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www.womenwritingthewest.org Winter 2002
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“The Write Stuff” Was the Right Stuff!
The 8th Annual Women Writing theWest Conference was a hit witheveryone who attended this year!
From the opening meeting on Friday,where we learned about incredible womenin history, to the tour of Denver on Sunday,attendees were dazzled.
Kicking off Friday’s program,President Paige Ramsey-Palmer welcomedattendees and presented incoming andcurrent Board members with silver WWWBoard pins to thank each of them for theirdedication: Suzanne Lyon (2002 VPConference), Sherry Monahan (2002 VPMarketing, 2003 VP Conference), CynthiaLeal (Cindy) Massey (2002 President Elect,2003 President), Joyce Lohse (Secretary), GailJenner (2003 President Elect) and Peggy Sanders(2003 VP Marketing). Gail Weaver Mello(Treasurer) was unable to attend.
Then the entertainment began! Cindy Massey(“Women in the Mexican Revolution” completewith a slide presentation of early 1900s photos)and Nell Brown Propst (“Those Strenuous Dameson the Frontier”) expanded our minds withfascinating tales of incredible women that historyhas almost ignored. And that was only Fridayafternoon!
Saturday morning AnneSchroeder and RosemerryWahtola Trommer regaled uswith their personal, animatedstories of writing andpublishing, and showed ushow to create inspiringspeeches and book-sellingpublic readings. These twoentertaining speakersexplained how to keepaudiences’ attention withhumor and wit.
Nikki Tate illustrated marketing through herhilarious “Pony Express Rider” tales, and LouiseFreeman-Toole, Carolyn Neithammer and SusanTweit gave an unusual twist on using Westernlandscapes in creating unique settings for writing.
Joyce Lohse and Sureva Towler as authors,assisted by Publisher Doris Baker, showed bothsides of the writing and publishing pr ocess, usingpersonal perspectives. In “Why Write West,” JaneKirkpatrick, Harriet Rochlin, and Wendy Bakerpresented colorful stories of their reasons forwriting and engaged the audience in sharing theirreasons as well.
Members had the opportunity to celebrateexcellence in literature as WILLA Finalists receivedplaques at the luncheon in their honor. Ciji Ware,novelist and former TV/radio personality,presented awards to Anne Howard Creel, LouiseFreeman-Toole, Faye Roberts; Denise Hamiltonand Carolyn Niethammer. (See photo on page 4).
Saturday afternoon kicked off with children’sauthors Joan Lowery Nixon, Mary Wade, JoHarper and Nikki Tate bringing the west to life for
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In This Issue...2003 WILLA ApplicationMore conference coverageTo Yahoo or Not To Yahoo
And much more!
WILLA Winners Mary D. Midkiff, Holly Skinner, and Kim Taylor;(back) Gail Jenner, Micaela Gilchrist and Linda Hussa.
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WWW Executive BoardPresident, Cindy Leal MasseyPresident Elect, Gail Fiorini JennerPast President, Paige Ramsey-Palmer VP Conference, Suzanne LyonVP Marketing, Sherry MonahanSecretary, Joyce Burke LohseTreasurer, Gail Weaver MelloWWW BUSINESS:Cynthia Leal Massey, (210) 695-5328, e-mail: [email protected] COMMITTEE: Editor – Sarah Rickman (937) 434-5979, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: – Mary Trimble - (360) 387-0757, e-mail: [email protected] Roundup Editor – Gail Jenner - (530) 468-5331,
e-mail: [email protected] News Editor – Sarah Rickman (937) 434-5979,
e-mail: [email protected] COMMITTEE:VP/Director – Peggy Sanders (605) 424-2795, e-mail: [email protected] California Trade Show – Doris Eraldi, e-mail: [email protected] Pacific Northwest Trade Show – Coordinator NeededMountains and Plains Trade Show – Donna Druchunas,
e-mail: [email protected] South Trade Show – Coordinator neededWILLA CATHER LITERARY AWARD: Paige Ramsey-Palmer, phone/fax (830) 816-8638, e-mail: [email protected] COMMITTEE:Editor – Alice Trego – (801) 944-8277, e-mail: [email protected]. Editor – Melanie Chrismer – (281) 855-9561, e-mail: [email protected] COORDINATOR:www.womenwritingthewest.org – Doris Eraldi, e-mail: [email protected] YAHOOGROUPS COORDINATOR:Priscilla Maine, e-mail: [email protected]:Joyse Lohse – (303) 773-8349, e-mail: [email protected]
Brenda AtkinsRosemary Bachle
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young readers. Doris Eraldi, GailJenner, Peggy Sanders, and JenniferCurington cussed and discussed thetribulations of moving from the city tothe country and the attendant culturalshocks!
