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SSWW Welcomes Linda Style, Novelist, Teacher and Founder of Boot Camp for Novelists

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WHAT:          Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN:          WED Feb 27th, 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:  Linda Fensand Style, Award-winning Novelist, Writing Teacher

Linda will speak about her experiences in 20-plus years as a novelist (15 years with a New York publisher and five years as an independent, publisher) and as a writing teacher and co-founder of Bootcamp for Novelists, an online writer’s school for novelists, where she taught the advanced level writing classes.

Linda’s non-fiction book “Bootcamp for Novelists: Writing Techniques of the Pros” includes six months of Linda’s class lectures, exercises and examples, some of which Linda will share and discuss along with what she believes to be the most important techniques to learn when writing both fiction and non-fiction. 

In addition to writing novels, Linda also works occasionally as a freelance editor and writes travel articles for her travel website, GoRoamin.com, which she’ll happily discuss any time someone wants to listen. 

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 Betty Webb, Nationally known Mystery Writer

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

 

 

Welcomes Betty Webb, Nationally Best-Selling Mystery Writer

 WHAT:          Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

 

WHEN:          WED July25th, 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: In Betty Webb’s talk, “Living the Writer’s Life,” she discusses the ups and downs of authors who write for a living, whether that be advertising copy, journalism, or novels. For such writers, she says, waiting for “inspiration” is a luxury they can’t afford, because if they don’t write — and sell what they write — they don’t eat. And yet in today’s tightening literary market, sales are becoming more and more iffy. So that’s a lot of pressure. And yet they still write. So why? What is it in the writing profession (besides hunger) that keeps them glued to the keyboard? Betty shares the answer, and the answer may surprise you.

 

Betty Webb is the author of the nationally best-selling Lena Jones mystery series (DESERT VENGEANCE, etc.) and the humorous Gunn Zoo mysteries (THE OTTER OF DEATH, etc.). Before beginning to write full time, Betty worked as a journalist, interviewing everyone from U.S. presidents, astronauts who walked on the moon, Nobel Prize-winners, and polygamy runaways. She has taught creative writing classes and workshops at Arizona State University and Phoenix College and has been a nationally-syndicated literary critic for more than 20 years and is currently reviewing for Mystery Scene Magazine.

 

Betty Webb

Author of DESERT VENGEANCE

www.bettywebb-mystery.com

& THE OTTER OF DEATH May 2018
www.bettywebb-zoomystery.com

 

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – July 20th. 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 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.

 

 

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 Nancy Safford

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Nancy Safford, Author, Photojournalist
and Tour Guide (US and France)

*Special Date due to the Holidays

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: *SPECIAL DATE: WED December 13th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*
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 Nancy Safford, author, photojournalist and tour guide
Nancy Safford’s career began as a photographer, a photojournalist 25 years ago. She was fascinated with other people’s stories and published her first book as a young photographer in her mid-twenties. She had many photo shows, did magazine stories and has in fact photographed for two more books to be published.
While working for a magazine in upstate New York, she formed her own non-profit research institute and trained teachers to work together using the Nobel Prize winning physics concept holography. She then curated a popular show at the New York State Museum called, “Holography in The Classroom”.
One day she was called to the southwest, to Sedona, Arizona and let go of everything she had been doing. Her new book, A Magdalene Awakens. Hidden Temple Secrets, published in March 2017, talks about this story.
She will discuss her journey to uncover her lost truth, her deepest self, in a place far beyond what she had imagined possible.
Nancy became a spiritual guide in Sedona and invited people to explore the famous red rock vortices of Sedona, where they could be changed by the energies of each special place. She began facilitating women’s circles as an ordained Priestess of the Mary Magdalene Mysteries and then began guiding people on pilgrimages to sacred sites in southern France as a bilingual guide.
She began to explore legacies and wisdom teachings that stretched back to the ancient goddess and priestess cultures from long ago when she facilitated these journeys to southern France, exploring the Magdalene legacies present there. These visions included something that had been hidden there long ago, left near the famous village of Rennes Le Chateau. This tiny village had gained worldwide attention after the book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, came out in 1982 and again after The DaVinci Code was published in 2004.

