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 Central Chapter 11/9 meeting – Pelletier
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Central Chapter Meeting 11/9 with John Jay Pelletier
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Time:10:00 AM Arizona
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John Jay Pelletier has had a life full of adventure, starting out in Boy Scouts where his Troop raised enough money selling fireworks to travel down the Grand Canyon on a river trip. He became an Explorer, worked at Disneyland as a Matterhorn climber, and joined the Army where he became a Green Beret. He attended survival schools and eventually became an Instructor at the Air Force Academy teaching survival skills. Now retired, he teaches desert safety and survival at the Superstition Mountain Museum and has written the Desert Safety and Survival Guide. John will speak about desert safety and survival in Arizona.
President’s message October 2024
Typerider Newsletter – APW – October 2024
One of our members, Bobbie Bennett writes the award-winning Beaver Valley Newsletter. The October issue highlights Beaver Valley Days.
I have a fond memory of going to a Beaver Valley Day Pancake Breakfast. Bing Brown (he and
Carol are sorely missed as APW members and human beings on the planet) was happily filling plates with pancakes and link sausages.
I don’t like my food to touch. Yeah, I am one of those people. Bing must have seen my face as the syrup he’d just ladled on my pancakes ran into my sausage and I quickly nudged my scrambled eggs to the side. He encouraged me to taste the sausage. “You’ll like it!”
You can guess how I almost always eat sausage now. (My eggs sit on a plate alone.)
I hope you make lots of fond memories this month!
If you have any writing-related announcements you would like included in an upcoming newsletter, please email them to me.
Carol Baxter, APW President
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APW Central Chapter 4/13 with Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Central Chapter Zoom Meeting with Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer
Date: Apr 13, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM Arizona
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Topic: Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer will speak a little about who she is, how she got started, how she chose historical fiction for her first books, and her process at that time.
Bio: From Phoenix, Arizona, Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer graduated from East High School, South Mountain Community College, and Arizona State University. She writes her own books, and co-writes with her husband, TJ Boyer, primary author of The Mirror Gate Chronicles series. As a Christian, Elizabeth is called to write cozy literature. She and TJ recently co-wrote a cozy murder/mystery, also. You can find her on Amazon and on their website: mirrorgatechronicles.com/elizabeths-books-2-2/
Elizabeth and TJ have two children and three grandchildren.
APW Central Zoom – 3/9/24 – Bart Ambrose
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
TOPIC: APW Central Speaker: Historical Author Bart Ambrose talks about his inspiration and writing process.
DATE: Saturday, March 9, 2024
TIME: 10:00 AM Arizona
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TOPIC- Historical author Bart Ambrose talks about his inspiration and writing process.
BART AMBROSE
Arizona native Bart Ambrose grew up on an Arizona cotton farm where he spent his nights reading novels and teaching himself to play guitar. He graduated from ASU and worked as a natural resource conservationist throughout the West and the Pacific basin. A second career took him to Nashville, writing and teaching songwriting and guitar. He relocated back to Arizona to pursue his writing interests with a focus on Arizona and the Southwest.
His first two novels are historical fiction set in early to mid-twentieth-century Arizona. Both take readers on vivid journeys and adventures in a fascinating era of the state’s history. Bart and his wife live near Tucson, Arizona. His hobbies include writing haiku, travel, and the pursuit of the perfect chili relleno. More information about Bart, his books, and his music is available on his website at BartAmbrose.com.
APW Central Zoom – February 10, 2024 – Paula Winskye
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Paula Winskye will be speaking about marketing her books.
Topic: APW Central Speaker: Paula F. (Pfeiffer) Winskye
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM Arizona
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Topic: “An author with a fair book & a great marketing plan will sell more than an author with a great book & no marketing plan.”
Bio:
Paula F. (Pfeiffer) Winskye, a North Dakota native, began writing stories about horses at age 12.
More than 30 years later, in 2003, she published her first novel. Poachers in the Park is her 26th and her second book for younger readers. She is currently working on her 13th Tony Wagner mystery.
Winskye has also penned three Randy McKay mysteries, two Lunar Enforcement science fiction mysteries, three romances, and four volumes of the Collins family saga.
Winskye and her husband John live near Snowflake, Arizona, where she is a Navajo County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteer.
APW Central Zoom – 1-13-24 Words are Power with Jacque Hillman
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Central – Words Are Power!
Date: Saturday, January 13, 2024
Time:10:00 AM Arizona
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Words Are Power: Jacque Hillman, book editor and CEO of The HillHelen Group, says the right words zing into the readers’ minds. She shows how she plugs her writers into their power and how top writers view their success, sharing five tips to access the energy of words.
