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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

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]

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 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

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 invites Jan Holmes Frost to speak Feb 19th

February 20, 2012 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes editor/author/speaker to Feb “Leap” Meeting!

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers and Jan Holmes Frost

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, take elevator, exit 4^thfloor, left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: Feb 29^th Wed 5:30-7:30 – Celebrate your “Leap” 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 [email protected] See Details Below

SPEAKER: Jan Holmes Frost [email protected] and

www.janholmesfrost.com

How Important Are Your First 100 Words?

They are your sales pitch, your resume, they welcome the reader into the story, or they are a dismal disappointment.

What elements are key to grabbing a reader, or agent or publisher’s attention?

How can you develop an enticing through-line in one or two sentences?

What does your first sentence reveal?

In this Workshop/Discussion you’ll learn the answers, and more.

Jan Holmes Frost received her education in Boston, MA. She is the author of EightThings You Need to Know to Write a Novel and has taught workshops in Texas, Arizona and Colorado, and at the Central California Writer’s Conference. She works as a managing editor for Fireship Press of Tucson, and also does freelance editing. Her novel, Without Sanctions, a
techno-thriller, is due to be released in early 2012.

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 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 and come up that levator. There is an awning marked 4^thFloor Grille. This is the easiest way
– 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

THANK YOU for
your interest in our group!

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes inspirational speaker Gilat Ben Dor

December 1, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes inspirational speaker for our Holiday Meeting!

GILAT BEN-DOR – Speaker Dec 14^th

Member Author Holiday Book Sale

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – celebrate writing

WHEN: DEC 14^th Wed 5:30-7:30 – Celebrate the Holidays 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 [email protected] See Details Below

SPEAKER: for December 14^th

Gilat Ben-Dor, MBA, CSW President, Gilat Ben-Dor Media, LLC

i [email protected] 602-373-5800 GilatMedia.com

The Top 7 Speaking Secrets for Authors Who Want to Stand Out from the Pack Intoday’s noisy publishing marketplace, you and your book can get lost in the shadows. While many authors view themselves as just that – authors – there is great opportunity for authors willing to step up and be SPEAKERS, too! In this lively, engaging presentation, multi-book author, professional speaker, and success consultant Gilat Ben-Dor will show you the ropes on the key elements to get you started on the road to market differentiation… and speaking success!

About Gilat Ben-Dor

Gilat Ben-Dor, MBA, CSW, is the author and publisher of three books about living and working with multiple passions. She is also a professional speaker and Board Member of the National Speakers Association in Arizona, and a contributor to a motivational speaking anthology book. Gilat is President of Gilat Ben-Dor Media, LLC, an independent publishing and author consulting firm, and is the founder of the success coaching program, GUSTO POWER®: Life Design for the Multi-Passionate Professional^TM.

Contact Gilat at [email protected] or 602-373-5800.

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.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4^th Floor Grille and come up that elevator. There is an awning marked 4^thFloor 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

Author Panel – historical fiction and family history – Barnes and Noble – Scottsdale

October 17, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder

[email protected] 480-250-5556
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers partners with Barnes and Noble Booksellers

WHEN: Nov 1st, 2011 6:30-8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Barnes and Noble Booksellers – 90^th St., Shea Blvd., west of the
101, Scottsdale

WHO: Three award winning authors

Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski, Sharyl Bales and Marcia Fine

WHAT: Share their writing stories and sign books

Value Meals on the Volga, Stalked and Paper Children

HOW: RSVP Patricia L. Brooks, [email protected] or 480-250-5556

ANNA BARTKOWSKI – Savor the food your grandmother used to make! Join author Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski as she shares the making of Value Meals on the Volga, the family history cookbook.

Whether you are a gourmet chef or a novice cook, you can make delectable delights in your kitchen. By sharing original recipes dating from the 1700’s, Bartkowski connects with her ancestors, the founding members of the erman-Russian villages of Mariental and Reinwald, Russia. The Value Meals on the Volga cookbook guides you with step-by-step instructions and full color photos so you, too, can create wonderful memories for future generations. Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski pursues projects which revolve around her passion, genealogy and family history. Her goal is to bring everyone’s ancestry and family stories to life.

She is the author of three books which celebrate family history: Value Meals on the Volga, Maggie Visits Grandpa, and Maggie Visits Argentina. Anna
also edited Thirty Years in the Desert, An Anniversary Celebration of the
Arizona Sun Chapter which was a compilation of member’s unique family
stories.

