| Starts: | Thursday November 19, 2009 at 11:30am |
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| Ends: | Thursday November 19, 2009 at 1:00pm |
| Event Type: | Training/Seminar |
| Region: | Phoenix, Arizona Area |
| Location: |
Doubletree Guest Suites 320 N 44th St Phoenix, AZ 85008 US |
| Price: | |
| Website: | http://www.azpw.org |
| Industry: | writing and editing |
| Keywords: | Workshop, Writers, Authors, Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishing, Editing, Creatives |
| Intended For: | writers, authors, book reviewers, readers, publishers, editors, bloggers |
| Organization: | Arizona Press Women |
Webb is Author of DESERT CUT and other dark Lena Jones mysteries — and the humorous zoo mystery, THE ANTEATER OF DEATH.
After her brief talk, Betty will lead luncheon attendees through the same steps she took to turn factual articles into best-selling fiction books. There will be handouts and some on-site writing, so be sure and bring pens and paper — and be prepared to be creative!
Betty has written for a living for around 30 years, moving from advertising copywriting to journalism, to book reviewing, to writing mystery novels. She has also taught creative writing at Phoenix College. Before writing mysteries full time, Betty was a journalist. Writing articles ranging from hard news to features, she has interviewed everyone from U.S. presidents to astronauts who walked on the moon, as well as Nobel Prize winners, the homeless, the hopeless, the dying, and polygamy runaways. Her Lena Jones mysteries are based on stories she covered as a reporter. Betty is a member of the National Federation of Press Women and Arizona Press Women.
"If Betty Webb had gone undercover and written DESERT WIVES as a piece of investigative journalism, she'd probably be up for a Pulitzer... The factual details - supported by research cited in an afterward - are eye-popping." — The New York Times
Date: November 19, 2009
Place: Doubletree Guest Suites, 320 N. 44th St., Phoenix
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cost: Free to APW members. $5 for non-members. Lunch is your choice, Dutch Treat off the restaurant menu
Please RSVP on LinkedIn, or to Brenda Warneka at apw.reservations@gmail.com or 480-778-8776
Betty is always informative and very entertaining -- tough combo to find. I should be finished with my full time gig at PVCC so can attend theweekday, afternoon meetings that most working professionals can not.