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Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Trish McCarty

January 7, 2015 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Trish McCarty, two-time best-selling author

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: WED January 28^th 2014 at 5:30-7:30 pm

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

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: Two-Time Best Selling Author, Translational Strategist, and Founder of award-winning K-12 StarShine Academy Schools, Trish McCarty, is known for “The StarShine Effect.”

A successful business entrepreneur, educator, author, transformational strategy leader and Yoga teacher discusses writing as a business and as your calling card to build credibility with your expertise. Trish will discuss how she accidentally, by divine guidance, began her mission to transform K-12 education by designing curriculum that empowers students to be excellent learners and to take students, teachers and schools to a new level of excellence. Her latest best-selling book, Transform, with Brian Tracy was a collaborative book. She will discuss how she was included in this effort and what she learned from the process with Brian Tracy, one of the great personal development authors of today. Trish will discuss her experience in writing for her own healing, for coursework development for her own Quintessential Institute Leaders Training, for improvement in K-12 education and to achieve Best Seller. She will also talk about synergy and how Harvard became her publisher of The StarShine Effect.

Trish McCarty is an entrepreneur, business leader, Yoga teacher and K-12 Innovation Expert. She has traveled the world, beginning in her Air Force family, giving her a world perspective regarding human transformation and healing. She began to write corporate training courses to improve banking and management processes and was asked by John Wiley to write for their first U.S. Library Internet Encyclopedias to include her chapter on Strategic Alliances. Trish McCarty is an Arizona State University Lincoln Center Fellow, and StarShine is included in the ASU SKYSONG Innovation Center. She has worked with the United Nations for over ten years and has taught StarShine Quintessential Leadership courses in China, the U.K., Ireland, Sudan, Liberia, Mexico and has held international leadership training courses, particularly in K-12 leadership, in Phoenix for the past eight years. She has been recognized as LA Music Awards Humanitarian of the Year, Arizona Interfaith Golden Rule Award, Phoenix Theater, A Woman Who Cares and INC 100 Fastest Growing Companies among others.

The StarShine Effect – Think and Grow Rich for Today – Transform

www.trishmccarty.com and www.starshineplanet.com and www.starshineacademy.org

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: Members $25 and Guests $30 (new July 1^st 2014) – Please RSVP early

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

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: Located in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town. Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is to the rear – two large lots. Note: best to enter from the side elevator for the 4^th Floor Grille – NOT the main lobby.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th Floor Grille on the Chaparral side. This is the easiest way – 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 Betty Webb – award winning mystery writer

November 30, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Betty Webb, award winning mystery author

of the Lena Jones series

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: WED December 17^th 2014 at 5:30-7:30 pm

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

SPEAKER – Dec 17^th 2014: Betty Webb Award winning mystery author Betty Webb of the Lena Jones Series – “Which Comes First — the Chicken or the Egg?”

A successful novelist/journalist/book critic/writing teacher discusses writing as an art and a business — and which should come first. Betty will also talk about the decisions she has had to make while existing in four vastly different writing worlds, covering creativity, working habits, marketing, and the ethical conflicts that have arisen during her more than 40 years as a professional writer.

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Betty Webb is a journalist who has interviewed U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, astronauts who walked on the moon, and polygamy runaways. Now best known for her prize-winning Lena Jones crime novels (Desert Wives, Desert Rage, etc.), and the humorous Gunn Zoo mysteries (The Llama of Death, etc.), she has taught creative writing at Phoenix College and master classes at Arizona State University. For the past 30 years, she has been a syndicated book critic and has served as a judge for national literary awards. Among the organizations she belongs to are the National Federation of Press Women, the Author’s Guild, and Mystery Writers of America. She is a docent for the Phoenix Zoo, where she volunteers.

Betty Webb

Author of DESERT RAGE and other Lena Jones mysteries

www.bettywebb-mystery.com

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: Members $25 and Guests $30 (new July 1^st 2014) – Please RSVP early

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

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

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 Marsha Petrie Sue – author, speaker, personal development coach

October 6, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Promote your Book and Yourself

And have fun doing it!

