Susan Clare Anderson to give talk
APW member Susan Clare Anderson will be featured on the first episode of the Local Author Talk Series provided by the Scottsdale Public Library on Friday, January 22. She’ll be presenting her new book Everything, which will be available on the library’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms. You can follow these social medias at the Scottsdale Library website- https://www.scottsdalelibrary.org . Also, be sure to tune in on Friday, January 15 at 6:30 pm the Local Author Book Talk on the Libraries YouTube channel. If you would like to show your support, you can even leave a “Like!”
The Local Authors Book Talk team has also created a separate trailer for the program each month. The trailer for the program in January is available now on library social media – Facebook , (https://www.facebook.com/ScottsdalePublicLibrary/videos/156409235951926), Twitter, and Instagram. You can also follow us on these social media at our website https://www.scottsdalelibrary.org/ by clicking the links are at the bottom of the home page.
Viewers can find a link to the actual program at the event page of the library website ( https://scottsdale.libnet.info/event/4681273 ). The link may not be available till the date and time of the program.
- Susan Clare Anderson
- Everything – Susan Clare Anderson
Wynne Brown on Sara Lemmon – January 14
APW member Wynne Brown has been invited to participate in the Pima Library Foundation’s Author Salon about her work on the Sara Lemmon Project. “On the Road to Mount Lemmon …” will take place via Zoom Thursday, January 14, at 4 p.m. “Seating” is limited, so be sure to register early. It’ll be a one-time opportunity as the Foundation will not be recording the event.
See the entire announcement here. Use this link to register.
Congratulations, Wynne. This promises to be a fascinating interview!
Carol Osmond Brown Celebration of Life
Save the date – and need help
Carol Brown’s son, Bryan, has booked the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix on March 6, 2021 for Carol’s celebration of life ceremony. Bryan is in the process of putting it all together now. The space that is booked is a large outdoor space but with a 50-person limit due to Covid. (10 of those will be reserved for family.) The celebration will be live-streamed, which will allow more APW friends to participate.
Bryan is hoping to have some stories or testimonials from some of his mom’s friends. These can be prerecorded in advance. He will edit it together for the event.
Please send memories, stories, testimonials to Bryan Lee Brown bryanleebrown@gmail.com Photos are welcome. Also, let Bryan know if you’d like to attend, live or streaming. We will announce the time (probably 11 or 12) and make the Zoom or other link available closer to the date.
Please pass this on to other friends who might not see this. Thanks for your help!
2021 Arizona Professional Writers Annual Journalism Scholarship
Arizona Professional Writers Annual Journalism Scholarship
APW is an avid promoter of literacy. We offer a scholarship each year to a student who plans to pursue a career in journalism or writing.
2021 Scholarship
The Arizona Professional Writers (APW) is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving undergraduate student who lives and studies in Arizona, and is currently pursuing a degree in the fields of English or Journalism.
APW, a non-profit organization (formerly Arizona Press Women, Inc.), has been a statewide support for writers and journalists since 1953. Please review the materials and pass the information along to your students. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2021.
Click on the link to download Writing/Journalism Scholarship Application Form
Contact: Dianna DiMaggio at diannadima086@gmail.com
or call 928-978-5139.
Dianna Di Maggio,
The Arizona Professional Writers Scholarship Committee
December 5, 2020 APW Board meeting agenda
All members are invited to attend.
Date: Dec. 5, 2020
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Place: ZOOM (Contact Marie for the link)
Topic: APW Board of Directors Meeting
Agenda
Call meeting to order- President’s Report – Marie Fasano
Minutes from the May meeting- Secretary – Brenda Whiteside
Treasurer’s Report- Cheryl Kohout
Vice- President’s report- Bobbie Bennett
Membership Report- Connie Cockrell
Central Chapter report – Barbara Lacy
Rim Country Chapter report – Connie Cockrell
Southern Chapter report –
Webmaster report- Jaimie Bruzenak
Old Business:
Skirting Traditions Distribution of Book and new storage – Marie
Scholarship Committee
New Business
New APW Book Club- Barbara
Plans for April 2021 convention- Bobbie
Discussion of scheduling virtual meetings
Committee to select New Officers 2021-2022
Other Business
November 2020 meeting of the APW Book Club
Join the NEW APW Book Club for our second meeting November 28, 10:00 am on Zoom (url to be emailed a few days before the meeting), showcasing Marylee MacDonald’s new publication, Surrender.
APW members and nonmembers are welcome to download a 15-chapter sample of the book. If you’d like to join our group and discuss it, then Marylee will be happy to provide the FULL COPY of the book for free. Email Marylee for a copy. Maybe this will be an incentive for you to join! It’s so interesting to see the diverse perspectives everyone brings to a book discussion. We really enjoyed discussing Karen’s memoir, Timeless Dance.
Below is the Amazon book blurb for Surrender:
Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.
Adopted at birth, Marylee’s parents told her she was a “chosen child.” She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents’ divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy. Convinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.
Nature vs. nurture: Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew? In telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?
If you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald’s funny and poignant memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.
The ebook version of SURRENDER is available for preorder now on Amazon with a delivery date of November 19.

Important links:
- Download a 15-chapter sample at https://BookHip.com/GPKGG
- Here’s the preorder link. https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Memoir-Nature-Nurture-Love-ebook/dp/B08F7CYSNY/
- If folks would like to know more about Marylee and this book in particular, then please visit her book launch page. https://booklaunch.io/maryleemacdonald/surrender.
- Obtain a free copy of the book if you plan to attend the Book Club Meeting by emailing Marylee at mm@maryleemacdonald.org
- If you are a member and would like your book to be discussed at a future meeting, email or call Karen Lateiner: kslateiner@gmail.com, 973-997-7204
- Zoom link: APW members will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the meeting. If you are not a member and would like to attend, email Marie Fasano at mfasano.apw@gmail.com Put “Nov 28 Zoom link” in the subject line.