Bio- Jacque Hillman, of Mesa, Arizona, is senior editor and CEO of HillHelen Group Publishers LLC. A top writer and editor at The Jackson Sun for 23 years, now she edits and publishes books for authors nationwide. She also writes for her clients.
Hillman co-authored Captain of the Tides: Gunner Morgan, with Charles D. Morgan, a novel about his grandfather, US Navy hero, Charles “Gunner” Morgan, 1865-1959. The book won the Military Writers Society of America 2022 Bronze medal. Kirkus Reviews says: “An impeccably researched and engaging tale of an authentic war hero.”
Hillman edited and published the award-winning book, Why Can’t Mother Vote? Joseph Hanover and the Unfinished Business of Democracy by Bill Haltom. Joseph Hanover was a Polish Jewish immigrant from Memphis, who kept together the votes needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in the Tennessee legislature. The book is up for the American Book Fest Legacy Award.
She’s a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Historical Novel Society, the National Federation of Press Women and the Mesa Art League. During her years living in Jackson, Tennessee, she was named a 2014 Sterling Award Winner: 20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee. She served as president of Business and Professional Women of Tennessee. She is co-founder of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail.
APW Virtual Meeting 9/9/23 – Howard Gershkowitz
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Virtual Meeting 9/9/23 – “Time Management for Authors” with Howard Gershkowitztz
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM Arizona
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In this presentation, Howard gives tips for how to make good use of our time so that we have time to do more writing and focus on the things that matter. He includes a list of resource materials (books, blogs, websites) that he has found helpful over the years, as well as copies of the forms he uses to keep track of his writing projects, submission deadlines, etc. His goal is to share what he’s learned as a writer over the last fifteen years that helped him keep himself on track.
HOWARD GERSHKOWITZ: Howard lives in Arizona, though he hails from New York City. A Graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, he moved to Phoenix in 1981 to become a financial advisor. He enjoys volunteering in the community, traveling with his wife, Lisa, and watching his two grandchildren grow up.
He’s kept a journal for nearly forty years, accumulating a lifetime of material for fiction and poetry. He began submitting and publishing his work 12 years ago, and to date, more than three dozen poems and eight short stories have appeared in print or in online e-zines. His debut novel, The Operator, was published in 2018 by All Things That Matter Press. His second novel, Not on My Watch, was published in 2021, by the same publisher. Most recently, he was awarded first prize in the Tempe Library/ASU Creative Writing contest for his short story, ‘The Painting.” His poetry chapbook, “Observations and Distractions,” is available for a limited time by contacting Howard at gershwriter@cox.net.
APW September Virtual Meeting – 9/10/22 – Mark D. Walker
Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: APW Central- Author Mark D. Walker – Consolidation and Why American Writers and Bookstores Lose Out
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM Arizona
Zoom: The link has been sent to members. You can also find the link in the Members Only section. Guests are welcome. Email Susan Anderson at Susan.APW@hotmail.com for the link.
TOPIC: Consolidation and Why American Writers and Bookstores Lose Out
BIO: Mark D. Walker is a contributing writer at Literary Traveler and Revue Magazine. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala and worked with international agencies like MAP International, Hagar, and Make A Wish International for over forty years. Different Latitudes: My Life in the Peace Corps and Beyond was his memoir, soon to be followed by, My Saddest Pleasures: 50 Years on the Road. Two of his 25 articles were recognized by the Solas Literary Awards for Best Travel Writing, most recently with a Bronze for “Travel Adventure.” His wife and three children were born in Guatemala. Over 60 book reviews and 25 articles can be found on his website, MillionMileWalker.com
Find out a little more about his book, Saddest Pleasures.
APW April Virtual Meeting 4-9-22
To All APW Members: Susan Anderson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
TOPIC: APW Central Meeting – Elizabeth Graham on her book –Democrazy
DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2022
TIME: 10:00 AM Arizona
ZOOM: The Zoom link has been sent to members. Nonmembers are invited to attend as well. If you did not receive the link and would like to attend, email Marie Fasano at mafasano1@gmail.com or look under the Members Only tab for the link.
Bio: Elizabeth Graham had a top secret clearance at the age of seventeen with the CIA. She spent about twenty-five years living and working abroad: Soviet Union, then Russia, Central Asia, and other former Soviet pack countries. She was a consultant in war-torn Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Bosnia. Her real-life multi-cultural experiences in totalitarian and dictatorship countries give her a great vantage point to comment on the Trump-era and how other countries view the U.S. racism, violence, and our democracy. She recently authored DEMOCRAZY, Version 2020 and is working on her second book.
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