APW Central Chapter Zoom meeting with Katrina Shawver 9/13

Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Writing Lean – Make Every Word Count
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 10 a.m. Arizona

Join Zoom: Members have been sent the Zoom link. It is also posted in the Members-only section of the website. https://arizonaprofessionalwriters.org/members-only/apw-virtual-meetings/ Contact your chapter chairperson well in advance of the meeting if you have forgotten the sign-in or have lost your invitation.

Nonmembers are welcome to attend and should send an email to Marie Fasano mafasano1 @ gmail.com or Jaimie Bruzenak calamityjaimie @ gmail.com requesting the link,  Please request the link by Wednesday, September 10.

Topic: Writing Lean – Make Every Word Count. From newspapers to novels, it’s critical to be frugal with words for maximum impact. Katrina will share tips and tricks to make every word count.

Author Bio:
Katrina Shawver is an experienced writer, speaker and long-time history geek. As a journalist, she wrote for The Arizona Republic, Arizona Parenting, Phoenix Downtown, and other publications for many years. In 2002, she met Henry Zguda, a Polish Catholic survivor of German concentration camps, and soon offered to write his incredible story. She spent over ten years researching Poland, World War II, and the Holocaust. Her award-winning book, Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America, is available in English, Polish, and Czech.

Katrina is a seasoned Toastmaster and has presented to many audiences. She served as a writer in residence at the Glendale Public Library in Glendale, Arizona. In previous lives she worked as a project manager in software support, a paralegal, a tax preparer, answered phones for a forensic psychiatrist, hiked the Grand Canyon three times, and still wishes sweet potato fries counted as a vegetable. For more information, visit katrinashawver.com.