AZ Authors Association

AZ Authors Associ Writers Circle welcomes Patricia L. Brooks to speak on The Art of Writing Memoir

September 17, 2013 by Patricia Brooks

The Art of Writing Memoir

AZ Authors Association – Writers Circle

North Mountain Visitor’s Center

12950 North 7^th St., Phoenix, AZ 85022

RSVP/register [email protected]

Limited Seating

Patricia L. Brooks, speaker, author, consultant [email protected]

www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

for details 480- 250-5556

In this workshop you will immerse yourself in the art of powerful storytelling and take an unflinching look at your own stories.

You will learn to incorporate fictional techniques into your memoir writing to enhance your effort to share galvanizing events.

Objectives of this Workshop

ü Learn to help your reader see and feel what you saw and felt.

ü Understand the process and structure of memoir writing as a learned craft that will enhance your art.

ü Appreciate the power of storytelling by being loyal to your truth.

ü Further empower yourself to tell the truth.

ü Take an unflinching look at your stories and share your galvanizing events.

ü Bring your memoir writing to a new level with fictional techniques.

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Eveline Horelle Dailey and Dr. Gladys Mc Garey

June 10, 2013 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

SSWW Welcomes Eveline Horelle Dailey

and Dr. Gladys McGarey

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

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

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

WHEN: June 26^th, 2013 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] 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 #1: Gladys Taylor McGarey, M.D., M.D. (H) Born in India Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey is known as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. Retired from active family practice of over sixty years, she is internationally known for her pioneering work in holistic medicine, natural birthing and the physician-patient partnership. She and The Foundation for Living Medicine are actively involved in healthcare reforms. Dr. Gladys, as she is fondly called has authored many books, articles and other healthcare papers.

Book: The World Needs Old Ladies co-authored with Eveline Horelle Dailey offers in alternative voices, a fearless map to inspire the reader toward a growth map. Courage, confidence, trust, grace, holistic and scientific information infuse the pages with life’s humor and regrettable moments. As a bonus, the reader also finds Dr. Gladys’s favorite remedies.

Speaker #2: Eveline Horelle Dailey Born and educated overseas by various tutors, Eveline gave up interior design and drafting boards for a pen. Published and read nationally and also internationally, Eveline writes to inspire. Not afraid to cross the literary bridge at the center of her mind, her communicable prose is written passionately and does not escape her French heritage. She is inspired by nature, people and the colors she sees give birth to the distinct complexion of her writing style.

She paints when a canvas demands it, weaves when the swaying of the loom wishes to dance. She is a public speaker, philanthropist, and recipient of multiple awards.

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 4^th 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 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th 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 Dolores Seright, author and professional coach

April 7, 2013 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

SSWW Welcomes Dolores Seright, author

and certified professional coach

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 – 4^th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: April 24^th , 2013 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] See Details Below

Speaker: Dolores Seright www.DoloresSeright.com

Shattering Barriers: How it Changed Lives, Including the Author’s!

Dolores Seright talks about her dream of leaving a legacy for her granddaughter and the amazing journey that became Shattering Barriers: Amazing Women’s Journeys to Personal Empowerment. She shares her insights on putting it together, promoting it, and how Shattering Barriers took on a life of its own.

Dolores Seright is a professional speaker, author and coach. She is a certified professional coach, and her passion is teaching others the skills to move beyond the obstacles holding them back from achieving their personal and business success. She is an experienced coach and specializes in teaching the skills to shatter barriers and achieve the life you dream of living.

Shattering Barriers: Amazing Women’s Journeys to Personal Empowerment, is her first book.

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.

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 4^th Floor Grille – not from the main entrance.

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 Tara Taylor Quinn – prolific writer of Suspense/Romance to speak Mar 27th

March 18, 2013 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

SSWW Welcomes Prolific Romance and Suspense Novelist

Tara Taylor Quinn

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 – 4^th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: MAR 27^th, 2013 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] See Details Below

SPEAKER: Tara Taylor Quinn www.tarataylorquinn.com

A Writing Career the Way I See It –

Tara Taylor Quinn speaks about her successful journey on the bumpy road of publishing.

With tips on keeping the work fresh, and the words flowing she’ll talk about how she makes it all work without knowing the secret.

The author has more than 60 original novels, in 20 languages. Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author with over 6 million copies sold. She has appeared on national and local TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning.

Tara is known for delivering deeply emotional and psychologically astute novels of suspense and romance.

