AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK AT GRIEF
In their non-fiction book, Living Life after Losing One (Cedar Fork), Oregon mother of seven, Alice Rampton, and her friend Nikki King, mother of five, joined forces to take on the daunting task of looking at their grief in an unconventional approach.
Contrary to a common belief that grieving is something you do and get through; these women show us great strength. Grief, as a process for the rest of your life, is what we see in their writing; it becomes more bearable, and your emotions are not as intense.
Grief occurs in all lives, and in many ways. Rampton and King’s book focuses on the grief of one child lost to cancer and another one to a car accident, as well as a myriad of other possibilities with additional interviews. They believe that grief does not have to destroy a family or a relationship, but that trauma can give new life and new meaning to families in different ways.
Just as a broken bone that has healed is often stronger than the original, similarly the heart has the capacity to grow stronger from grief. Nowhere is that demonstrated more clearly than with these two women and their friends. While dealing with their relationships under incredible stress, they now know a personal strength they did not recognize previously.
In this work, Rampton and King discuss the roots of grief, the triggers, the ways of coping with it, the process and stages of grief taken on your grief journey, and the secrets to maintaining a healthy healing. Grief is so common and so poorly understood, and yet it was a motivator for them to interview a group of other mothers with the same loss experience, both anticipated or unforeseen.
To look at a new perspective on grief and to choose their futures, all the women speaking to us in the book sought to be alive again. Each one, in their own way, resorted to leaving the constraints of grief to support each other and to give and receive kindness and joy.
They eventually felt free from the restraints of grief and understood they had the right to be happy, to move on, to be optimistic. They began to give themselves, and each other permission to be more than their loss situation.
Grief is a powerful alarm system for all members of a family. The siblings are also studied in the storytelling. Once the women dealt with the acute pain of the loss, of a future without their child, they looked more realistically at where their lives were going.
They each acknowledged the hurt, the guilt, and the mistrust, and began to live again. They found new meaning in all of it by asking questions of themselves and the others who share this unique bond of being the parent who’s lost a child.
What was this all about? What’s the insight? Why did this happen?
Conclusion: Grief isn’t black and white.
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Susan Brooks, author, columnist and entrepreneur Wed. May 29th
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITEERS
SSWW Welcomes Susan Brooks, Author, Entrepreneur and Columnist
WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers
WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – speaker and book signing*
WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: May 29th, 2013 – Wed. 5:30-7:30
HOW: PLEASE – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder
Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com See Details Below
WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing, publishing, camaraderie and support.
Speaker: *Susan Brooks – author, entrepreneur, and columnist
Susan Brooks is an international speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, published columnist, and author. Marketplace service issues and leadership challenges are her forte. Susan’s most recent book ‘Outrageous, Courageous, and Highly Contagious…’ is a leadership storybook, a provocative fun-read for people ready to ignite Life in themselves and others. In this collection of profound stories that will inspire your own, everyday people serve causes bigger than themselves, genuine to their own truth and full-out self-expression. Each is a risk-taker living on the edge of awe. It is their Service Enthusiasm that is celebrated in this book!
Susan sees herself as their Messenger, humbled by the privilege to share their powerful and significant stories with you, stories that will inspire you to step up your own life. After all, Life is all about the choices we make, so why wait to be happy? At the risk of her own vulnerability, Susan also includes her own story at the end of every section in this book. Known as a ‘cultural provocateur,’ Susan lives out on those skinny branches, taking risks, asking the right questions, and refusing to settle for less. Susan attracts the best in you…she is your champion for change!
Make it an Outrageous, Courageous and Highly Contagious Day!
Susan Brooks
Serves You Right!
(602) 340 0206 www.servesyouright.net www.facebook.com/ServesYouRight
See notes below for dinner fees, meeting format and location directions.
Thank you.
MENU: A light dinner – salad or sandwich and soup, dessert, beverage and roll with tax and gratuity included – make your choice the night of the meeting.