*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 Dec 8th Thank you!

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 101 Freeway, 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

SSWW Welcomes Historical Novelist, Satire Writer, Marcia Fine

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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 25th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

 

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

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.

 

 

*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 20th, 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 Susan Brooks, author, columnist and entrepreneur Wed. May 29th

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SSWW Welcomes Susan Brooks, Author, Entrepreneur and Columnist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHO:           Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

 

WHAT:         Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – speaker and book signing*

 

WHERE:       Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

 

WHEN:         May 29th, 2013 – Wed. 5:30-7:30  

 

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com   See Details Below

 

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, publishing, camaraderie and support.

 

Speaker:  *Susan Brooks – author, entrepreneur, and columnist

Susan Brooks is an international speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, published columnist, and author. Marketplace service issues and leadership challenges are her forte. Susan’s most recent book ‘Outrageous, Courageous, and Highly Contagious…’ is a leadership storybook, a provocative fun-read for people ready to ignite Life in themselves and others. In this collection of profound stories that will inspire your own, everyday people serve causes bigger than themselves, genuine to their own truth and full-out self-expression. Each is a risk-taker living on the edge of awe. It is their Service Enthusiasm that is celebrated in this book!

Susan sees herself as their Messenger, humbled by the privilege to share their powerful and significant stories with you, stories that will inspire you to step up your own life. After all, Life is all about the choices we make, so why wait to be happy? At the risk of her own vulnerability, Susan also includes her own story at the end of every section in this book. Known as a ‘cultural provocateur,’ Susan lives out on those skinny branches, taking risks, asking the right questions, and refusing to settle for less. Susan attracts the best in you…she is your champion for change!

 

Make it an Outrageous, Courageous and Highly Contagious Day!

 

Susan Brooks

Serves You Right!

(602) 340 0206 www.servesyouright.net www.facebook.com/ServesYouRight

See notes below for dinner fees, meeting format and location directions.

Thank you.

 

MENU:  A light dinner – salad or sandwich and soup, dessert, beverage and roll with tax and gratuity included – make your choice the night of the meeting.

 

COST:  $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests – PLEASE RSVP.  Thank you.

 

CHECKS or cash:  Please make check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers (SSWW) prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table.  Thank you for the help.

 

CHECK-IN:  Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45.  The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.  All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker – cost noted above.  Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

 

AGENDA:  The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of good INFO for you.

 

DIRECTIONS: Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town.  Chaparral Rd has a light.  Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots.

Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4th Floor Grille – not from the main entrance.

 

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west.  Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille – take that elevator.  Note awning marked 4th Floor Grille on the Chaparral side.  This is the easiest way in – again, not through the main lobby.  Welcome!

 

 

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

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes author and writing workshop presenter Cherie Lee

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HAPPY Valentine’s Day – feel the love!

SSWW Welcomes Author and Writing Workshop Expert Cherie Lee

A special meeting is planned – join us!

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: FEB 27th, 2012 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

RSVP – Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com See Details Below

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, publishing, camaraderie and support.

Speaker Bio:
Cherie Lee, author and writing workshop expert

After earning an AA degree from Glendale Community College, Cherie Lee started her
writing career with non-fiction works for the college newspaper, then for Sun
Life magazine. Curiosity guides her tall tales. Her fictional stories take her
to interesting places leaving little time for household chores or yard work.
Currently she is editing two completed children stories while waiting for
results from contests for her adult short stories.

