APW White Mountains Chapter meeting 10/28/25 with Beth Freely
Kathleen Osborne is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Monthly White Mountains Chapter of APW with Beth Freely
Date: Oct 28, 2025
Time: 06:00 PM Pacific & AZ Time
Join Zoom Meeting: The Zoom link has been sent to White Mountain Chapter members. Other APW members and guests who would like to attend should contact Katherine Osborne for the link. It is also published in the Members’ Only section.
Bio: Beth is a prolific romance author with a career spanning her entire life. She has written over fifteen novels and several novellas, using her skill to blend romance, history, and detailed storytelling. Experiences from living in Great Britain, and her current residence in New Mexico influence her work.
APW Typerider July 2025
National Federation of Press Women
2025 Professional Communications Contest WINNERS
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- Jody Sharpe, At-Large -Arizona 2nd Place – Fiction for Adult Readers > 11B – Novellas for “The Dog Who Came For Christmas”
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- Chrisann Dawson, At-Large – Arizona 2nd Place – Fiction for Adult Readers > 11A – Novels for “Congo Ebola”
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- Carol Baxter, At-Large – Arizona 3rd Place – Public Relations Materials > 53 Catalog, Manual, or Handbook for “Day Tripping”
Congratulations to the winners!
Happy writing,
Carol Baxter, APW President
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CHAPTER NEWS
Rim Country
Central
BOOK CLUB CALL FOR AUTHORS
The APW book group was established to provide an opportunity for members to read, discuss, and post reviews of one another’s books. We generally meet via Zoom on the fourth Saturday of every month at 10 am, September through June. It’s a great way to support our journeys as authors and get to know each other.
Some people attend regularly, others not so much, or only a few times, and that’s okay. We are currently looking for APW members who would like to join our group, and potentially present their book for our reviews.
If interested, please contact Karen Shiffman Lateiner, or call 973-997-7204.
White Mountain
White Mountain Festival of Books
2025 NFPW Conference
Registration is now open for the 2025 NFPW Conference, hosted by Colorado Press Women Sept. 11–13 at the Denver Marriott West hotel in Golden, Colorado.
Photos from 5/17/25 State Conference
We had an excellent turnout at our 2025 APW State Conference. The speakers were excellent and we had fun playing Communication Bingo! Lunch was delicious too. Barbara Lacy, along with three of her four daughters, was guest of honor. Barbara is Artist of the Year for Paradise Valley and a number of her paintings were on display. Paradise Valley Town Hall was an excellent venue.
Kudos! These two ladies made this year’s conference a special event. Our president, Carol Baxter planned and led the event, adding Communication Bingo – a great way to get to know our fellow attendees – and several prizes including a raffle for a fabulous Mystery Box, making it even more fun this year. Vice President Bobbie Bennett searched out venues, choosing Paradise Valley Town Hall where one of our former presidents and Central Chapter chairperson, Barbara Lacy, had many paintings on display. She also ordered an amazing lunch from Panera Bread.
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- Carol Baxter – President
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- Bobbie Bennett – 1st Vice President, organizer for event
Speakers – Our speakers were excellent. Michele Nelson spoke on her podcasting journey. Darlene Ziebell surprised us with the multitude of ways AI helps her market and can be used by writers and authors. “Rock,” her AI Assistant, put together her presentation based on her instructions. And, Roger Naylor entertained us with his stories of how he came to Arizona and to be a writer and the importance of location.
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- Michele Nelson on podcasting
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- Darlene Ziebell, AI in marketing
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- Roger Naylor, travel writer and the importance of location
Recognizing and honoring past president and artist, Barbara Lacy
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- Honoring Barb Lacy – daughter Jessica
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- On display at Paradise Valley Town Hall
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- Barb with turtle painting
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- Her little dog
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- Jill, Whitney, Jessica – Barb Lacy’s daughters. London was not able to attend.
Other officers and chapter chairpersons in attendance
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- Marie Fasano 2nd VP Membership
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- RuthAnn Hogue Treasurer & winner of the Mystery Box
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- Nancy Marshall
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- Connie Cockrell Past President and Chairperson of Rim Country Chapter
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- Carol Baxter with Kathleen Osbourne Chairperson of the White Mountain Chapter
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- Karen Lateiner APW Book Club
Other photos
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- Learning about podcasting
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- What AI can do for you
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- Location, location, location!
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- Delicious lunch from Panera Bread
Photo recap – 2024 State Conference
The APW 2024 State Conference was held on the beautiful grounds of the Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley. Officers were elected. Winners in the At-large division of the NFPW Communication Contest were announced. The 1st place winners will be entered in the national contest and winners announced in June. We also awarded our $1000 scholarship to Grace Meinema, who won it last year as well. Our two excellent speakers were Kathleen Osbourne and Howard Gershkowitz. They provided excellent insights into our theme “May the 4th Be With You!” A docent, Ann, from the Renewal Center gave us a history of the Center.
Photo credits: Bobbie Bennett, photographer except for 3 with an * by Jaimie Bruzenak
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- *Franciscan Renewal Center
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- *Franciscan Renewal Center grounds
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- Outgoing President Connie Cockrell and Brenda Whiteside, Secretary
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- Marie Fasano accepting registrations
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- Dr Linda Sandel Pettit helping out the speaker
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- Speaker Kathleen Osborne “Wisdom from the Galaxy”
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- Afternoon speaker
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- First place winners in the At-large contest -Jody Sharpe, Bobbie Bennett, Nancy Marshall, Carol Baxter
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- Jody Sharpe – Scholarship Chair
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- *Grace Meinema- scholarship winner and Jody Sharpe
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- Speaker Howard Gershkowitz -“Time Management in the 3rd Dimension”
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- Franciscan Renewal Center Docent – Ann
State Conference Schedule
2024 State Conference of Arizona Professional Writers
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 9 a.m. — 2:30 p.m.
Held at The Franciscan Renewal Center
9:00am: Registration and Networking
10:00am: Welcome by APW President
10:05am: APW Annual Board Meeting (See separate agenda handout)
10:30am: Kathleen Osborne: Writing Wisdom from the Galaxy
11:30am: Awards and Recognitions
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm Howard Gershkowitz: Time Management in the 3rd Dimension
2:00pm: Closing Remarks
2:05pm: History of the Franciscan Renewal Center
2:30pm: End of Conference
APW State Conference Speaker – Kathleen Osborne
May the Fourth Be With You!
“Writing Wisdom from the Galaxy.”
Kathleen Osborne, our morning speaker, will be sharing “Writing Wisdom from the Galaxy.” As a writer, she writes Science Fiction Romance and Alien Romance and will use Star Wars as a vehicle to illustrate how you can develop and strengthen all aspects of your story. She’ll cover themes like myths and archetypes in your storytelling, crafting characters, building epic worlds, and themes of hope, redemption and resilience. Even if you don’t write in these genres, these themes are applicable to all fiction and creative nonfiction works. Whatever you write, you’ll walk away with helpful takeaways. See the State Conference page for Kathleen’s bio.
The conference is May 4. Details are on the State Conference tab or click on https://arizonapresswomen.wordpress.com/2024-state-conference.
You can register at Eventbrite or pay by check or Zelle. See the conference page for instructions and more details.
Arizona Professional Writers 