COST: $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests – PLEASE RSVP. Thank you.
CHECKS or cash: Please make check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers (SSWW) prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you for the help.
CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45. The meeting starts promptly at 6:00. All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker – cost noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!
AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of good INFO for you.
DIRECTIONS: Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town. Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots.
Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4th Floor Grille – not from the main entrance.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4th Floor Grille on the Chaparral side. This is the easiest way in – again, not through the main lobby. Welcome!
Goals of the Group
- Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
- Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
- Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
- Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
- Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
- Encourage participation by members as presenters, mentors, judges and volunteers
- Support and challenge each other to always be writing
- Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
- Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS welcomes Syd Hoffman to speak July 25th
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Welcomes Syd Hoffman, author, speaker and wellness guru to the July 25th 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 – 4th Floor Grill entrance, then left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: JULY 25th Wed. 5:30-7:30 – Sizzle in our Summer Season!
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: 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 patricia@plbrooks.com 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.
CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45. The meeting starts promptly at 6:00. Leave your check made payable to SSWW. All those attending the meeting must pay for
the dinner/room/speaker. Pick up your name badge – thank you and ENJOY!
AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of good INFO for you.
DIRECTIONS:
Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town. Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots.
Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4th Floor Grille.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side
drive at 4th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – NOT through the main lobby. The larger parking lots are in the back of the complex.
Goals of the Group
Value all the professional women writers seeking to
share their expertise
- Honor all genres and all forms of professional
writing - Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members
forward - Learn and share in the experiences of monthly
professional speakers - Grow the group to a membership of active and
contributing women - Encourage participation by members as presenters,
mentors, judges and volunteers - Support and challenge each other to always be
writing - Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty
personal goals - Have fun,
meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Larry James – www.authorsandspeakers.com
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Welcomes inspirational speaker LARRY JAMES for 2012
New Year Meeting!
LARRY JAMES Author/Speaker for January 25th
WHO: Scottsdale society of Women Writers
WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – celebrate writing and help us RING IN THE NEW YEAR
WHERE:
Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd, – 4th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit 4th floor, left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: JAN 25th Wed 5:30-7:30 – Celebrate the New Year with us!
WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.
HOW: PLEASE – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder
Cell 480-250-5556
or patricia@plbrooks.com See Details Below
SPEAKER:
About Larry James. . .
Larry James is founder and President of CelebrateIntimateWeddings.com and CelebrateLove.com and two other Websites. He has been a full-time professional speaker and author since 1987. During his long career, he has authored five books. He has earned his reputation as speaker and trainer by teaching success principles/techniques learned and developed from his xperiences in the field of broadcasting, selling and living life to its fullest.
His “Relationship Enrichment Love Shop,” adapted from his best-selling
books, “How to Really Love the One You’re With: Affirmative Guidelines for a Healthy Love Relationship,” “Love Notes for Lovers: Words That Make Music for Two Hearts Dancing!” and “Red Hot Love Notes for
Lovers” is presented nationally. His new book is, “Ten Commitments of Networking: Creative Ways to Maximize Your Personal Connections.” Larry’s books have been published in the U.S., Russia, India, Korea, Poland, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. He was on staff with Dr. John Gray, Ph.D. author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” for eight years. He was Dr. Gray’s personal choice to host the popular “Mars/Venus Chat Room” on America Online and served as host for nearly three years.
Larry has appeared on ABC TV’s “The View” with Barbara Walters and more than 650 radio talk shows. He’s been quoted in Cosmopolitan Magazine & Red Book and his articles have appeared in Modern Bride, Arizona Weddings, Wedding Chronicle, Arizona’s Finest Wedding Sites & Services and many others. Numerous relationship articles also appear on Larry’s Websites.
About AuthorsandSpeakersNetwork.c¤m. . .