Sarah Rickman and Publisher/Agent Liz Trupin-Pulli talked aboutgetting the first novel published as well as changes that are taking placetoday in the publishing industry.Historical novelists Jane Kirkpatrick,Michelle Black and Ciji Ware presentedtheir views of creating believablehistorical characters in writinghistorical fiction.
To round out the afternoon’sevents, Paula Boyd, who has self-published as well as published forothers, discussed the good, the bad andthe reality of self-publishing, to warnthe faint of heart!
Excited listeners hurried to thebook sales room to make their finalpurchases of members’ books beforegoing to the Reception and Banquethonoring WILLA Winners. Membersand guests bid for items in the WILLASilent Auction.
Ciji Ware again used her personalmagic to honor special guests and topresent trophies to WILLA WinnersMary D. Midkiff, Holly Skinner, KimTaylor, Gail Jenner, Micaela Gilchristand Linda Hussa. (See related photo
page 1). Peggy Godfrey,Cowboy Poet, regaledher audience withpoems, both humorousand bittersweet,inspired by her life on aworking ranch inColorado – where she isthe only worker!
Also at the banquet,outgoing PresidentPaige Ramsey-Palmerwas honored with aheart-warming speechby incoming PresidentCindy Massey andpresented a plaque for
her outstanding service to WomenWriting the West.
Sunday morning membersattended the Annual MembershipMeeting, where members ratified theelection of new Board members for2002-2003. Outgoing PresidentPaige Ramsey-Palmerpresented the gavel toincoming President CindyMassey. In other business themembership welcomedCatalog Committee Chair Alice Trego and NewsletterCommittee Chair SarahRickman to the WWWleadership team.
As some members preparedto leave for departing airplanes,many members took advantageof the opportunity to tour
“LoDo” or lower downtownDenver that has beenrenovated.
Our hats off to SuzanneLyon, VP Conference/Coordinator, who made theincredible synergy happenthis year! We brought thepublic in to learn aboutour members and ourorganization, through apartnership with GoodBooks Lately, a literaryconsulting firm. Theprocess obviouslyworked well, becauseEllen Moore and hercrew put together someawesome and inspiringprograms – and,incredibly, they were sowell planned that whenthere were two-track
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WILLA Finalists Anne Howard Creel, Louise Freeman-Toole,and Faye Roberts; (back) Denise Hamilton and CarolynNiethammer.
Panelists Joan Lowery Nixon, Nikki Tate, JoHarper and Mary Wade
Panelists Harriet Rochlin, JaneKirkpatrick and Wendy Baker
Panelists Louise Freeman-Toole,Susan Tweit and CarolynNiethammer
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programs going on, the listeners were evenly split betweenthe two rooms!
Thanks also go to Doris Eraldi and Jen Curington whoorganized and “produced” the Silent Auction to benefit theWILLAs. This year we raised over $400, thanks toeveryone’s generosity.
Note: Due to space constraints, we were unable to include allthe photos from the presenters. Please watch for additionalphotos in future issues of the newsletter.
Photographs by Sarah Rickman and Carolyn Cole.
44Panelists Gail Jenner, Peggy Sanders, Jen Curington andDoris Eraldi
Panelists Joyce Lohse, Doris Baker and Sureva Towler
Panelists Michelle Black, Jane Kirkpatrick, CijiWare and Suzanne Lyon, Conference Chair
Panelists Liz Trupin-Pulli and Sarah Rickman withGreg Pulli
Ciji Ware presentsawards at WILLAluncheon andbanquet.
Panelist Anne Schroeder
Panelist Rosemerry Trommer
Cowboy PoetPeggy Godfrey,
keynote speaker.