Workshop Talk:

Every writing life starts with an idea or with a curious interest why something
happened in your personal life or in history. Mine come like weeds. When I know
that idea won’t work for me, I use it for a blog for readers to use as an
exercise or a story. Entering contests stretches writing abilities and ensures
deadlines are met. I love doing them. A short mini workshop for planning a
character or a story idea will be based on an umbrella. Contact info: cherie6124@aol.com

My book is a book of beginning scenes for teachers and writers to utilize for
writing exercises, story starters, overcoming writer’s block, or journal
writing or bell work at the start of a class. Each teaser is followed by a
series of questions to spark a writer’s imagination. The one hundred and thirty
examples are divided into six major categories for characters, settings and
descriptions, plot, dialogue, and exercises. However, each story teaser can be
used by itself at any time if it appeals to the writer. There is a writer’s
resource listing at the end of the book.

The book is available on: amazon.com/author/cherielee

Http://www.amazon.com/Cherie-Lee/e/Boo59MM60W

My Space: http://myspace.com/cherannlee

Facebook:http://facebook.com/cherie.lee2

See notes below for dinner fees, meeting format and locationdirections.  Thank you.

MENU:  A light dinner – salad or sandwich and soup, dessert, beverage and roll with tax and gratuity included – make your choice the nightof the meeting.

COST: $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests –PLEASE RSVP.  Thank you.

CHECKS or cash:  Please make check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers SSWW) prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table.

Thank you for the help.

CHECK-IN:  Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45.  The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.  All those attending the meeting must pay forthe dinner/room/speaker – cost noted above.
Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

AGENDA:  The agendas will be on the dinner table –always a lot of good INFO for you.

DIRECTIONS:
Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town.  Chaparral Rd has a light.  Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots.

Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4thFloor Grille – not from the main entrance.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west.  Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side
drive at 4th Floor Grille – take that elevator.  Note awning marked 4th FloorGrille on the Chaparral side.  This is the easiest way in – again, not through the main lobby.  Welcome!

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

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers – Welcome Virginia Nosky and 50 Shades of Hot!

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Virginia Nosky, an award
winning author as speaker with her talk on 50 Shades of HOT!

October 24, 2012

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE:
Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4th
Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN:          October 24th Wed. 5:30-7:30

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

Cell 480-250-5556
or patricia@plbrooks.com See Details Below

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, publishing, camaraderie and support.

Bio – VIRGINIA NOSKY – Virginia Nosky has published seven novels. Blue
Turquoise, White Shell won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal in 2009
and the Arizona Authors Association Glyph Awards for Best Novel, Best
Multicultural Novel, and Best of Arizona.2012 novels are The Fall from
Paradise Valley and To a Certain Degree. Her poetry and short stories
have appeared in several anthologies. White River a sequel to Blue Turquoise, White Shell will be published in January of 2013.

She lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona with husband Richard, golden retriever Barkis and Lab Peaches.

Visit her website: www.virginianosky.com

YouTube trailer for The Fall from Paradise Valley

Presentation – FIFTY SHADES OF HOT – As the title of Virginia Nosky’s workshop suggests, the intensity of love and sex scenes is all over the map. The writer’s audience expects a certain amount of heat, from mild to blazing hot and many degrees in between. She delves into the biology and games of the man/woman attraction and its escalation, and looks at directions the
writer can go to satisfy the reader’s expectations and, not to forget, those of the characters in the story. Nosky also stresses that writing sweetly-warm to volcanic-hot romantic scenes is as much fun for the writer as it is for the reader and the characters involved in those Fifty Shades of Heat.

See notes below for dinner fees, format and location directions.  Thank you.

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

COST: $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests

CHECKS:  Please make 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 5:15 and 5:45.  The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.  Leave your check made payable to SSWW.  All those attending the meeting must pay for
the dinner/room/speaker.  Pick up your name badge – thank you and ENJOY!

AGENDA:  The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of good INFO for you.

DIRECTIONS:Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town.  Chaparral Rd has a light.  Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots.  Note: 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 – take that elevator.  Note awning marked 4th Floor Grille.  This is the easiest way in – NOT  through the main lobby.  The larger parking lots are in the back 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

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Larry James – www.authorsandspeakers.com

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SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes inspirational speaker LARRY JAMES for 2012
New Year Meeting!