Welcome Marsha Petrie Sue, author, speaker, coach

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: WED October 29^th, 2014 at 5:30-7:30 pm

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

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: Come join Marsha share ideas that can help you promote your book and yourself. Plus we will have some fun! www.marshapetriesue.com

The conversation will include: – What to make more from your book signings? – Do you send media questions for your interviews? – Do you have a tool to leverage every speaking opportunity? – Are you comfortable giving presentations anytime to any audience? – Can you coach using the information in your publication? Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA

Marsha is a Professional Speaker, best-selling author and executive coach. Her books include Toxic People: Decontaminate Difficult People at Work without Using Weapons or Duct Tape and The Reactor Factor: How to Handle Difficult Work Situations without Going Nuclear. She is also the author of several other resources including the award-winning book The CEO of YOU: Leading YOURSELF to Success. Her books have been translated to French, Romanian, Portuguese, Russian, and Czech.

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: Members $25 and Guests $30 (new July 1^st 2014) – Please RSVP early

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

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

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 Amanda Owen – Born to Receive and willing to share her secrets

June 18, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Do you understand the Art of Receiving and your writing life?

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Amanda Owen

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN WED July 30^th , 2014 at 5:30-7:30 pm

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

Wed July 30^th Amanda Owen The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Creativity, Writing, and Publishing Creativity thrives in a receptive environment. That’s why people attend writing retreats, write behind closed doors, or seek out environments that are free from distractions. Whether you want to connect with your muse, an agent, a publisher, or an audience, increasing your receiving skills will help you. In this talk, Amanda shows how tapping into the receptive world eliminates writer’s block, connects you to your brilliance, gives you energy and ideas, and leads you to the people who will help you get your writing out into the world.

Amanda Owen is the author of The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve (Tarcher/Penguin 2011) and Born to Receive: 7 Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe (Tarcher/Penguin, 2014). www.amandaowen.com

With a background in social work and a twenty-five year practice as a counselor, Amanda has been presenting lectures and workshops since the mid-eighties. New York Times best-selling author Christiane Northrup, MD calls Amanda’s power-of-receiving philosophy “brilliant, elegant, profound, and enormously practical,” Maria Shriver calls her work “insightful,” and Elaine Shamos, the Director of The Women’s Health Resource Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center says “Amanda’s presentation skills are outstanding and, most importantly, her message is life-changing.”

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: Members $25 and Guests $30 (NEW JULY 1^st 2014) – Please RSVP early

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

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

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 Blogging Expert Carrie Morgan

May 23, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF

WOMEN WRITERS

Do you have questions about BLOGGING to sell books?

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Carrie Morgan

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: WED June 11^th, 2014 at 5:30-7:30 pm

SPECIAL MEETING DATE

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

See Details Below

Wed June 11^th SSWW Speaker Carrie Morgan presents:

3 Fast Ways to Build Your Platform and Sell Books Using Blogging

Want to build an audience fast, convince them of your expertise and sell books? Blogging is a critical component. During this presentation, Carrie will talk about the differences between guest blogging and maintaining your own blog, how to identify and land guest blog post opportunities where your readers are, and how to write post topics that resonate with your readers and build loyalty.

A 20+ year marketing veteran and Top 1% Influencer, Carrie specializes in digital public relations, content marketing, on-page SEO and social media. In addition to Convince & Convert, she is a contributing author for Social Media Today, MarketingProfs, PR Daily, PRSA and other industry publications. She blogs at http://rockthestatusquo.com. and is based in Phoenix, AZ.

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: members $25 and guests $28 – please RSVP early – thank you

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

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

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 – do you have questions about the legal issues of writing and publishing a book?

May 5, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Do you have questions about the legal issues of writing and publishing a book?

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Maria Crimi Speth

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: Wednesday – May 28^th, 2014 5:30-7:30 pm

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

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

SPEAKERMaria Crimi Speth, a shareholder in the law firm of Jaburg & Wilk, P.C., practices in the areas of intellectual property, internet law, and commercial litigation, representing clients throughout the United States. She focuses her practice on assisting businesses in protecting their trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, information technology, and other intellectual property through preventative measures to avoid disputes and through litigation when disputes arise. She has been practicing law for 25 years and is admitted in state and federal courts around the country. Maria is the author of Protect Your Writings: A Legal Guide for Authors and Apple v. Samsung, The Balance Between Patent Rights and the Free Market. She has numerous published articles and dozens of published court cases.

Protect Your Writings

Join Maria Crimi Speth, Intellectual Property attorney and author of Protect Your Writings for a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand presentation of applicable laws that affect writers and their creative work. You will learn everything you need to know about the laws relating to writing books, articles and blogs and how to AVOID making common, costly legal mistakes.