Conference Continued
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President’s Corner
President's Message
On August 15, 1995, an article titled “Women Writing the West – Authors’ organization
changing the image of frontier females” by Margaret Carlin appeared in the Rocky Mountain
News. Carlin profiled the launch of a new writers or ganization. The time had evidently come for
this new organization, because Women Writing the West quickly mushroomed to 42 founding
members and 94 active members, totaling 136 individuals and publishing pr ofessionals from 20
states.
As I read through Carlin's profile of Women Writing the West, I sat in my Helotes, Texas home
office, wondering how it came to be that I am now pr esident of this innovative organization, which
now boasts more than 260 members from 31 states and two countries!
When I joined WWW in 1997 during its annual confer ence in San Antonio, being president of
this organization was not only not one of my goals, it was not even in the r ealm of possibility. The
officers of this organization were savvy, intelligent women, most of them alr eady published. I had
just completed my first novel. I was a fledging, wanna-be author , a bit insecure...okay...very
insecure. My goal at that time was to get published, period!
Joining Women Writing the West turned out to be the ticket to publication for me. Thr ough
networking at the inspirational conferences this organization sponsors and through its informative
Internet listserv, I learned how to market my work to the appr opriate publishers and am now the
author of two published novels.
Women Writing the West has also helped me to develop as a person. If you'r e in this
organization any length of time, you can't help but be af fected by the dynamic individuals who
comprise WWW. Those of you who attended our last confer ence can attest to the inspiring women
(all members) who gave presentations. WWW is a gold mine of motivating, intelligent, caring
people.
So, how did I come to be pr esident of this organization? Suffice to say I was at the right place
at the right time (or the wr ong place at the wrong time, depending on your way of thinking!).
Being president of any organization is a responsibility, but my job is made easier because I serve
with six other dynamic women on your boar d. With the help of Paige Ramsey-Palmer, past
president; Gail Jenner, president-elect; Sherry Monahan, vice president-conference; Peggy Sanders,
vice president-marketing; Joyce Lohse, secretary; and Gail Weaver Mello, treasurer; I hope to lead
Women Writing the West through 2003 with a renewed vision promoting women's stories of the
west that should and must be given appr opriate emphasis in the United States literary canon, and
promoting this organization as the way to do it.
Thank you, members, for giving me the opportunity to give back to an or ganization that has
given me more than I could have ever imagined.
Cynthia Leal Massey
President, 2002-2003 ;
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Sharon GillespieAustin, TX [email protected]
Sharleen DaughertyDurango, CO [email protected]
Kathleen SpringLyons, CO [email protected]
Leslie DoranDurango, CO [email protected]
Pat RaneyGrand Lake, CO [email protected]
Peggy RamsayBrigham City, UT [email protected]
Heidi ThomasMt. Vernon, [email protected]
Penny RudolphAlbuquerque, [email protected]
Margaret Mellow GuziakGrand Junction, CO [email protected]
Gwyn RamseyPort Charlotte, [email protected]
Lenore MitchellPine, CO [email protected]
Pamela SteeleWallowa, OR [email protected]
Patricia Mancuso WinderDurango, CO [email protected]
Cheryl, “Charlie” Romney-BrownLamy, NM [email protected]
Irene BleaRio Rancho, NM
Barbara RobinsonNipomo, [email protected]
Berneda J. KollerFreeman, SD [email protected]
Jessica SwaimParker, CO [email protected]
Sandra Gail TeichmannCanyon, [email protected]
Jacque BoydAngel Fire, NM [email protected]
Mary MosesPaso Robles, [email protected]
Jura SherwoodMedford, OR [email protected]
Kate Tweedy McGrathCentennial, CO [email protected]
Jenni HolmHudson, [email protected]
Carol CraigEugene, OR [email protected]
Penny WarnerDanville, [email protected]
Pamela Cosel Monument, CO [email protected]
Sally Hayton-KeevaCoupeville, [email protected]
Carolyn WoolstonFelton, [email protected]
Welcome New Members!
WWW will sponsor booths at the following trade shows in 2003. We needcoordinators and volunteers so we can confirm having the booths at these events.