Anna conducts workshops and presentations to inspire the writer and genealogist within all of us. From travels to Argentina to re-unite families torn apart during World War II, to offering ideas to jump start your own research, Anna has been the catalyst for over ten years.

Anna served as editor of the quarterly magazine publication of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Journal.
She is the Past President of the AHSGR Arizona Sun Chapter and actively
participates in the Serious Scribes Writer’s group and the Scottsdale Society
of Women Writers. As a life member of both the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia and the German Russian Heritage Society, Anna has conducted workshops and presentations at many of their conventions.

Cell phone: 480 229-0873

Website: www.infiniteadventure.weebly.com

Blog: www.valuemeals.blogspot.com

www.writetotheheartofthematter.blogspot.com

Email: [email protected]

SHARYL BALES – After retiring from an active career as an insurance executive specializing in medical malpractice insurance, Sharyl began to turn her extensive experience in writing technical articles to her first love: novels. She has written one historical novel and completed the first two novels in her Signe series. She is currently working on the third volume of this series.

[email protected]

Stalked Smart, sexy, sassy: The Carlson women – mother Signe and daughters Lia, Brittany, Jenna – are the beginning of a dynasty. American royalty of the ‘hard won, pulled up by the bootstraps’ kind. The first novel in the series – Stalked – welcomes the reader to the world of the rich and the famous: Hollywood, 1970 where middle daughter Brittany, who has just been signed to star in what is being haled as the next Oscar winning film, is being stalked presumably by a madman. How do they find the stalker and will they be in time? Knowing he is the only one she trusts to help, Signe brings handsome Mick McKenna into the picture even though she is aware that she will have to tell her daughters about certain events in her early life that she has kept to herself for many years.

Self-published on www.lulu.com, the second book in the series takes place in 1972. Personally involved in a case at the request of an old friend, Mick McKenna goes missing in the mountains of Nicaragua. Although a team of operatives from McKenna International are working on this case as well, including Signe Carlson’s youngest daughter, Jenna, Signe is not one to sit on the sidelines. She goes into action and within three hours of receiving the news. She has a plan and she intends to find Mick.

MARCIA FINE – Spending her formative years in South Florida, the only child of New York expatriates with a penchant for the Bohemian lifestyle, Marcia’s best friend was a good book. Thus the award winning book Paper Children an immigrant’s legacy came to be.

At Florida State University she majored in English and then taught high school for five years while working toward a Masters Degree in English Education and a Certificate of Concentration in Women’s Studies. Marcia also taught freshman composition at Arizona State University.

In 2000 Marcia began to pursue her dream of writing. Having written two satires about the upscale Scottsdale crowd, she then took a different direction and completed two more books.

Marcia’s fifth novel, Stressed in Scottsdale, expands her satirical series about Jean Rubin into the arena of politics and the environment. With her unique eye she pokes fun at the denizens of an upscale community while tackling serious issues of corruption and air quality issues.

Marcia states her motivation quite simply…

“I love the written word. I have stories to tell.”

MARCIA FINE “Every Woman has A Story!”

Marcia is going to share how she has formatted a writing career in two different genres to become a prize-winning author. Eleven years ago she had the desire to write, stories to tell and nothing written down. The journey of lessons learned, her encouragement and suggestions will inspire you!

Marcia Fine: www.marciafine.com blog: http://jeanrubinblog.com

BOOK REVIEW Paper Children – an immigrant’s legacy

September 10, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

Marcia Fine likes to show-off her charming wit and skill at satire in her books about Scottsdale, but her narrative fiction based on her grandmother’s immigration to the United States prior to WWII is in my opinion her life’s work.

Such is this author celebrated for her award winning novel Paper Children: an
immigrant’s legacy claiming the Best Books Finalist Award, USA Book News; the Foreword Finalist Book of the Year award and the Eric Hoffer Independent Publishing competition finalist status.

The book is about a young aristocratic Jewish woman growing up in Poland in the early 20^thcentury in a sheltered and refined environment.
She lives within the walls of Jewish aristocrats in Warsaw oblivious to
the ominous changes going on in Warsaw with the beginnings of the Nazi invasion. The story continues its eventful trek with second and third generations.

Grandmother Paulina’s “matchmaker” marriage is one we all think we know from the little knowledge we gentiles have of Jewry. The story of the grandmother and the man of “her match” intersect through her father’s successful business. Although neatly arranged, the story winds
around years of an organized attempt on Paulina’s part to not go to America
with her new husband.