AuthorsandSpeakersNetwork.com is an awesome website with more than 200 pages of informative information, tips, ceremonies, checklists, elationship articles and more for authors and speakers. Larry James an ordained, inational wedding officiant and performs personally customized “romantic” wedding ceremonies with romantic elegance and impeccable detail; one that will be a cherished memory for a lifetime.
Larry James was voted “Best Officiant” in the Greater Phoenix area by the Wedding Chronicle’s 2007, 2008 & 2009 Readers Poll. Larry
James P.O. Box 12695, Scottsdale, Arizona 85267-2695
480 998-9411 ¤ Cell 480-205-3694 ¤ 800 725-9223 ¤ Fax 480 998-2173
E-mail: CelebrateLove@cox.net ¤ www.CelebrateIntimateWeddings.com
See notes below for dinner fees, format and location directions. Thank you.
MENU: Salad, dessert, beverage and roll or a sandwich/soup, dessert, beverage and roll – both with tax and gratuity included – make your choice the night of the meeting.
COST: $22.00 for members – $25.00 for guests (able to visit twice before joining)
CHECKS: Please make check payable to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in table. Thank you.
CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 at the
table at the door, the meeting starts promptly at 6:00 – thank you.
(1) Leave your check made payable to SSWW
(2) All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker
(3)Have your name checked off the RSVP list and Pick-up your
name badge
AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table and the format remains the same.
DIRECTIONS:
Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Fashion Square Mall – Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4th Floor Grille.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille and come up that elevator. There is an awning marked 4th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back of the complex.
Goals of the Group
Value all the professional women writers seeking to
share their expertise
- Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
- Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members
forward - Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
- Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
- Encourage participation by members as presenters, mentors, judges and volunteers
- Support and challenge each other to always be writing
- Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
- Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes inspirational speaker Gilat Ben Dor
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Welcomes inspirational speaker for our Holiday Meeting!
GILAT BEN-DOR – Speaker Dec 14th
Member Author Holiday Book Sale
WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers
WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting – celebrate writing
WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. at Chaparral Rd light, NE corner – Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit 4th floor, left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: DEC 14th 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 patricia@plbrooks.com See Details Below
SPEAKER: for December 14th
Gilat Ben-Dor, MBA, CSW President, Gilat Ben-Dor Media, LLC
info@GilatMedia.com 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 ProfessionalTM.
Contact Gilat at info@GilatMedia.com 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.
DIRECTIONS:
Chaparral Suites is in Scottsdale at Chaparral Rd just north of Fashion Square Mall – Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is in the rear – two large parking lots Note: best to enter from the middle elevator for the 4th Floor Grille.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille and come up that elevator. There is an awning marked 4th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in
– not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back of the complex.
Goals of the Group
Value all the professional women writers seeking to
share their expertise
- Honor all genres and all forms of professional
writing - Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members
forward - Learn and share in the experiences of monthly
professional speakers - Grow the group to a membership of active and
contributing women - Encourage participation by members as presenters,
mentors, judges and volunteers - Support and challenge each other to always be
writing - Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty
personal goals - Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers partner with Barnes and Noble to feature three of their award winning authors
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder
patricia@plbrooks.com 480-250-5556 cell
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers partners with Barnes and Noble Booksellers
WHEN: Tuesday July 5th, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Free Event
WHERE: Barnes and Noble Booksellers – 90th St., Shea Blvd., west of the
101, Scottsdale
WHO: Three non-fiction award winning authors
Kebba Buckley Button, Cay Randall May and Dawn Fleming
WHAT: Share their writing stories and sign books Discover
the Secret Energized You, Healing and the Creative Response, and Creating a Successful Holistic Health Practice
HOW: RSVP Patricia L. Brooks, patricia@plbrooks.com or
480-250-5556
KEBBA BUCKLEY BUTTON Kebba Buckley Button is the author of the award-winning book, Discover The Secret Energized You, the new book, Peace Within. Known as “The
LifeTools Lady”, she is a stress management trainer, holistic health educator,
columnist, pain-solutions therapist, and ordained minister. Kebba has
served as the Health and Wellness Editor of One Planet magazine, and her
column, UpBeat Livingsm, is online. She has given trainings for such diverse groups as the American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys, CableOne, American Mensa Ltd., the Presbytery of Grand Canyon, and many business associations. Kebba is a chocolate advocate and chili cook-off champion.