Please contact Peggy Sanders at [email protected] to volunteer as acoordinator. Contact the person listed below the event to volunteer to work. The jobis not demanding and the work is VERY satisfying, providing lots of opportunities tomeet and greet those in the publishing industry!
2003 Mid South September 4-7, 2003Austin, TXRenaissance Austin HotelCoordinator needed
2003 Mountains & PlainsSeptember 19-21, 2003Denver, CODonna Druchunas – [email protected]
2003 Northern CaliforniaOct. 3-5, 2003Oakland, CADoris Eraldi – [email protected]
2003 Pacific Northwest Date to be announced Coordinator needed
2003 Trade Shows
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2003 Willa Literary AwardsCapturing the Diversity of the Women’s West
Entry deadline is March 1, 2003. The application fee is $50 per entry.
The WILLA Literary Award is a nationally recognized award given to writers annually for books featuring women's stories set in the west. Women Writing the West, a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West, underwrites and presents the award. Only books initially published in 2002 (in any form) are eligible for the WILLA Literary Awards. Books previously released/published in ANY format (hardcover, softcover, e-books, CD, Internet downloads, POD, etc.) prior to 2002 are not eligible. All submissions must be made in bound hard copy form. Professional librarians select winners and finalists. Awards will be presented at the WWW annual conference in October 2003.
Please obtain guidelines before entering. Complete award information and guidelines (including information for books published in electronic formats) are posted for downloading on the WWW Web site:www.womenwritingthewest.org, or may be obtained by writing Women Writing the West, 8547 E. Arapahoe Rd., #J-541, Greenwood Village, CO 80112-1436.
Contact Paige Ramsey-Palmer preferably by E-mail at [email protected], or by writing 213 Rosebud, Boerne, TX 78006.
Application for the 2003 WILLA Literary AwardsHonoring Books Published in 2002
Name: ________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________
Phone/Fax: ______________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________
Title of Submission Published in 2002: ____________________________________________________
Author: ________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________
ISBN: ________________________________________Publisher: ______________________________
Publisher’s Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Editor: ________________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________Please provide as much contact information as possible so that we may make appropriate notifications and/or request further information for promoting our award winners.
Category (Please choose one):o Contemporary Fiction o Historical fiction o Original softcover (trade or paperback)o Memoir/Essay Nonfiction o Poetry o Young Adult/Children o Other Nonfiction Fiction & Nonfiction* WWW reserves the right to add or delete categories or to move entries to other categories, as needed.
Local Newspaper/book page editor:______________________________ E-mail: ____________________
Please include the following entry form for a submission to be judged:o A check including the amount of $50.00 per entry.o THREE non-returnable copies of each entry, postmarked no later than March 1, 2003, to • Contemporary Fiction: Carolyn Cole, 6220 Bay View Ave., San Pablo CA 94806• Historical Fiction: Suzanne Lyon, • Memoir/Essay Nonfiction: Ellen Greenblatt, Auraria Library, 1100 Lawrence St., Denver CO 80204• Other Nonfiction: Rosemerry W. Trommer, 25811 Hwy. 145, Placerville, CO 81430• Poetry, Original Softcover, and Young Adult/Children’s Fiction & Nonfiction:
Paige Ramsey-Palmer, 213 Rosebud, Boerne, TX 78006
Each book may be entered in only one category.Please complete one entry form per entry. THIS APPLICATION MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED.
The 2003 WWW Catalog,with 152 book listings and 16display ads of members’ books, hasbeen printed and mailed to morethan 7,300 booksellers, librarians,and other publishing professionalsall over the country. They were alsodistributed at the three Fall TradeShows.
The Catalog is the single mostimportant tool our members have attheir disposal to promote theirbooks, at a cost that is affordableand more than competitive.
Consider placing a display adin next year’s catalog, not onlybecause these ads pay for thepublication, but also because theyare very effective sales tools.
If you do decide to place anad, consider hiring a professionaldesigner to design the ad for you.She or he will not only be able toproduce a great design, but willalso know the proper format foroptimum print quality. High qualitydisplay ads sell books!
Ad submissions will begin inMarch 2003 for the 2004 Catalog(look for the notice in the nextnewsletter) and can be sent to ournew catalog editor, Alice Trego.Contact her at [email protected].
