APW Typerider Newsletter – January 2025
TYPERIDER – JANUARY 2025
Get ready for EMPOWERED COMMUNICATION! |
Experience the synergy of being in a room filled with professional writers at our 2025 conference. You are invited to learn, chat with friends, and network on May 17th.
Save 20% when you buy your ticket by February 28th!
The cost for members only is $40 when you pay via Zelle or mail a check. (arizonaprofessionalwriters@gmail.com)
SWAG opportunity!
MEMBERS ONLY: Mail 60 of your bookmark, or promotional item to me (Carol Baxter) by April 30 and I’ll include it in the goodies for attendees. (P O Box 1384, Pine AZ 85544)
In addition to our three fine speakers, we will honor brilliant Southwest artist, author, and staunch APW member Barbara Bayless Lacy. Her artwork is featured at the event venue.
If you are reading this on Wednesday, January 15th before 1 p.m. you can catch the Tim Country Chapter’s meeting via Zoom (links below). Attendees will be chatting about writing.
A bright, happy, healthy new year to you!
EARLY BIRD APW MEMBERS SAVE
Buy your $40 ticket by February 28th and pay via Zelle.
(arizonaprofessionalwriters@gmail.com)
JOIN OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP NOW!
NFPW Professional Membership dues are $90.
APW membership dues = $15.
It is $105 to renew both, click here.
You must be a member of NFPW to enter the yearly contest.
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CHAPTER NEWS
Rim Country
The next meeting is Wednesday, February 19th.
Meetings are held at 1 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month via Zoom and in-person in the chapel at Majestic Rim.
10th Annual Payson Book Festival
Author tables are selling quickly. Register here: https://paysonbookfestival.org/
Central |
Author Betsy Love is the featured speaker at the next regular meeting is February 8th at 10 a.m. via Zoom (link emailed to members later).
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BOOK CLUB Meeting
We will discuss Timeless Dance: A Story of Change and Loss by Karen Shiffman Lateiner, M.Ed. Timeless Dance was the first book our group reviewed on October 24, 2020. In light of current controversies regarding transgender issues, and since we have many new members, Karen, host fo the Book Club, took the liberty of listing it again for discussion.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 via ZOOM at 10 am
(link emailed to members later)
APW Book Club – 1/25 – Timeless Dance with Karen Lateiner
We will discuss Timeless Dance: A Story of Change and Loss by Karen Shiffman Lateiner, M.Ed. Timeless Dance was the first book our group reviewed on October 24, 2020. In light of current controversies regarding transgender issues, and since we have many new members, I took the liberty of listing it again for discussion.
Karen Lateiner is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Timeless Dance with Karen Lateiner
Time: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Date: 10:00 AM Arizona
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89868151207
Meeting ID: 898 6815 1207
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kebHDJ9TJd
About the book:
TIMELESS DANCE: A Story of Change and Loss, is just that — a compelling memoir about life, death, gender change, acceptance, advocacy, and coping within the family, the community, and the world. It is a well told story of generational challenges and reflections on life altering events; a skillfully woven mix of narrative, prose, poetry, and letters. A page turner by many accounts, Timeless Dance illuminates issues not often contemplated, especially those related to transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
Reviews
“Karen has written a masterpiece…. It is a moving story of parents coming to terms with true gender identity…[that] shows how love can conquer all and meet any challenge or tragedy….beautifully written and clearly inspirational.”
–Eli Coleman, PhD, Professor and Director, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School
“After reading Timeless Dance, I see the world much differently.” –Susan Anderson, author of Everything.
Customers find the book very enlightening, inspiring, and thought-provoking. They describe the writing style as beautiful, heartfelt, reflective, and honest. Readers also describe the narrative as elegant. AI-generated from the text of customer reviews on Amazon
About the Author
Understanding the transition of her child from male to female during the mid-1990’s, and then grappling with her new daughter’s tragic death two years later, motivated her to share what she experienced and learned about transgender issues, as well as life in general. Her compelling book, Timeless Dance: A Story of Change and Loss, stands as a memoir, biography, and primer for understanding gender diversity. Telling her story and speaking at a variety of educational, social, religious, and corporate venues provides an opportunity to open important conversations about LGBTQ+ issues, past and present.
Karen Shiffman Lateiner holds an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology. Throughout her personal life, and her professional career as a developmental psychologist and mental health clinician, she has actively advocated for safe and nurturing school and home environments for all children, especially for those at-risk for marginalization and bullying.
A native of New Jersey, she moved to New York City, where she met and married her husband Roger. After spending a year living on a kibbutz in Israel in 1972-73, they returned to New York,before ultimately settling in Montclair, New Jersey, where they raised their two children. Upon retirement, she and her husband traveled the country in a motorhome for two years before making Arizona their new home. Combining her love of writing and the Sonoran Desert, Karen created a Hike and Write program to encourage others to write as a means of expressing their thoughts and telling their own unique stories. Currently, she is a member of her HOA Board of Directors and a member of Arizona Professional Writers.
Rim Country Chapter hybrid meeting 1/15/25
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to the January Rim Country Chapter meeting. Meet at Majestic Rim Retirement Living in the chapel off of the main lobby located at 310 E. Tyler Pkwy, Payson or join on Zoom. All are welcome.
Topic: Rim Country Chapter meeting – a time for sharing
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84817400687
Meeting ID: 848 1740 0687
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kHieummIS
APW 2025 State Conference – Barbara Lacy honored
Save the date – May 17!
(You can download and print a copy of the flyer Barbara Lacy flyer here.)
