Get Back Into The Spirit: Kick Up Your Writing

3830 N Marshall Way,Scottsdale AZ 85251

14 May, 2022

Description

Writing and history come alive at Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West and Arizona Professional Writer's 2022 Annual Conference 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 - Check-in 10-10:45 a.m. - Annual Meeting of Arizona Professional Writers - Business meeting followed by showing of the video: "News Women: 50 years of change." (nonmembers can attend the meeting, stroll through the museum or come before the first workshop). Workshops 11 a.m. – noon - Dr. Karen M. Bryson (Dr. B) - Top 10 Reasons Your Book Isn't Sellnig and What to do About It. Dr Karen M. Bryson is a USA TODAY bestselling author of over 50 books and is host of The Curious Professor podcast. Dr. Bryson works with authors, and those aspiring to be, as a book strategist, authorship coach, and certified book marketing professional. She and her husband are the owners of Short on Time Books, a boutique publishing company. When she not writing or podcasting, Dr. Bryson works as a tenured university professor. She integrates the power of story in all aspects of her life as a teacher, writer and podcaster. Her goal in all the content she creates is to entertain, inspire, motivate, educate and enlighten others. Check out Karen’s newest Facebook group. Noon – 12:45 p.m. - Lunch in the courtyard – an assortment of salads will be available from Salads to Go. Salads have hearty portions and house-made dressings with no artificial ingredients or preservatives. Cookies and water will also be served. 1- 2 p.m. - Brad Graber - The Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Importance of Shifting Our Mindset . Authors are masters of storytelling. But what are the stories we tell ourselves? And how do these stories affect our craft? Shape our life experience? Impact our art? Brad Graber discusses the opportunities and challenges we face in our creative journey and how he worked to shift perspective in creating his latest novel, Boca by Moonlight, the story of George, a widower, who struggles to come to grips with his life as a single man in Boca Raton, Florida. Boca by Moonlight is Brad’s fourth book and third novel. Brad writes because he grew up in a family where no one ever listened to him - so he made up stories about them. He’s the award-winning author of The Intersect, After the Fall, and a collection of essays in What’s That Growing in My Sour Cream? Brad also writes a monthly humor blog: There, I Said It! He lives in Phoenix with his husband, Jeff. For more information visit www.bradgraber.com. 2 - 3 p.m. - Western Spirit - Scottsdale Museum of the West tour – Private, docent-led tour. The museum is open until 5 p.m. so take your time!