2024 State Conference
Conference Schedule:
- 9:00am: Registration and Networking
- 0:00am: 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
About our speakers:
KATHLEEN OSBORNE – “Writing Wisdom from the Galaxy”
Did you know Science Fiction can blend in other genres? Kathleen Osborne writes Science Fiction Romance and Alien Romance! Authors Jane Castle (Jayne Anne Krentz), S. E. Smith, Michelle Deiner, M.K. Eidem, Anna Hackett and others showed her whole worlds and universes she could explore through their main characters. After several careers, including the Air Force, in December 2019, she told her husband, “I’m going to write a book.” His reply? “Then write a book.”
Kathleen found that no matter what she was writing, she was introducing aliens or paranormal aspects to her novels or stories. In answer to why she always ends up with a Science Fiction or Space Opera manuscript, she explains, “With Science Fiction and Fantasy, you create your own world, characters, religions, government, etc; which gives you the freedom to invent things that you have never thought of before… I feel that Science Fiction/Fantasy illustrates to the scientist what they could create. It may take the scientist a year or fifty years, but somehow humankind finds the solution and makes what the author dreams up and puts it to practical use.” How exciting is that?
Kathleen founded Transcendent Authors has stories in six anthologies they have produced and has published the novel King of Onus. Dream Brides — Book One of the Modrog Protectors will be out this year.
You can reach Kathleen at: http://www.kathleen-osborne.com kathleen@kathleen-osborne.com
http://www.transcendent-authors.coma
HOWARD GERSHKOWITZ – “Time Management in the 3rd Dimension”
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.
Howard has 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. His second novel, Not on My Watch, was published in 2021 and book three, Special Delivery, is due out in 2024. Most recently, he was awarded first prize in the Tempe Library/ASU Creative Writing contest for his short story, ‘The Painting.” He has also written a poetry chapbook, Observations and Distractions.
You can read about his personal journey to becoming an author in the anthology, Journey to Authorship, available on Amazon. His poetry chapbook, ‘Observations and Distractions,’ is available for a limited time by contacting Howard at gershwriter@cox.net. Visit his website https://gershwriter.com
Registration fees:
- APW Members pay $50
- Nonmembers pay $60
- Students with ID pay $25
- After May 1 and at the door – $75
To register and pay to get the EarlyBird prices:
1. Use QR code to go to Eventbrite or click on this link.
2. Contact RuthAnn Hogue at arizonaprofessionalwriters@gmail.com to pay by Zelle QuickPay or by check.
Registrations and payment after May 1 or at the door are $75.
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