LARRY JAMES Author/Speaker for January 25th

WHO: Scottsdale society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – celebrate writing and help us RING IN THE NEW YEAR

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

WHEN:          JAN 25th Wed 5:30-7:30 – Celebrate the New Year with us!

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 See Details Below

SPEAKER:
About Larry James. . .

Larry James is founder and President of CelebrateIntimateWeddings.com and CelebrateLove.com and two other Websites.   He has been a full-time professional speaker and author since 1987.  During his long career, he has authored five books.  He has earned his reputation as speaker and trainer by teaching success principles/techniques learned and developed from his xperiences in the field of broadcasting, selling and living life to its fullest.

His “Relationship Enrichment Love Shop,” adapted from his best-selling
books, “How to Really Love the One You’re With: Affirmative Guidelines for a Healthy Love Relationship,” “Love Notes for Lovers: Words That Make Music for Two Hearts Dancing!” and “Red Hot Love Notes for
Lovers” is presented nationally.  His new book is, “Ten Commitments of Networking: Creative Ways to Maximize Your Personal Connections.”  Larry’s books have been published in the U.S., Russia, India, Korea, Poland, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. He was on staff with Dr. John Gray, Ph.D. author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” for eight years.   He was Dr. Gray’s personal choice to host the popular “Mars/Venus Chat Room” on America Online and served as host for nearly three years.

Larry has appeared on ABC TV’s “The View” with Barbara Walters and more than 650 radio talk shows.  He’s been quoted in Cosmopolitan Magazine & Red Book and his articles have appeared in  Modern Bride, Arizona Weddings, Wedding Chronicle, Arizona’s Finest Wedding Sites & Services and many others.  Numerous relationship articles also appear on Larry’s Websites.

About AuthorsandSpeakersNetwork.c¤m. . .

AuthorsandSpeakersNetwork.com is an awesome website with more than 200 pages of informative information, tips, ceremonies, checklists, elationship articles and more for authors and speakers.  Larry James an ordained, inational wedding officiant and performs personally customized “romantic” wedding ceremonies with romantic elegance and impeccable detail; one that will be a cherished memory for a lifetime.

Larry James was voted “Best Officiant” in the Greater Phoenix area by the Wedding Chronicle’s 2007, 2008 & 2009 Readers Poll. Larry
James P.O. Box 12695, Scottsdale, Arizona  85267-2695

480 998-9411 ¤ Cell 480-205-3694 ¤ 800 725-9223 ¤ Fax 480 998-2173

E-mail:   CelebrateLove@cox.net ¤ www.CelebrateIntimateWeddings.com

See notes below for dinner fees, format and location directions.  Thank you.

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

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

CHECKS:  Please make 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 5:15 and 5:45 at the
table at the door, the meeting starts promptly at 6:00 – thank you.

(1) Leave your check made payable to SSWW

(2) All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker

(3)Have your name checked off the RSVP list and Pick-up your
name badge

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 Note: 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.  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 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

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS – welcomes Barbara Kaplan www.babarakaplan.com

by

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 HOLIDAY SEASON!!

 

BARBARA KAPLAN www.thebajaromethod.com

to speak to

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

 

WHO:             Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

 

WHAT:           Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting

 

WHERE:        The Marriott Suites Old Town, 7325 E. Third Ave. and Scottsdale Rd.,

So of Camelback Rd. (turn E at the light, parking near the hotel or valet)

 

WHEN:          5:30 to 7:30, Wed. December 15th, 2010  

 

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

 

SPEAKER:      Where do you write?  In an office, at home or in nature? How have you created an environment that stimulates your creativity? Let’s discuss how your environment supports and nourishes your personal process. Bring pictures, ideas, challenges and lots of questions so you will leave energized to expand your talents. I look forward to being with you.

 

Barbara Kaplan developed The Bajaro Method of interior design as a process of

Self-discovery for her clients allows her to create environments that are personal to them.  Barbara has worked with thousands of clients using this method to design surroundings that are nurturing, supportive and healing as well as beautiful. Watching clients become empowered through the design process gives her the most satisfaction!