The bond of the Jewish family is beautifully illustrated, showing us both love and loss throughout the book.

Even when the gypsies predict she will marry an older man and go to America she questions why she would want to make the journey. But the day finally comes when immigration is eminent and the story moves to New York – not through Ellis Island but by cruise ship known only to the European aristocracy.

At 250 pages her novel is broken up into three books. First, is the Grandmother Paulina’s story, the aristocrat who learns the hard facts of Jewish life. Second, is the mother, Rachel, the rebellious
one who takes her own path to learn about her family heritage that she later comes to appreciate. And third is Mimi’s story that gives us the Jewish girl raised by two women caught in the middle of the old and new worlds of Jewry.

Being Jewish in America can be cultural or religious or both. Fine keeps
us fascinated with how old world religion can dissipate as the immigrant becomes more Americanized. It was exciting reading to learn how this happens and why it can happen.

Fine’s research into her culture, as well as her religioin and the Hebrew language, is a gift to the reader. She visited not only New York and Miami, but Warsaw, Poland where it all began.

Letters written on onion skin that belonged to her grandmother are beautifully constructed into the crux of the story. They’re from her great-grandparents
who wrote them in Polish and Yiddish in a loving and naive way as they
witnessed the Nazi takeover. Fine found the perfect person to translate the letters. They add much to the authenticity of the story.

Fine’s book is good enough to inspire a movie or a Lifetime TV show. Her
attention to detail is incredible and her use of dialogue and storytelling hit
the mark for this reader. She could easily weave the three women’s stories together even more and make a documentary about Jewish aristocracy that so many Americans may not know existed prior to WWII.

There are many visuals of the horrors of war and the beauty of wealth in this family’s dynamics portrayed in the book. They could be readily transferred to the big or small screen because of Fine’s quality descriptions of the characters, events and scenery of the time.

The title becomes clear as we learn of her letters and the importance of their communication to the story. Beautifully written by the great-great
grandparents back in the old country of Poland, and later analyzed by Fine, they’re a cornerstone to the story and differentiate it from the others out there today.

There’s no e-book, this book exists as a solid object; the physical turning of the pages reflect the passing of time, the generations living through decades of their lives. The weight of the book and the paper in your hands is a critical part of the understanding of the strength of the story that needed to be told properly and correctly.

Fine has captured her history and the cultural and religious aspects of her heritage and should be commended even further for her efforts.

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS features Barbara McNichol editor and author

June 8, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Wishes you a Happy Summer of Writing

BARBARA MCNICHOL www.barbaramcnichol.com

JUNE Speaker for Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHO:
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE: 2011 LOCATION – Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. at Chaparral Rd. light, NE corner. Enter off Chaparral Rd at the 4^th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator,
exit 4^th floor, left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. JUNE 29^th, 2011

HOW: PLEASE – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected] SEE BELOW

SPEAKER: Barbara McNichol is passionately committed to
helping authors achieve accuracy and artistry, clarity and creativity through
the written word. Barbara delivers expert editing that puts your book on the
pedestal it deserves. She has worked with 200+ amazing authors since she
founded Barbara McNichol Editorial in 1994.

To further support authors, Barbara has created a word choice guide called Word Trippers: The Ultimate Source for Choosing the Perfect Word when It Really Matters. (www.wordtrippers.com) She also produces Add Power to Your Pen, a
valuable e-zine for tips on improving your writing. For more information, go to
www.BarbaraMcNichol.com, email [email protected]
or visit her blog www.nonfictioneditor.com

Enjoy the credibility authorship brings you with a well-edited book you can market with pride.

PRESENTATION: Whack Wordiness: How to Rid Your Writing of
Wasted Words to Make Your Message More Compelling

Join Barbara McNichol in this fun, interactive session guaranteed to improve everything you write—from articles and program descriptions to website copy and nonfiction books.

Barbara applies tried-and-true editing techniques to give you an experience of how to whack extraneous words from your writing. You’ll learn to:

– write a strong, persuasive message
that’s devoid of clutter
– add “muscle” to your writing by taking out the “fluff”
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See notes below for dinner fees, new format and new
location, thank you.

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

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

CHECKS:
Please make your check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers PRIOR
to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you.