DISCOVER THE SECRET ENERGIZED YOU Discover The Secret Energized You [Brooks Goldmann Publishing, 2008] is a fun, award-winning handbook for understanding and
defeating fatigue forever. Mainly for those who are exhausted from stress,
this book exposes myths about stress that keep people thinking tired and living
exhausted. It offers easy-to-use LifeTools for decreasing your overwhelm,
getting back your vitality, and increasing your energy for the long term.
Life is an experiment! What tools will you use?
DAWN FLEMING Creating a Successful Holistic Health Practice gives practitioners the
“how to” start or expand their holistic health practice. It provides
both the necessary inner and outer work that it takes to be successful in this
unique field of healing. Learn techniques and steps to create a satisfying and
professional practice that attracts and engages clients and maintains the level
of income and success that you desire.
Dawn Fleming, May you feel loved and extend that love to others! Peaceful journeys
DAWN FLEMING is a holistic health educator, practitioner and author who has been working in
the field of energy medicine since 1989. She has helped many clients to heal
and has helped them to remove blocks that keep them stuck. Dawn is a mentor to
practitioners and many business owners, teaching them how to be successful in
any economy. Her book Creating a Successful Holistic Health Practice provides both the inner and outer work to creating success. This book tells you how build a successful practice or to
expand on the practice/business that you already have. Many exercises are
provided so that you can focus what is offered to meet your needs. Other books
that Dawn Fleming has published that promote success in the holistic health
professions are Teaching Workshops Effectively and Navigating the
Continuing Education Approval Process. Dawn can be reached at mylifeisgood22@cox.net and
her website is http://www.energytransformations.org
CAY RANDALL MAY
“Healing and the Creative Response”, a book plus CD, by Cay Randall-May, Ph.D., de-mystifies natural and spiritual healing and cites specific examples drawn from various modalities including prayer, laying-on-of-hands, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki and Energy Medicine. The author explains that these share Four Key Steps: 1. set intention; 2. relax and clear; 3. engage and blend; 4. attune to the highest, unconditional love.
As these steps reduce emotional and physical distress, Randall-May asserts that
they will promote intuition and self-expression through a process she calls the
Creative Response. This book and CD is a resource for anyone
interested in healing, intuition, and creativity.
About Cay Randall-May, Ph.D.
A professional intuitive consultant and healer for more than 30 years, Cay Randall-May, Ph.D.,
specializes in medical intuition. She is certified by the American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition, founded by C. Norman Shealy, MD, Ph.D., and Caroline Myss, Ph.D. and has a
world-wide practice. Dr. Shealy recommends her in her in his latest book, “Medical Intuition, Your Awakening to Wholeness” (4th Dimension Press, 2010, pgs. 119, 120).
Dr. Randall-May teaches The Intuitive Pathway program in advanced intuitive studies
through the Healing Arts Connection in Phoenix. She teaches “Creative Self Care”, “Introduction to Intuitive Healing”, and “The Intuitive Pathway (TIP) Modules” through the HAC as well as several on-line classes related to these topics through the Energy Medicine University.
You can listen to her weekly internet radio program, TRANZFORM U, every Wednesday,
4 to 6 pm by visiting www.blogtalkradio.com/Michael_Gogger1 or
call into the show for a personal reading (tel. 646-200-3942).