Tara won the 2008 Reader’s Choice Award and is a four time finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s Rita Award.

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.

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 4^th Floor Grille – not from the main entrance.

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

February 12, 2013 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

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 – 4^thFloor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: FEB 27^th, 2012 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

RSVP – Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] 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: [email protected]

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 4^thFloor 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 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th 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

Book Review – Words Falling Like Water – for author Sonya Vaughn by Patricia L. Brooks, author and book shepherd

December 23, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

In her novel, Words Falling like Water, Sonya Vaughn catalogs the commonplace
transactions made between a husband and wife: marriage vows, raising a child, paying a mortgage, advancing careers and talking out problems. Her protagonist
Lily addresses such marital problems as the effects of job stress and loss on a
relationship, divorce, bankruptcy, grief, loneliness and heartbreak. These are the center of Sonya’s absorbing novel based on true events.

As Lily’s career in the auto industry moves along and her failing marriage slows, she is often the one giving life to others: her husband who is unemployed, her young son who is very dependent on her and her teammates at work who fear being a part of a major layoff. They constantly make demands of her for their needs.

This is a story of intersections: from an inevitable place and time in the deteriorating auto industry in Michigan to her private hell with an unemployed husband who has given up on life and moved in to their basement. She is in a fearful pressure cooker. As a project manager for the largest auto industry corporation at the peak of the most recessionary years in this country’s
recent history she is catapulted into a life on the edge. Her flawed devotion to her work and her
family demands create more havoc, yet she shows us strengths we can admire as
we root for in every unfolding chapter.

In its heyday, this automotive giant was king in the industry and led the world from its plants in Michigan with cars made in the United States. Jobs have now moved overseas and the impact of this on Lily and her team is illustrated with their Indian counterpart’s communications – or lack of – as the tension mounts in the story.

Lily is surrounded by her supportive but combative sister and her loving but skeptical parents when it comes to conversations about her husband and her job situation,
Her private and public life moves for long stretches on two separate but
intertwined tracks. Lily has a simpler way of describing how she sees herself – a proud, obsessive, idiosyncratic woman. Someone she loathes and loves and is trying
to understand.

The cold facts of a pending layoff, a divorce that is inevitable and a bankruptcy or short sale on her home continue to pull her down relentlessly. With all her anger and guilt over not being available for her son as much as she would like to be, and no support from her husband with the child care, Lily finds at times an unexpected surge of relief in a relationship with a male counterpart at work.

The book often deals with sudden spikes of self-consciousness for Lily and you often wonder how she will stay strong, persevere and escape this excruciating place of torment at work dealing daily with an obstinate and insensitive boss. One that requires her to help him do his dirty work of letting go of workers she admires and enjoys.

Her quiet faith based pursuit for agood life for her and her son is a bright light as she chases her quest for a spiritual life she has not known but yearns to have. Over the course of the book, her growth enhances her but her idiosyncrasies stifle her in other ways. She is so afraid things won’t turn out right, she literally sees herself in poverty as a bag lady if she loses her job
and her home, and if her husband does not get another job and come out of the
basement.

Linked destinies of Lily and her male co-worker friend from California who is enthralled with her and determined to help her get out of her situation allows her to maintain her dignity despite
her neediness. While her devotion to her faithful sister and her loving young son help keep her spirits alive.

Vaughn gives us vivid characters and a thorough insight into the sadness of the auto industry prior to the bankruptcy and bailout of recent years where so many were devastated. She fills in the blanks for the rest of the story. There are poignant moments when
family and friends help pull the narrative along. Despite the overall issues that almost devour
Lily, there are solutions and blessings.

In Words Falling like Water we find the author’s escape from Michigan to tell her real life story and family history in a fictional way even if she can never really escape the truth. Thisis a work of huge magnitude for anyone who has a connection to loss in their personal or private life. It is also critical to all of us who grew up in Michigan and have family or friends in there who have survived the auto industry of yesterday, only to see it coming back in a strong way today. We want the story of our beloved Michigan to be told. Vaughn has done that for us.

Holly Parsons – soulful poet to speak to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers on December 19th!

December 4, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS

With us and Poet and Author Holly Parsons

A special meeting is planned – welcome!