 

Barbara is an Allied Member of ASID and member and Past President of IFDA and WATT. Her company, Design Dimensions was established in 1983. Barbara has been featured in the Scottsdale Tribune, Phoenix Home and Garden magazine and Arizona Lifestyle magazine. She has also appeared on Sonoran Living, Good Evening Arizona and Phoenix’s Best New Homes television programs and has presented several seminars. She has had a weekly column in the Scottsdale Tribune and has a monthly column in the City Sun Times.

“Are you living in ‘YOUR’ colors?”

 Barbara Kaplan IFDA, Allied Member ASID, WATT

 

Personal & Business “Interior” Lifestyle Designer & Color Guru

Creator of The Bajaro Method – Interior Design Simplified

Featuring: #1 Online Color and Design Profile-“Your True Colors”

Bajaro Branding Delivers Your “Interior” Image Signature to the World

 

Contact: Ph: 480-998-5088 Fax: 480-998-7522

Website: www.BajaroMethod.com

Blog: www.BajaroMethod.com/blog

Book:The Bajaro Method: “Rooms Have No Feelings, YOU Do!”

 

Follow Me:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebajaromethod

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bajaromethod

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarajkaplan

 

 

  

 

 

THE WRITE STUFF – publishing, editing, writing and marketing tips for writers and authors

by

The Write Stuff

 

Presented by the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

 

 

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10 am – 3 pm

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4452

 

 

 

 

Registrants please print legibly:

 

 

NAME_________________________________________________________________

 

ADDRESS______________________________________________________________

PHONE_________________________________________________________________

 

EMAIL _________________________________________________________________

 

WEBSITE_______________________________________________________________

WHAT YOU WRITE______________________________________________________

 



 

$10 box lunch – includes choice of veggie, ham or turkey sandwich, cookie, tax and gratuity.

 

Please make $10 check payable to Old Town Marriott Suites and mail to by Sept. 30th:
Patricia L. Brooks
Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

7970 E. Camelback Road, 710
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 


The Write Stuff speakers:

 

 

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

Patricia is the president and founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers and will be sharing her expertise on Marketing You and Your Book for Less and the Path to Publishing.

Patricia is the published author of Gifts of Sisterhood – a memoir – www.plbrooks.com.  She owns Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC with her husband – www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com – offering publishing consultation and book shepherd services.  She is working on a non-fiction/self-help book and a memoir at this time.

 

Marilyn McGrath

 

Marilyn is the author of the novel All You Know On Earth and will be teaching a creative writing workshop. Great fun for writers at all levels.

 

Marilyn is also a published poet and has written non-fiction for magazines and newspapers in Florida and Arizona. She taught English at Arizona State University and worked as copyeditor for a national golf magazine knowing nothing about the game. Currently, she offers creative writing workshops at local community centers. She lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona, with her husband Mac. Visit her website at www.marilynmcgrath.com

 

 

Barbara Nixon

 

Barbara is an instructional designer who has experience editing books, educational materials, as well as corporate trainings. She will share editing steps for writers as well as provide advice when searching for an editor to hire.

 

Barbara is a 2003 Telly Award winner for writing Understanding Weather Concepts science video script. She is currently working on her first book for children.

 

 

Dana Davis

 

Dana will share the pros and cons of eBooks and ePublishers as well as anecdotes about her own writing research.

 

Dana is a four time award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Her published books include Desert Magick: Superstitions, Breach of Worlds, and The Mask of Tamirella. Her adult fantasy Deadly Fate: Book One of the Teadai Prophecies is scheduled for release September 2009 from SynergEbooks Publishing. Visit her website at www.danadaviswriting.com   



*The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers meets the last Wed. night of the month.

*Any and all women interested in the camaraderie of a women’s writing group are welcome.

*Please feel free to join them at their monthly dinner meetings at the Old Town Marriot Suites. 

*Also, please RSVP to patricia@plbrooks.com to attend the upcoming meetings – space is limited. 

*Use the same email for any questions.

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