She is also an accomplished fine artist who has taught for several years through Paradise Valley Community College and elsewhere. Visit www.cayrandallmaysart.com to
view and or purchase her artworks in several media.
www.HealingCreativeResponse.com
www.cayrandallmaysart.com
contact the Healing Arts Connection through info@How2Heal.com, or
623-215-7988
Scottsdale Society of Women Writers invites Susan Brooks of Serves You Right and former owner of Cookies from Home to speak to their meeting in April
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Wishes you a Happy Spring
SUSAN BROOKS www.servesyouright.net
April 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 4th Floor Grill entrance, take elevator, exit and turn left to the Cactus Room
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. APRIL 27TH, 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 patricia@plbrooks.com
SPEAKER: Susan Brooks-Serves You Right!
Susan Brooks, is the founder of Cookies from Home, a multimillion dollar cookie gift company, a world renowned speaker, author, columnist, and, most importantly, a devout Service Enthusiast. Having sold her company in 2010, Susan is focusing her energies full time on her ‘Service Enthusiasm’ and leadership global programs. As a top priority, Susan will be completing her second book ‘Outrageous, Courageous, and Highly Contagious Leadership,’ due out late fall.
Words that Work for Me
Susan will share her favorite quotes and stories from a collection of famous and not-so-famous writers. Each has inspired her. Each will move you. Forever intimate, Susan welcomes a full house…in fact, ‘sold out’ are two of her favorite words…that, and ‘with gratitude.’ (602) 340 0206 www.servesyouright.net
www.facebook.com/ServesYouRight
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 4th Floor Grille.
From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at 4th Floor Grille and come up that elevator – it is in the center of the hotel complex. There is an awning marked 4th Floor Grille. This is the easiest way in – not through the lobby. The parking lots are in the back 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 Publisher and Scottsdale Author Launch When Angels Call Your Name
Scottsdale Author and Scottsdale Publisher launch
When Angels Call your Name
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, February, 2011 – To find hope in our creativity is the ultimate satisfaction on our quest for understanding miracles and how they impact lives. That was accomplished this past month by Scottsdale author Marilyn Frazer www.marilynfrazer.com as Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC of Scottsdale, AZ enhanced the launch of her high quality self-help production When Angels Call your Name. This new book de-mystifies the experience of miracles in our lives today.
In today’s firestorm of spiritual doubt, this book is a collection of touched-by-an angel stories that should not be overlooked. Frazer gathered the miracle stories over the years from true accounts of people who experienced the unusual, the synchronistic, the amazing and told them in their own words. Each one is a small miracle, often a life-changing experience that will touch your heart.
In addition to reducing the mystery of miracles in her book, When Angels Call your Name, Frazer asserts life’s miracles occur all the time. Perhaps you too have a story of a beautiful life changing experience.
Frazer, who represents not only her writing but her art and meditation, serves the community in many ways. She teaches and works within natural approaches to creativity. Readers who sample this beautiful book will become open to the possibility of achieving greater well-being and peace with life’s many miracles.
As a published author herself, Scottsdale business woman, Patricia L. Brooks, of Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC endorses this book on what she considers “the ultimate subject for all of us” – finding personal peace and acceptance that miracles do exist and are possible for all of us. Patricia assures the author is a spiritual soul having worked with her on the publishing process. She confirms the book is thought provoking and genuine.
The Brooks Goldmann Publishing website www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com provides more information on their publishing services. Patricia can help you travel the writing and publishing maze. Visit her many posts on writing and publishing on their blog https://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS – welcomes Barbara Kaplan www.babarakaplan.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com
SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
Wishes you a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!
WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers
WHAT: Monthly Guest Speaker/Dinner Meeting
WHERE: The Marriott Suites Old Town, 7325 E. Third Ave. and Scottsdale Rd.,
So of Camelback Rd. (turn E at the light, parking near the hotel or valet)
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. December 15th, 2010
WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.
HOW: PLEASE – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder
Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com
SPEAKER: Where do you write? In an office, at home or in nature? How have you created an environment that stimulates your creativity? Let’s discuss how your environment supports and nourishes your personal process. Bring pictures, ideas, challenges and lots of questions so you will leave energized to expand your talents. I look forward to being with you.
