APW Typerider Newsletter - December, 2024
A Joyful December to all!
We are wordsmiths, tapping out sentences not quite as fast as our brain comes up with them, as we sit alone in a room with the door closed (or maybe out somewhere, yet encased in an invisible creative bubble).I had forgotten the synergy created in a room full of people who speak the same language, not English but AUTHOR. It's how I felt at the World Fantasy Convention and my first NFPW conference, both nearly 20 years ago, long enough to forget. Consider joining me at our APW Conference on May 17th (in the Phoenix area).I spent the second week in November in Las Vegas drinking from a firehose of information at a gathering of 1,100 independent authors. I am still trying to wrap my brain around the notes I took, but it is clear that human creativity and AI are here to stay. Harper Collins just made an AI training deal with Microsoft (there are many articles, here is one).We have come a long way from writing with a piece of charcoal on a flat piece of tree bark.Meanwhile this month, there are
gatherings with friends to attend (RSVP to the Rim Country for our holiday party),
deadlines to meet,
APW memberships to renew,
preparation for NFPW contest entries,
and for me, working on a novel.
May your keys never stick, and your pens never run out of ink,
Carol B.
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.
NFPW Professional Membership dues are $90.
APW membership dues = $15.
It is $105 to renew both, just click the box above.
You must be a member of NFPW to enter the yearly contest.
If you only want to renew AZ dues, you can send a $15 payment via Zelle to ArizonaProfessionalwriters.
Early Bird entries now open: 2025 NFPW Professional Communications Contest Enter, I dare you!
You have many opportunities to enhance your writing and publishing knowledge as an APW Member.
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
RIM COUNTRY CHAPTER NEWS
Holiday Party
11:30 am - 1 pm
Wednesday, December 18
Crosswinds Restaurant, Payson
PLEASE RSVP
All APW members are welcome.
Monthly Meeting Info Please
Our own Bobbie Bennett starred in a commercial at Sagewood Senior Living.
She portrayed a resident in their Memory Care facility.
"It was a long day, but a lot of fun," she said.
Holiday Book Bazaar
They make fabulous gifts!
Watch APW's Facebook Page for books authored by members.
WHITE MOUNTAIN CHAPTER NEWS
Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 pm. If anyone would like to attend, click on the button above to contact Kathleen Osborne.
The 2nd Annual Writers' Conference and Festival of Books venue is booked for August 8th & 9th, 2025.
The chapter is in the planning stages of a two or three-night Writers Retreat between February and the first of May 2026.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NEWS
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.
Contact Karen Lateiner.
SAVE THE DATE!
APW Conference: May 17, 2025
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