CHECK-IN:
Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45 at the table at the door so we can
start the meeting promptly at 6:00 – 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

(4) Pick-up your name badge – your receipt for the food server

AGENDA:
The agendas will be on the dinner table and the format remains the
same.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4^th Floor Grille and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4^thFloor 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 Betty Webb – mystery writer of many novels

May 19, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Wishes you a Happy Summer of Writing

BETTY WEBB www.bettywebb-mystery.com

May Speaker for Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE: 2011 LOCATION – Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner. Enter off Chaparral Rd at the 4^th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit and turn left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. MAY 25TH, 2011

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SPEAKER: Betty Webb www.bettywebb-mystery.com

Betty Webb, a former journalist turned mystery novelist, shares how she has turns real life cases into fiction without getting sued. She also discusses how to keep a series going after seven books, and gives tips on how to create a lead character who can carry that burden. Her bestselling mysteries include two very different series: “Desert Wives,” part of the Lena Jones mysteries; and “The Koala of Death,” one of the light-hearted Gunn Zoo mysteries.

BIO: A journalist for more than 20 years, Betty Webb interviewed U.S. presidents, astronauts who walked on the moon, and Nobel-Prize winners, as well as the homeless, the dying, and polygamy runaways. Her mystery novels have received rave reviews from the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. Betty is a member of the National Federation of Press Women, Mystery Writers of America, the American Association of Zoo Keepers and the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers.

See notes below for dinner fees, new format and new location, thank you.

There are changes to the menu, the cost of the meeting, and the way you pay for your meal at the meeting. Please note all our changes (as of 2011) – thank you.

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

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

CHECKS: Please make your check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers PRIOR to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45 at the table at the door so we can start the meeting promptly at 6:00.

(1) Leave your check made payable to SSWW,

(2) Have your name checked off the RSVP list,

(3) Pick-up your name badge – your receipt for the food server.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table and the format remains the same.

DIRECTIONS: Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Fashion Square Mall – Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots – best to enter from the middle elevator for the 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 and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4^th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back on the north end of the complex.

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 – Marcia Fine – Speaker Feb 23rd

February 1, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

480-250-5556 or [email protected]

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Wishes you a happy Valentine’s Day!!

MARCIA FINE www.marciafine.com

Every Woman has a Story

Speaker for

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHERE: NEW LOCATION The Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner – enter off Chaparral at 4^th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator to the 4^th floor, exit and turn left to the Cactus Room

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. February 23^rd , 2011

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.

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

Cell 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

NOTE: *See notes below for dinner fees, new format and new location, thank you.

SPEAKER: Marcia Fine: www.marciafine.com blog: http://jeanrubinblog.com

Spending her formative years in South Florida, the only child of New York expatriates with a penchant for the Bohemian lifestyle, Marcia’s best friend was a good book.

At Florida State University she majored in English and then taught high school for five years while working toward a Masters degree in English Education and a Certificate of Concentration in Women’s Studies. Marcia also taught freshman composition at Arizona State University.
In 2000 Marcia began to pursue her dream of writing. Having written two satires about the upscale Scottsdale crowd, she then took a different direction and completed two more books.

MARCIA FINE “Every Woman has A Story!”

“I love the written word. I have stories to tell.”

*There are changes to the menu and the cost of the meeting, and the way you pay for your meal at the meeting. Please note all our changes below.

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

COST: The $22.00 is the cost for members. Guests will pay $25.00 and will again be able to visit two times before being asked to join us.

CHECKS: Please make your check out to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers PRIOR to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45 at the table at the door so we can start the meeting promptly at 6:00.

(1) Leave your check made payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

(2) Have your name checked off the RSVP list

(3) Pick-up your name badge – your receipt for the food server to identify you as paid

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table and the format remains the same.

ROOM: Cactus Room – fourth floor of Chaparral Suites just off the center elevator, immediately to the left of the 4^th Floor Grille. See directions below for this elevator and parking. Facing the 4^th Floor Grille exiting this elevator, do not enter the Grille, take an immediate left. We are in the Cactus Room, a banquet room just a few yards away.

DIRECTIONS: Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Road and Scottsdale Road on the north/east corner and just north of Fashion Square Mall – Chaparral Road has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots – best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4^th Floor Grille.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Road and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Road enter the side drive where it says 4^th Floor Grille and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4^th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back on the north end of the complex.

THANK YOU

Patricia L. Brooks

President and founder

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

[email protected]

480-250-5556 cell

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

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