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: members $25 and guests $28 – please RSVP early – thank you

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

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

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 Lynn Wiese – PR expert and co-author

March 30, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Lynn Wiese Sneyd, Public Relations expert and co-author w/her client H. Alan Day

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: Wednesday – April 30^th, 2014 5:30-7:30 pm

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

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

SPEAKER Lynn Wiese Sneyd – April 30^th:

www.lwsliteraryservices.com

www.thehorselover.com

Lynn Wiese Sneyd is the owner of LWS Literary Services, an agency that specializes in book publicity, book proposals, query letters, editing and ghostwriting. Most recently she co-authored The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs with H. Alan Day, who started the first government-sponsored wild horse sanctuary. Alan also co-authored the memoir Lazy B with his sister Sandra Day O’Connor.

Although publishing journeys differ, they share certain “constants.” Lynn Wiese Sneyd and H. Alan Day will join us to lend insight into what you can expect while writing, publishing, and promoting your book. Their book, The Horse Lover, published by the University of Nebraska Press, has had quite the publishing journey. Booklist is calling it “an instant classic” and Kirkus Reviews calls it a “fresh” and “lively report.”

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.

NEW dinner prices and NEW menu items – enjoy!

COST: price increase: members $25 and guests $28 – please RSVP early – thank you

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

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

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 Vijaya Schartz, author and editing expert

March 13, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Award Winning Author Vijaya Schartz

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: Wednesday – Mar 26^th, 2014 5:30-7:30 pm

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

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

SPEAKER AUTHOR BIO – Vijaya Schartz

Born in France, award-winning author Vijaya Schartz never conformed to anything and could never refuse a challenge. She likes action and exotic settings, in life and on the page. She traveled the world and claims to also travel through time, as she writes without boundaries about the future and the far away past. Her love of cats transpires in most of her books. Find out more about her novels at http://www.vijayaschartz.com/

EDIT IS A FOUR LETTER WORD

Sad but true, a story is only as good as its editing. The best tale can be mired in awkward syntax, poor grammar, superfluous wording, slow pacing, shallow characters, or overused clichés, while a great editor can make even a mediocre story sparkle. Self-editing can be your best opportunity to reach new writing heights. It can make or break your career, whether you seek a publisher, or choose the self-publishing route.

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.

NEW dinner prices and NEW menu items – enjoy!

COST: price increase: members $25 and guests $28 – please RSVP early – thank you

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

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

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 Bhira Backhaus – award winning author, conference facilitator, university professor

February 11, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Bhira Backhaus

Arizona State University creative writing professor

award winning author and workshop facilitator

Virginia G. Piper Creative Writing Center

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

WHEN: Wednesday – Feb 26^th, 2014 5:30-7:30 pm

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

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

SPEAKER Bhira Backhaus

Bhira Backhaus is the author of the novel Under the Lemon Trees (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press). Her work has also appeared in Best New American Voices 2005 and The New York Times. She received her MFA in creative writing at Arizona State University and currently teaches writing courses at the Tempe campus.

Presentation

The writer Flannery O’Connor believed that anyone who has survived childhood has enough to write about for the rest of her life. While writing a memoir offers the advantage of rendering events that one “can’t make up” this presentation will focus on the creative opportunities and satisfaction that fiction can offer to those who want to explore their personal experiences through writing.

Bhira.backhaus@facebook.com

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.

NEW dinner prices and NEW menu items – enjoy!

COST: price increase: members $25 and guests $28 – please RSVP early – thank you

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

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

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

Dog Earred Pages Book Store – Phoenix welcomes Patricia L. Brooks and Marketing You and Your Book

January 9, 2014 by Patricia Brooks

JANUARY 17^th MARKETING YOU AND YOUR BOOK….Interactive Workshop

Dog Eared Pages Bookstore in Phoenix – 16428 No. 32^nd Street

5:30-7:00 pm Friday, includes Book Signing ..RSVP to Melanie 602-283-5423

Welcome to the world of Marketing You and your Book as a published author!

Learn a few marketing tips to help you launch

You and Your book into the world of Writing, Publishing and Books Sales

With award-winning author, marketing expert and publishing consultant Patricia L. Brooks,

In this two hour/interactive workshop you will:

Review your current Publishing/Marketing Plans
Set some SMART goals (what) for Branding and Differentiation
Identify some objectives (how) for Distribution
Plan some strategies (action) for Success

SAMPLES FROM MY NEW BOOK

AUDIENCE – A is for audience – know your audience – the primary audience that you will target –that includes your niche market. And the secondary audience that encompasses those who will tell others about you and your book. And the fringe audience you may not be aware of or anticipate, but who can catapult you forward on your journey.