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2003 Catalog
When I went to my booksigning at Barnes and Noblein Corpus Christi, Texas inOctober, the CommunityRelations Manager told meshe had ordered fourteenbooks from the catalog ANDthat most of her purchaseswere based on the displayads, which included covers ofthe books. – Cynthia Leal Massey
Research Roundupby Gail L. Jenner
Reference and Resource Opportunities and Idea-Starters: Check outthese sites as just eye-openers!
For those looking for Holocaust information, visit:http://www.vhf.org/
The Shoal Visual History of the Holocaust/Schindler ’s List is a virtuallibrary of testimonies and videotapes of thousands.
http://earlyamerica.com/#Archiving%20Early%20AmericaArchiving 18th Century AmericaThis site offers various resources related to 18th Century America from
newspapers to maps viewable online. Scenes and portraits fr om originalnewspapers, maps and writings come to life on your scr een just as theyappeared to this country’s forebears more than two centuries ago
http://www.atlapedia.com/This site features physical and political maps, key facts and statistics
on countries of the world.
http://www.calendarzone.com/This site gives you access to calendars fr om all cultures and times.
Features: Comprehensive, categorized calendar catalog.
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htmThis site gives you the latest census r esults from the US Government... Different areas of information include: Overview, History and
Concepts, Methodology and Documentation, Publications and mor e.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/mission/This site is about “An Uncommon Mission: Father Jerome Tupa
Paints the California Missions” (1941- ), a Benedictine monk.
http://www.basquemuseum.com/oralhistory/The Basque Oral History Project includes:Audio interviews with Basque people in the American West,
accompanied by brief text biographies.
http://www.barbarafister.com/BloodattheSource.htmlBlood at the Source: Research Tips for Mystery Writers:A thorough guide for mystery writers “on how to use libraries and the
Web for research.” There is also information about “getting the most out ofreference librarians.”
Developed by librarian and mystery author Barbara Fister .
http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/iber/casefiles/Early Arrivals Records Search (EARS) “covers investigations of people
who tried to immigrate to America through San Francisco or Honoluluduring the period of the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882-1943.” Search by firstor last name, birthplace, ship, port, or case number , or browse by lastname. A joint project of UC Berkeley and NARA.
by Cynthia Leal Massey, 2001-2002 President Elect
I met Paige at the Women Writingthe West Conference in San Antonio in1997 when we both joined theorganization. I didn’t know then thatfive years later, I would count her asone of my dearest friends. We are bothfrom Texas and live relatively close toeach other, but it was not the pr oximityof our hometowns that drew ustogether. It was this organization thathelped to cement our friendship, andfor that I will always be grateful toWomen Writing the West.
Paige quickly became involved inthe organization, first by becoming itssecretary and catalog editor, a positionshe held five times. The first two yearsthe catalog was published every sixmonths. The last year (at her wisesuggestion) it became an annualcatalog.
Paige has also represented WomenWriting the West at the Mid-South
Trade Show in Oklahoma City and hasbeen editor of the organization'snewsletter. Paige became our president-elect at last year's annual meeting, andone month into her office, after thepresident resigned, Paige became ourpresident. We all knew that because ofher prior experience with theorganization and because of the kind ofperson she is, she would be a fantasticpresident, and she has been.
Paige has dignity, integrity, grace,and optimism. She is also one of themost intelligent and articulate people Ihave ever known, not to mention beinga wonderful writer. Her nonfictionchildren’s book, Young Troopers: Storiesof Army Children on the Frontier, is amust read.
Even with all these wonderful giftsand talents, Paige has one virtue thatoutweighs them all, and is especiallyuseful when a person is a leader. Shehas a gift for diplomacy. She is that rare
individual who can diffuse anykind of volatile situation andmake both sides, not onlyagreeable, but quite happyabout the outcome.
She is going to be ahard act to follow, and I amgrateful to have had her asa model for my upcomingterm as president, andeven more thankful thatshe has one more year onthe board of directors aspast president.
It is my great honorto award this plaque foroutstanding service tothe 2001-2002 Presidentof Women Writing theWest, my friend, PaigeRamsey-Palmer.