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 – 4^th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: DEC 19^th, 2012 – Wed. 5:30-7:30

HOW:

PLEASE – RSVP

See Details Below

Patricia L. Brooks, president/founderCell 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SPEAKER HOLLY PARSONS

Bio – Holly Parsons studied journalism at San Diego State University. She subsequently held the position of sub-editor for the Fiji Sun and feature writer for 5 years. As Editorial Assistant she edited “The Journal” at the University of the South Pacific; she also acted as founding editor of Prime Times Magazine. She is author of “Soul of a Woman A Poetic Journey in Love and Life” her poetry is published in the Arizona Centennial Poetry Anthology 2012. She has been honored by the President of Ireland for her poem honoring the life of Deirdre O’Connell and her poetry graces the pages of numerous corporate and community websites. [email protected]

Talk – In the spring of 2010, a week of thoughtful contemplation produced the ultimate
question “what is mine to do?” The writing of 45 poems in 3 ½ days provided the
answer. These free form poems formed the foundation for a hundred poems during the following 18 months; written in Haiku, Iambic and Greek meter. A lifetime of inspiration informs women’s literary influence on community cultures and society at large. When imagination blends with integrity of intention, provocative power rests at the core of our interpretive. This poet will explore female authors’ potential impact for personal and social transformation.

See notes below

dinner fees, 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 for members – $25.00 for guests

CHECKS or cash 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. All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. Pick up your name badge and ENJOY!

AGENDAThe 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 4^th Floor Grille.

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

Goals of the Group

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!

October 13, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

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 – 4^th
Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room

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

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

Cell 480-250-5556
or [email protected] 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 4^th Floor Grille.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side
drive at 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th 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 Carlette Lewis Patterson – speaker, author and sports life coach to share her ideas

August 10, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Carlette Patterson I Thought We had Forever….

Speaker, Author, Sports Life Coach – August 29, 2012

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

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

WHEN: August 29^th Wed. 5:30-7:30 – Sizzle in our Summer Season!

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] 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/AUTHOR: Carlette Patterson is the author of I Thought We had Forever a collection of love letters, emails, and journal entries that reveal the passion and pain a
family went through when their forever ended on July 28, 2004. It is a love
story that began when retired NBA player Steve Patterson took a blank piece of
paper and penned a collection of love letters that changed the course of many
lives. Carlette holds on to her family as her five-year-old daughter is forced
to understand grief, her young adult daughter finds her way back from drug
addiction, and her oldest daughter navigates life with Aspergers. www.ithoughtwehadforever.com

BIO: Carlette Patterson is an internationally recognized Sports Life Coach, a professional speaker, and CEO of Patterson Sports Ventures, a company committed to equipping people to become Agents of Change utilizing the language and power of sports. Carlette is committed to
Coaching for Significance and draws on her personal challenges and triumphs combined with 20+ years of senior leadership in professional, collegiate, and amateur sports organizations to ignite purpose and passion within her clients. Carlette and her family live in Phoenix, Arizona. www.carlette.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.

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 4^thFloor Grille. From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th 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 Syd Hoffman to speak July 25th

June 30, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Syd Hoffman, author, speaker and wellness guru to the July 25^th Meeting!

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

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

WHEN: JULY 25^th Wed. 5:30-7:30 – Sizzle in our Summer Season!

SPEAKER: SYD HOFFMAN www.sydhoffman.com

Syd Hoffman has motivated and inspired people on five continents to create a lifetime of healthy living, one step at a time. She shares her enthusiasm via her media appearances, retreats, and wellness coaching.

People who know Syd describe her as having “boundless energy.”
She reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 50 and is off to tackle the Swiss Alps in September at age 55. Her self-published book “All-Day Energy: 100 Ways to Boost Your
Energy…Now!” was honored in the San Francisco Book Festival.

Presentation:
Seven Secrets of Successful Self-Published Authors … How to Get Publicity Inexpensively

Best-selling author Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) says “If you publish your book and don’t market it, it’s like having a baby and leaving it at someone else’s doorstep to
raise.”

Syd will share unique, insightful ways you can gain publicity for your self-published book. Her book, All-Day Energy: 100 Ways to Boost Your Energy…Now! was published on
April 11, 2012. Over the past three months, Syd has given six live
presentations and spoken on over three dozen radio shows. She has arranged
three television appearances and is organizing the First Annual Arizona
Conference for Women on Sept 8th. Her goal is to discuss adding zip to your step with Dr. Oz and to do lunges with Kathy and Hoda on The Today Show.

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] See Details Below

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 (ableto 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.

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 4^thFloor Grille.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side
drive at 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th 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

Holly Parsons – soulful poet to speak to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers on December 19th!

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