BRAND – B is for brand – identify your book and yourself – the brand you will use in every way possible should be easily identifiable. Try one that will accentuate the benefits of your book and who you are as a voice for change. Or be a source for entertainment or education, an authority or advocate.

COMMUNICATE – C is for communicate – communicate consistently what your story is about and how your readers will find he content of value to them.

DIFFERENTATE – D is for differentiate – make yourself unique and different from other authors in your genre. Stand out on the shelves and online by reinventing yourself often. Be diplomatic about your approach to your uniqueness but be willing to let your star shine too. Think beyond the realm of the obvious.

ETHICAL – E is for ethical – be lawful and ethical in all your dealings with booksellers, online vendors, readers and the public in general. Don’t ever forget it is an honor to have them read your work. Promote it wisely and with love and kindness in your heart.

FLEXIBLE – F is for flexible – be open and willing to be flexible when the need arises in all your interactions and opportunities with the Media. Be prepared and be ready and willing to be available to tell your audience the features of your work through many options that are available to you. Make yourself a sought after guest by being prepared and ready to go on short notice.

GENEROUS – G is for generous – give generously with the back story information you have while promoting your work by sharing in a blog or in someone else’s blog. Be full of grace when you know you will generously get what you give out.

HUMILITY – H is for humility – be humble as you put together marketing pieces and share your strengths and expertise with your readers and the public. Always keep your audiences in mind and give them what they need to know to appreciate your book and you.

INNOVATION – I is for innovation – create your own innovative ideas when you set-up for an event. Be the ideal guest at the bookstore or festival, or whatever venue it may be. Plan ahead and do pre-marketing that will benefit you, your book and the event. Be the author who stands out as the team player.

JUMP-START – J is for jump-start – give yourself and your book a push by jump-starting your promotions 3-6 months in advance of your book launch or any event after the book is out. Find joy in all the effort that you put forth and have faith that it will not be in vain.

MISSION – M is for Mission – write a mission statement for you and one for you book and one for your marketing plan in your concise sentences – maybe just a couple sentences each. Be sure to encompass your goals, dreams and vision for success for you and your book and your readers. Make them magical and memorable.

NAVIGATE – N is for navigate – weave your way through the maze of social medic options one opportunity at a time. Find your niche market and focus on them first and build an online present from there.

OPPORTUNITY – O is for opportunity – seek every opportunity that comes along as a possibility. Analyze it, research it and consider it before going to the next option.

PASSION – P is for passion – be passionate about your book and your message at all times. Find your purpose with your promotional journey and seek high ground with your primary market and work your way down the line to your fringe audience.

QUESTION – Q is for question – be curious enough to question everything that does not come together with your marketing effort. Do not be afraid to tweak it a bit and try again. Query successful authors and ask for help or opinions so you can help others on your path to success.

RESPONSIBILITY – R is for responsibility – take responsibility for your marketing plans, track everything you do, stay positive about your goals and don/t give up on an idea easily. Be resilient for your readers and get your book out there for them. Ask for reviews from your readers and give them a chance to be responsible too.

BIO – Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

Patricia is president/founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers – building the group to 75 women over the past 8 years. She is a sought after workshop presenter on topics relating to writing, publishing and marketing.

She is currently working on her second non-fiction book; a memoir/self-help entitled Captive No More – trauma, recovery and PTSD- due out in 2014. She is available for talks on Stop the Violence against Women.

With her first non-fiction/memoir and eBook, Gifts of Sisterhood – Journey from Grief to Gratitude, she presents workshops on both writing memoir and dealing with grief. Patricia earned a prestigious AZ Authors Association Literary Contest Non-fiction award for this book. www.plbrooks.com,

As founder of Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC, Patricia is a book shepherd and partner in publishing consultation. Her mission is to enhance the spirit of the author’s journey. She is available to speak on writing, publishing and marketing related topics for those in the writing life. www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

CREDENTIALS:

*University faculty associate for over twelve years, Arizona State University

*Masters Degree in Organizational Management

*The Advanced Toastmasters designation

*Named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

MEMBERSHIPS:

President and Founder – Scottsdale Society Women Writers

Member of the Arizona Authors Association

Member of the Phoenix Writers Club

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

480-250-5556 cell phone

patricia@plbrooks.com email

Patricia L. Brooks Seminars, LLC

Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

President/Founder

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

www.plbrooks.com

President/Owner

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Author of Gifts of Sisterhood-journey from grief to gratitude

Ebook http://amzn.com/B006MLA91Q

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