APW Rim Country Chapter hybrid meeting 3/15 – Round table discussion
Topic: APW Rim Country Meeting -Round table discussion
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We’ll be discussing where each of us are in our writing.
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APW Rim Country Chapter Hybrid meeting w Brenda Whiteside
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom and in-person meeting.
Topic: Brenda Whiteside – The Big “O”: Let’s Get Organized!
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM Arizona
In-person: Majestic Rim Living Community on E. Tyler Parkway next to the community garden. We’ll be in the chapel, just inside the lobby on the right side of the lobby.
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Join us as Brenda Whiteside talks about The Big “O”: Let’s Get Organized!
Getting organized before you type the first word in your new manuscript will save you frustration and time in both your writing career and personal life. Build your foundation first. Brenda will offer up tips, examples and samples, advice, and the tools to make your writing day flow easier and faster.
Bio: Brenda Whiteside is the award-winning author of romantic suspense, cozy mystery, and romance. She writes children’s books with her granddaughter under the names of Brenda Sue and Sadi Belle. The secret to being a prolific published author is getting organized.
She’s a born and bred Arizona native who sets her fictional stories in imaginary, but recognizable, Arizona locations. After marrying, she and her husband lived in six states and two countries, but a few years back they settled in Central Arizona. They admit to being gypsies at heart so won’t discount the possibility of another move. They share their home with a rescue dog named Amigo. While FDW fishes, Brenda writes.
Brenda’s website is BrendaWhiteside.com
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APW Rim Country Chapter – 2/21/24 Writing a bio
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting.
The Rim Country chapter of the Arizona Professional Writers will meet on February 21st at 1pm in the Majestic Rim Living facility on E. Tyler Parkway, in the chapel off of the lobby.The speaker will be chapter president, Connie Cockrell. Her presentation will be on how to write a bio.
Topic: Connie Cockrell on how to write a bio.
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 1 pm
Location: Majestic Rim Living in Payson on E. Tyler Parkway in the chapel off the lobby.
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HANDOUT: Available at the meeting. It will be sent out to those attending on Zoom. Please print it before the meeting so you can follow along.
TOPIC: An author’s bio, while not long, holds a key spot in any author’s marketing and advertising work. Learn about the key parts of the bio and how to write them.
Connie Cockrell
BIO: Connie Cockrell is a 20-year Air Force career, a manager at a computer operations company, as well as wife, mother, sister and volunteer. All this experience provides a rich background for her storytelling.
She writes about whatever comes into her head so her books could be in any genre. She’s published 20 books, has been included in five anthologies and been published on EveryDayStories.com and FrontierTales.com. Connie’s always on the lookout for a good story idea. Beware, you may be the next one.
She can be found at conniesrandomthoughts.com or on Facebook at: Facebook.com/ConniesRandomThoughts or on Twitter at: @ConnieCockrell or on Amazon at amazon.com/author/conniecockrell
APW Rim County Chapter 1/17/24 – Kent Thompson
Rim Country Chapter meeting – in person and on Zoom!
APW Rim Country Chapter meeting will be held at 1 pm on January 17th at Majestic Rim Retirement on E. Tyler Parkway in their meeting room off the lobby. The speaker is Kent Thompson. The presentation will also be on Zoom.
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Rim Country Chapter with Kent Thompson, author of historical fiction A Patriot’s Dream
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM Arizona
Location: Majestic Rim Retirement on E. Tyler Parkway, Payson, AZ in their meeting room off the lobby OR
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Bio: Kent Thompson grew up in Newcastle, Wyoming. After a few years in California, he met his wife and they moved back to Wyoming so Kent could finish college at the University of Wyoming, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in history.
Though his original career goal was to teach history and coach football and basketball, he ended up with a career in the oil industry back in California. Towards the end he supervised three offshore platforms and worked with Navy SEAL TRADET to plan SEAL training on those platforms. Kent and Susan now live in a small mountain town in Arizona. They will never actually “retire.” They have three grown children and two grandsons.
Kent is a lifelong student of the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers and has authored the fiction book, A Patriot’s Dream: The Restoration. He’ll be talking about his book and writing historical fiction.
APW meeting 11/15 “How to do a Book Launch” with Gale Kittleson
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting! We will meet in person as well as on Zoom!
The Rim Country APW will meet on November 15th, 1pm, at the Payson Library. Our guest speaker is Gail Kittleson. She’ll be talking about “How to do a Book Launch.” She’ll have books available for sale and signing. This is an open meeting, so curious-new-to-writing authors of all kinds are invited to attend.