APW Book Club 1/25/25 – Karen Lateiner
The APW book group will not be meeting in December. Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 25, 2025 via ZOOM at 10 am. We will discuss Timeless Dance: A Story of Change and Loss by Karen Shiffman Lateiner, M.Ed.
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. AZ
Zoom: to be sent out in mid-January
Timeless Dance was the first book our group reviewed on October 24, 2020. In light of current controversies regarding transgender issues, and since we have many new members, it is timely to discuss it again.
TIMELESS DANCE: A Story of Change and Loss, is just that — a compelling memoir about life, death, gender change, acceptance, advocacy, and coping within the family, the community, and the world. It is a well told story of generational challenges and reflections on life altering events; a skillfully woven mix of narrative, prose, poetry, and letters. A page turner by many accounts, Timeless Dance illuminates issues not often contemplated, especially those related to transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
About the Author
Karen Shiffman Lateiner holds an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology. Throughout her personal life, and her professional career as a developmental psychologist and mental health clinician, she has actively advocated for safe and nurturing school and home environments for all children, especially for those at-risk for marginalization and bullying.
A native of New Jersey, she moved to New York City, where she met and married her husband Roger. After spending a year living on a kibbutz in Israel in 1972-73, they returned to New York,before ultimately settling in Montclair, New Jersey, where they raised their two children. Upon retirement, she and her husband traveled the country in a motorhome for two years before making Arizona their new home. Combining her love of writing and the Sonoran Desert, Karen created a Hike and Write program to encourage others to write as a means of expressing their thoughts and telling their own unique stories. Currently, she is a member of her HOA Board of Directors and a member of Arizona Professional Writers.
Time to renew your membership!
If you have renewed, Thank you. If not yet …
Now is the time to renew your membership for Arizona Professional Writers. If you join or renew now, your membership is good through December 2025!
The Board is grateful for your continued support.
The application is at the Join tab with directions on by check or by Zelle at ArizonaProfessionalwriters.
Please let me or any member of the APW board know if there is anything we can do to improve your experience with our organization. You can reach me at mafasano1@gmail.com.
Membership in APW shows you are making an investment in yourself and your career, and we are committed to providing you with valuable professional development through the following benefits:
APW Central meets via zoom every other month on the second Saturday at 10:00AM; APW Rim Country meets every month now via zoom and in person on the third Wednesday at 1:00 PM; the APW White Mountain meets once a month the fourth Tuesday at 6:PM on zoom; the APW Book Group meets on zoom the last Saturday of every month at 10:00AM.
You have many opportunities to enhance your writing and publishing knowledge.
More APW Benefits:
1. Meet and exchange ideas with local authors.
2. One or two virtual meetings a month with a local speaker on a writing or publishing topic.
3. Present your book to members and get exposure and reviews with the APW Book Group.
4. Ability to use APW Zoom for your book presentations or other writing-related meetings.
5. Enter the At-large contest for the National Federation of Press Women. First place winners go on to the national level. Many categories for these prestigious awards.
6. Post on our Facebook page more than once about your book. Share your new publications, wins and writing events.
7. Post your events on the APW website.
8. Keep up on local book writing events and contests in Arizona
9. Yearly APW conference
10. Payson Book Festival and Show Low Book Festival
Hope to see you at the meetings.
Sincerely,
Marie
Marie A Fasano, APW Membership Chair
APW Rim Country Chapter Christmas Luncheon
Rim Country Chapter of APW
Our December meeting will be a Christmas Luncheon.
Date: Wednesday, December 18
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Where: Crosswinds Restaurant, 800 W Airport Rd B, Payson, AZ 85541
Join us in-person for chat and festive fellowship. All members of APW are invited.
APW Typerider Newsletter – December, 2024
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To see the newsletter and the coming events, click here.
NOTE: If you join NFPW you also pay an extra $15 for your APW membership. If you join APW as a state-only, the dues are $30/year.
APW Typerider Newsletter – November, 2024
Arizona Professional Writers November, 2024 Typerider
Central has a speaker for their November 9 meeting you are invited!
The Holiday Bazaar is happening on the APW website from Black Friday through Christmas. Shout out to Jaimie Bruzenak for putting this online event together.
I am headed to the Author Nation Conference in Las Vegas this month. I was in a pre-event networking group and we played a game via Zoom called Bring Your Own Book. There are prompts and each person in the group has a minute or so to look up a line in a book (could be a book you wrote or not) to match the prompt. Whoever has the “best” answer wins the round. If you are interested and want to download the game cards, it’s available on Amazon.
Author Cory Doctorow has a blog I manage to read about once a month. A recent article caught my attention, Penguin Random House, AI, and writers’ rights. His language can be colorful, although not so much in this article, so be warned.
To read the rest of this issue with information on what’s happening, click here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Carol
APW Rim Country Chapter Hybrid meeting 11/20/24
Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a hybrid meeting of Rim Country Chapter. Meet at Majestic Rim Retirement Living in the chapel off of the main lobby located at 310 E. Tyler Pkwy, Payson or join on Zoom. All are welcome.
Topic: Connie Cockrell – discussion of the newly opened NFPW 2025 Communications Contest and our individual writing plans for 2025.
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM Arizona
Where: Majestic Rim Retirement Living in the chapel off of the main lobby located at 310 E. Tyler Pkwy, Payson
Or, Join on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82729963849?pwd=8QeUTCezK6eE0W3pWifsk29yAbeeKq.1
Meeting ID: 827 2996 3849
Passcode: 821777
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcTKISeOnh
We’re also announcing our Chapter Christmas luncheon at Crosswinds restaurant from 11:30 to 1pm. 800 W. Airport Rd, Payson. All are welcome.
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- Connie Cockrell
Arizona Professional Writers 