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New Mexico Magazine (New Paying Market)New Mexico Magazine covers the people, culture, arts, history and landscape of New Mexico for a highlyeducated readership from every corner of the world.http://www.writerswrite.net/pubdisp.cfm?market=10100202
Call for submissions: Letters To My SistersTo some, sisters are born. For others, ‘sisterhood’ evolves through the sharing of life’s tragedies andtriumphs. True sisterhood - a connecting point that can always be counted on. Accepting submissions fromall over the world until April, ’03. Selected contributors will be contacted by August 2003 and will receivecopies of Letters To My Sisters, published in spring of 2004 by Boheme Pr ess in Toronto, Canada. This projectis funded in part by the Canada Council for the Arts. Connie L. Jones, freelance writer Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canada.
To request guidelines or send submissions: Send either in the body of your email or as attachment to:[email protected]
Or mail to:Letters To My SistersP.O. Box 300281624 33rd Street WestSASKATOON, SK CANADA, S7L 7M6
Bellaonline For writers looking for ways/opportunities to publish, check out. This site links you to dozens of ezineslooking to publish your work. Little or no pay, this list can still give the beginning writer bylines and cr edits:http://bellaonline.com/articles/art3219.asp
Founding member Page Lamberthad a busy October. On the 17th,she joined Kathleen Jo Ryan(photographer and producer of the1999 Willa Award-winning book,Writing Down the River: Into theHeart of the Grand Canyon ), at areading and special slide showpresentation at the University ofWashington Faculty Club inSeattle. Contributors BarbaraThomas and Ruth Kirk werefeatured speakers as well. Thepresentation was part of theFall program at U.W. Women’sCenter for Lifelong Learning.Page also was keynotespeaker at this year ’s OzarkCreative Writers Conferencein Eureka Springs, Arkansas,October 11-12, and October23-26, she co-presented at thePrairie Winds WritersConference at SpearfishCanyon Lodge, South Dakota.
Sally Zanjani’s seventh book,Sarah Winnemucca (Universityof Nebraska Press, 2001), haswon the WesternersInternational Award for thebest nonfiction book of theyear on the American West.Last spring, the book also wonthe Evans Biography Award.
Debbie Brockett’s Stained GlassRose is in its second printing.Debbie has been on TV andradio twice each, had her bookselected by four book clubs, isbooked for numerous speaking
engagements and book signingsand she rated the front page of the“local” section — an article with afull four-color picture of the coveron it. Stained Glass Rose also wasreviewed favorably in ColoradoMagazine. “I can’t believe how wellSGR has been received by theWestern Slope of Colorado!”
The Idaho Library Association hasnamed Washington author T.Louise Freeman-Toole’s memoir,Standing Up to the Rock , Book of theYear. This Idaho Book Award isgiven annually to a book that hasmade a significant contribution tothe literature of Idaho. Standing Upto the Rock, Freeman-Toole’s firstbook, also was chosen Book of theYear by the Pacific NorthwestBooksellers Association and was aFinalist for a 2002 WWW WillaAward. University of NebraskaPress will publish the Bisonpaperback edition in April.Freeman-Toole recently wasawarded a resident fellowship atthe Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska,to work on her next book, which isset in southeastern Alaska.
Louise Ladd will be included in thelatest edition of Who’s Who inAmerica. “My reaction is morestunned than anything else, but Ihave to admit I am pleased,” saysLouise who is the author of 19novels for kids and teens, and co-editor of Sandy Dennis, A PersonalMemoir, published from a partialmanuscript found after Dennis’early death from ovarian cancer.And Louise’s Double DiamondDude Ranch series of eight books isslated to be reissued spring 2003.
Zumaya Publications of Burnaby,British Colombia, has releasedListen to the Mockingbird, anhistorical mystery/suspense novelby Albuquerque-based authorPenny Rudolph. A tale of murder, alost gold mine, and one woman’scompelling secret, Listen to theMockingbird, combines the real withthe fictional against a backdrop ofthe Civil War in the Territory ofNew Mexico. Rudolph is a formerjournalist, medical and sciencewriter. She has published shortstories, written a play produced by
a number of acting companies, andtaught journalism and creativewriting at the college level.