Topic: How to do a Book Launch with Gale Kittleson
Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 1 pm AZ time
Location: Payson Library at 328 N McLane Rd, Payson, AZ or
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Bio: Writing has always been both a joy and a survival tool for Gail Kittleson. When she instructed college writing classes, attending a writing retreat motivated her to pen a memoir. A decade later, this debut publication paved the way for writing historical fiction. Gail’s make-do characters, usually World War II era, rise above adversities to make a difference. She loves to encourage other authors through her workshops. She and her retired Army Chaplain husband enjoy grandchildren and creating a Northern Iowa cottage garden. In winter, they retreat to the beautiful Ponderosa forest of Arizona’s Mogollon Rim. You can learn more about Gail at http://www.gailkittleson.com
APW Virtual Meeting 4/19/23 – How to do audiobooks
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to Rim Country Chapter’s Virtual Meeting on April 12. The topic will be “How to do audiobooks” with author Karen Randau. The Zoom link is posted below.
Topic: How to do Audiobooks with Karen Randau
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Time: 1 pm Arizona Time
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karen Randau is a lifelong writer—for as long as she can remember, she’s processed all of her major life events by writing about them. She earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas, but one semester on the school newspaper convinced her she didn’t want to be a journalist. Instead, she worked in marketing communications, first in the high-tech industry and then for 27 years for an international non-profit that helps people in developing countries pull themselves from poverty.
She began writing novels after she confessed a particularly strange thought to a co-worker and asked if the co-worker thought Karen was going crazy. The co-worker said, “No, I think you have a novel in you that is screaming to get out.”
Her first five books were published by Short On Time Books in Karen’s Rim Country Mystery series. She decided to go indie for the next three series and now has 13 published books. The most recent is From Chaos, book 2 in the Peach Blossom Romantic Suspense series, which reached an overall rating on Amazon of just under 2,800 and was in the top 10 in several categories. She worked with a producer through ACX to develop an audiobook for book 1 in that series, Into the Fog. That book is a current finalist for a Selah award.
For audiobooks, she’s tried everything from letting her publisher handle the whole process, to trying to narrate and produce it herself, to working with a professional narrator. She learned a lot along the way about production, distribution, and marketing audiobooks, which she’ll share with us on April 19.
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- Karen Randau
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- Kayla Walsh Mystery Suspense Trilogy
APW August Virtual Meeting – 8/10/22 Dito Abbott
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a meeting on Zoom.
Topic: APW Rim Country- Dito Abbott- When life Imitates Art
Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM Arizona
Zoom: Members have been sent the Zoom link. Nonmembers who would like to attend should contact Connie Cockrell at connie.cockrell @ gmail.com for the link.
DITO ABBOTT
“Adventure: When Art Imitates Life” is based on my experience in a wide range of creative disciplines, as well as incorporating my love for adventure.
In this presentation, I will talk about comfort zones and how they define our horizons, using examples from my artistic past, such as:
– Spending 3.5 years shooting a stop motion music video for my band, Too Many Drummers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T0ZCpfSaIA
– Drawing on my sailing experiences to write a novel
– The important role failure plays in creativity
Dito’s debut YA Fantasy novel, Debunked, draws on his love for adventure, googly-eyed slime beasts, and sarcastic swords of legend.
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- Dito Abbott – Debunked
Marketing opportunity – Payson
APW member, Chrisann Dawson, has a request to share a December marketing table in Payson. It’s a great opportunity.
Common Grounds Christmas Holiday Fair.
Vendor Fee is $60.
Chrisann would like to share a table with at least one other APW member. Vendors must provide our own table, canopy, and way to handle purchases. She has a 4 foot table but no canopy.
If you are interested contact Chrisann at dawsonchrisann@gmail.com,
October Business Expo
From Connie Cockrell, APW president and Rim Country Chairperson:
The Rim Country chapter of APW is a member of the Chamber and so we get notice of upcoming events. Feel free to sign up for the Chamber breakfast/lunch or other events. I am thinking of attending the Business Showcase on October 23. I’d like to have 2-3 other authors join me in sharing the booth. Drop me an email at connie.cockrell@gmail.com ASAP if you’re interested. You must be a member of APW to participate.
Here’s the description: In October we will be holding our 2nd Annual Flea Market Business Expo. Held at the Payson High School parking lot on Saturday, October 23rd from 10am to 2pm, this event is a great low-cost marketing and networking opportunity. There will be music provided by KRIM, food trucks and we encourage businesses to bring candy for any trick-or-treaters who stop by. Spaces are $100 for Chamber members and half of the proceeds will go to the DECA program at the high school. Please reserve your space by October 15th. And be sure to ask about our sponsorship opportunities for more bang for your marketing bucks!
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