Barbara Kaplan developed The Bajaro Method of interior design as a process of
Self-discovery for her clients allows her to create environments that are personal to them. Barbara has worked with thousands of clients using this method to design surroundings that are nurturing, supportive and healing as well as beautiful. Watching clients become empowered through the design process gives her the most satisfaction!
Barbara is an Allied Member of ASID and member and Past President of IFDA and WATT. Her company, Design Dimensions was established in 1983. Barbara has been featured in the Scottsdale Tribune, Phoenix Home and Garden magazine and Arizona Lifestyle magazine. She has also appeared on Sonoran Living, Good Evening Arizona and Phoenix’s Best New Homes television programs and has presented several seminars. She has had a weekly column in the Scottsdale Tribune and has a monthly column in the City Sun Times.
“Are you living in ‘YOUR’ colors?”
Barbara Kaplan IFDA, Allied Member ASID, WATT
Personal & Business “Interior” Lifestyle Designer & Color Guru
Creator of The Bajaro Method – Interior Design Simplified
Featuring: #1 Online Color and Design Profile-“Your True Colors”
Bajaro Branding Delivers Your “Interior” Image Signature to the World
Contact: Ph: 480-998-5088 Fax: 480-998-7522
Website: www.BajaroMethod.com
Blog: www.BajaroMethod.com/blog
Book:The Bajaro Method: “Rooms Have No Feelings, YOU Do!”
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DO YOU WANT TO BE A SELF-HELP GURU? Wrangling with Writing Conference – Tucson, AZ
• The Self-Help GURU
WRANGLING WITH WRITING CONFERENCE
SEPT 24 TO 26, 2010, TUCSON, AZ – RSVP
Society of Southwest Authors or Patricia L. Brooks, Self-help Speaker 2:30 Sat. 9/24/2010
Will I be Conveying Information? Will I be Dispensing Advice?
• INSPIRATION – What is your purpose?
– Instrument for Change – SEE differently
– Others will follow – SAY what matters to you
– Objectives/Strategies – DELIVER important information
• MOTIVATION – What moves you?
– GRAB your audience – original stories
– GIVE us good writing – a fresh outlook
– MOVE us – what you feel profoundly
• PASSION – What is your truth?
– SHOW Cause and Effect – give advice to improve
– BE a Voice – the authority, knowledgeable
– HONOR who You are – be credible, earn trust
How serious are you about being prepared?
document, research, sources
• RESEARCH – What will you do?
– PRACTICE research rules – be Methodical
– STAY focused – have a Vision
– DO your homework – study History
• READ – Who and what do you enjoy?
Read ferociously – understand and SHOW your topic
Understand yourself – KEEP a Journal – HAVE a follow-up plan – listen, ask questions
– What GNAWS at your soul? – Write from frustration – Deal with fear and trauma –
– Correct a social injustice – React to something upsetting – Write through a crisis
What Incident in your LIFE has motivated you to write this book?
• VOICE – What are your emotional beats?
– Ideas come spontaneously – TALK to yourself
– Pay attention – LISTEN to your subconscious
– Don’t doubt yourself – WRITE, write, write
HEARTBEAT – What first interested you in Self-help?
– INVOLVE all of your senses – come home
– Be MINDFULLY aware – be curious
– Be CLEAR on your vision – give us a larger version
• STRUCTURE – What is your distinct subject?
– SECURE a specific approach – be original
– Remember the 5 W’s – DO Reporting
– GIVE yourself a Timeline – set Goals
Ask yourself: Why would anyone care if I wrote this book? Will it hold interest?
• PATRICIA L. BROOKS, MAOM Speaker, Author, Publishing Consultant, Educator
• Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
• www.plbrooks.com Patricia L. Brooks Seminars, LLC 480-250-5556 cell