Mary E. Trimble’s novel Rosemount(Atlantic Bridge Publishing),previously available as an electronicbook, is now available in print.Mary also has had three travelarticles on Nevada accepted by RVLife.
The fourth and final volume inIrene Bennett Brown’s Women ofParagon Springs series, Reap TheSouth Wind, is a December releasefrom Five Star.
Janet E. Graebner’s short story“The Whispering” was selected forthe anthology Westward: A FictionalHistory of the American West, aWestern Writers of America/Forgerelease due out in 2003.
Send your Member News to:Sarah at [email protected] ORSarah Rickman10 North Johanna St.Centerville, OH 45459(937) 434-5979
Send your Newsletter ideas to:Mary at [email protected] Mary Trimble155 So. Woodgrove LaneCamano Island, WA 98282(360) 387-0757
**Electronic files preferred**But send photos by regular
mail please. Thanks!Send your Research Tips to:Gail at [email protected] Gail Jenner6131 Island RoadEtna, CA 96027(530) 468-5331
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M E M B E R N E WM E M B E R N E W SSBy Sarah Rickman
Jennifer Curington’s first novel,Redemption, (written under the penname Morgan J. Blake) won first placein the historical category of the FloridaWriters Association’s first annual“Royal Palm” awards on Saturday, Oct.26, 2002. She announced the newsSunday morning at the closing sessionof the WWW conference in Denver.
Gail Jenner won first place, $400, in aBetter Homes and Gardens RecipeContest. Her winning recipe, “Can’t BeBeat Pot Roast,” will be featured in theJanuary 2003 BH&G issue!
Gail’s new book, with coauthorMonica Hall, published by ArcadiaPublishing, Western Siskiyou Country:Gold and Dreams, has just hit theshelves! Anyone interested inCalifornia history, Gold Rush history,Native American history, or localanecdotal history, should find this agreat volume. It features 120-plushistoric photographs, many fromprivate collections.
Gail and Monica also havelaunched a biweekly historical columnfor their local newspaper, entitled“Siskiyou Scrapbook.” It will featuremany of the stories, photos, events, etc.,that they couldn’t fit into the new book.
Ann Parker’s historical mystery, SilverLies, won in the mystery category of theColorado Gold 2002 Writing Contestsponsored by Rocky MountainFictionWriters. Awards, September 13-15 in Denver. Silver Lies takes place inLeadville, Colorado, during the start ofthe big silver boom in 1879. A sciencewriter by trade, Ann says it’s her firstwork of fiction.
Fire Lilies, by Cynthia Leal Massey,was the winner for Best Romance in the2002 Independent E-Book LiteraryCompetition. The award wasannounced at the Digital LiteratureInstitute’s Annual Meeting in SantaBarbara, California, on November 2.
Sarah Rickman, in addition to thepublication of her first novel — andsecond book — Flight From Fear(October 2002, Disc-Us Books, Inc.), hashad two short stories published thisyear. “Winter Solstice” appears inFlights, an Ohio literary arts magazine,and “Suffrage Train” (set in Colorado)is included in the Fall issue of NewAmerican Review, Authorlink Press, adigest of short contemporary fiction,essays and poetry. Sarah also wasselected to write the biography ofWorld War II aviator Nancy HarknessLove for inclusion in Notable AmericanWomen, Volume V, to be published byHarvard University Press in 2004.
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Do You Yahoo???It’s a silly yodel, but I admit it! I DO! And I benefit daily from the combinedwisdom and expertise from my fellow WWW members who Yahoo also!
Women Writing the West is all about marketing and communication. The listservis the newest way to stay in touch daily. You canschedule your Yahoo session WHEN it isconvenient for you!
The Internet offers many conveniencesthat are lifesavers for writers wholive in remote places or who workalone most of the time. A world ofnew research buddies and kindredspirits await you on ourYahooGroup. Imagine. . . more than100 writers available to you for theasking! What synergy!
Please give YahooGroups a try today!
To Yahoo or Not to Yahoo:That is the question.A personal testimony by Paige Ramsey-Palmer
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go to the WWW Web site,Members Only area, and click on the link,
ORType in this Internet location (URL):http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
womenwritingthewest/ and follow the instructions.
If you have problems, contact ourYahooGuru Priscilla Maine
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