As a book shepherd, Ann Videan guides peers through the writing, editing, publishing and word-of-mouth marketing of both fiction and nonfiction titles. A professional writer since 1981, she opened her own award-winning home-based marketing firm, vIDEAn Unlimited, LLC, in 1996, which supports young writers and artists.

Ann showed up in this world with a pen in her hand, a song in her heart, and the desire to share with you. She adores creativity of all types, and especially the people who live it. She gathers friends like flowers, including authors, musicians, artists, and her husband and two grown-up children. The Colorado native lives in Mesa, Arizona, along with numerous invisible friends including snarky mythical creatures and magical story characters.

Explore blog posts about writing, Ann’s books and music CD, and her writing community at ANVidean.com. Contact her at ann@annvidean.com.

 

**Moderator: Patricia L. Brooks started Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC in 2005 with her author husband Earl L. Goldmann. As a publishing consultant, award-winning author of three memoirs, workshop facilitator and president/founder of Scottsdale Society of Women Writers she serves her fellow writers and authors in many ways.

Patricia ‘jump starts’ a writer’s manuscript by putting the team together necessary to make Independent Publishing an exciting journey. She helps potential authors through the maze of getting their book out to the world.   For more information see www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com or contact her at patricia@plbrooks.com

 

RSVP before NOON 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! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. 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 FRIDAY! Thank you!

 

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.          

 

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 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 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 are 30 seconds. They follow the announcements.

 

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 Sheila Grinell, Novelist/Creator

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

 

Welcomes Sheila Grinell

Museum Creator and Novelist

 

 

WHAT:          Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

 

WHEN:          WED October 31st, 2018, 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.

 

SPEAKER 6:45:   Sheila Grinell, author, museum creator

 

Toward the end of her forty-year career as a creator of science museums, Sheila Grinell turned to fiction. Her debut novel, Appetite, was published in 2016, and a second novel, The Contract, will be released in the fall of 2019. Born in a taxi in Manhattan, she studied at The Bronx High School of Science, Harvard University, and the University of California at Berkeley. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and dog.

 

Sheila Grinell moved to Phoenix in 1993 to build the Arizona Science Center. She hit the ground running and opened the museum in record time. A dozen years later, in her sixties, she took on a different challenge—to begin a second career as a novelist. What was it like for Sheila to start all over again? How did her two careers compare? And what lessons has she learned about getting word about your book out into the world?

www.sheilagrinell.com

 

 

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – Oct 26th  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! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. 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 FRIDAY! Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.          

 

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 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 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 are 30 seconds. They follow the announcements.

 

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 Geneva Escobedo, Author and Poet

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS       

Welcomes Geneva Escobedo, MBA
Retired Higher Education Professional
Published Author, Poet and Community Service Leader

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED August 29th, 2018 – 5:30 -7:30 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.

SPEAKER 6:45: Geneva Escobedo, MBA
Geneva retired from Pima Community College after a 30-year career in higher education. Her community college and university work included marketing and promotion, student development, multicultural programs, minority recruitment and retention, grant writing/grant management, and developing programs for underprepared college students.

Geneva received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University and her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

She began journaling during her college years and joined two women’s writing groups to pursue her goals to write and publish. Her first book, Dichos de mi Padre is published by Latino Book Publisher, an imprint of the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues based in Mesa, Arizona. Dichos de mi Padre contains 20 dichos and related stores that provide insight into Mexican culture, family traditions and values and spirituality. It also includes her family history. Short stories and several poems were published in a women’s anthology, Our Spirit, Our Reality: celebrating our stories and Pima Community College’s art and literature magazines

Her community service includes serving on the board of directors of Our Family Services that supports homeless teens and families, the University of Arizona Hispanic Community Council and co-facilitator of the Hispanic Leadership Institute.

Geneva raised three step-daughters and is a grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of three young boys.

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – August 24th. 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! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. 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 on this website. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON FRIDAY! Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests.

We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 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, including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are reviewed at 6:00 with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds. They follow the announcements.

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 Dr. Connie Mariano My Patients were Presidents

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Dr. Connie Mariano
The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents

www.drcmariano.com

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED June 27th, 2018 5:30 -7:30 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.

SPEAKER 6:45: Dr Connie Mariano is a board-certified internal medicine physician in private practice in N. Scottsdale. She has broken many barriers with an impressive list of “firsts”: First military woman to become the White House Physician to the President of the United States, first woman Director of the White House Medical Unit, and first Filipino American in U. S. history to become a Navy Rear Admiral.

“Dr Connie,” as she is known to former presidents and the media, wrote her memoir, “The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents” in 2010, published by St. Martin’s Press. At today’s meeting, she will share her journey to writing her memoir and lessons she’s learned about publishing and media along the way.

www.drcmariano.com

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. See PayPal Below. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

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

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! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 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, including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are reviewed at 6:00 with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds. They follow the announcements.

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

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers Welcomes Paula Cullison, Travel Writer

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Paula Cullison
Travel Writer and Photographer
President/Founder, Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED April 25th, 2018 5:30 -7:30 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.

SPEAKER 6:45: Writing is a Journey
Paula Cullison is author of Daughters of the American Dream, a non-fiction work in English and Italian, which is in the Scottsdale Public Library collection. She has published a number of international travel articles; all of which can be found on her website: www.paulacullison.com As a direct result of her writing, Paula has developed several international travel photography exhibits from the photos which she incorporates into her travel articles. Paula is available to give presentations on her book, her travel writing, and her photography. A graduate of City University of NY – Baruch College, Paula has traveled to over 40 countries. A native New Yorker, she has lived in the Valley since 1974.

At the presentation you will learn about her journey from college newspaper reporter, to writing press releases, newspaper articles, authoring a book, publishing travel articles, as well as her divergent path into corporate marketing. Paula will share her insights into publishing and her tips on writing. If time permits, there will be a brief writing exercise.

Paula Cullison 602-863-9744 Cell: 602-689-4342
Travel Writer / Photographer www.paulacullison.com
Member – Sonoran Arts League Facebook LinkedIn
Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc.
an all-volunteer philanthropic non-profit, awards grants to charities that assist under-served women and children in AZ
President / Founder www.azwp.org

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
NOTE upper right corner for the link on this website. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON FRIDAY THE 20th – Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. 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! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. 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 by 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, including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are reviewed at 6:00 with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds. They follow the announcements.

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

Contact Info

Brooks Goldmann
Publishing Company, LLC
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

480-250-5556

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

info [at] brooksgoldmannpublishing [dot] com

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