Ashley Barnard's stage adaptation of
Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility has
just been accepted for publication by
Dramatic Publishing.
Jane Candia Coleman's first novel,
Doc Holliday's Woman, based on the
true story of Big Nose Kate, has been
re-issued in trade paper by Tucson publisher
Ravenhawk. She will be signing
this and her latest hardcover novel,
Tombstone Travesty, at bookstores in
Tucson through June. Jane will also be
featured in the July issue of The Writer
- in a piece written by SSA's Jerry
Airth. Thanks, Jerry.
Willma Gore, a life-long writer, has
launched two Village Writers' workshops
and teaches a Write For Fun Or
Profit class at the Sedona Adult Center.
Her column Sassy Seniors appears
monthly in the local Village News. Her
work has appeared in more than 75
national and regional journals through
50 years of freelancing. Her most recent
credit is a travel article, Arizona's
Verde Valley Treasures, in the January
SLO Journal, and her holiday essay
appeared on the Home Forum Page,
Christian Science Monitor on Dec. 24.
She has written seven and shared the
byline on 12 children's books.
Her adult book for the better half of
life, Just Pencil Me In-Your Guide to
Moving and Getting Settled After 60
(published by Quill Driver Books) was
among those displayed at the recent
Wrangling With Writing Conference.
Her humorous novel Something's
Leaking Upstairs is due in May 2005
with Publish America.
Willma welcomes inquiries about her
workshops from any SSA members living
in the Sedona/Cottonwood/Verde
Valley area. (928) 284-7447
wgore@npgcable.com.
Sharon Poppen's short story Albert's
Consideration can be found in the
Flash Fiction section of the current edition
of an ezine called Long Story Short
(www.alongstoryshort.net). Her St.
Patrick's Day story, The Advice was
included in a newsletter called The
Backroom (www.bobburdick.com/the-backroom.
Sharon Poppen, author, After the War,
Before the Peace, available at
www.Xlibris.com/sharonpoppen.
Hannah, A Western Serial,
available at www.keepitcoming.net.
Lake Havasu City Writers Group
www.havasuwriters.com
Connie Spittler returned from San
Francisco, California, where she
received two writing awards from the
Pen/Nob Hill Soulmaking Literary
Competition in March. Her novel
excerpt Erotica Book Club for Nice
Ladies captured first place and her
essay Paper Trail won third. Connie
and other winners read from their
works at the Koret Auditorium in the
San Francisco Civic Center.
Martie Sterling's first writing effort
resulted in a $5.00 prize for her essay
on The Value of Eggs As a Food. She
was in the fifth-grade. Now, after years
of raising her brood of five, being a
volunteer worker for the Junior
Leagues of America, a writer for
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's, radio station
WHP, an editor an humor columnist
for Ski Magazine, and author of
four novels, at the proud age of 80, she
is proud to present her fifth book,
Pearly Everlasting (PublishAmerica). A
wondrous mixture of humor, tragedy,
mine camp detail and a real page turner,
Pearly is a paean to the storied past of
the town Martie loves - and the magnificent
Rockies surrounding it.
Madelyn Weingarden, SSA member,
freelance humorist and Tucson snow-bird,
so enjoyed a Yiddish class experience
at the Tucson Jewish Community
Centre that she submitted an article to
The Arizona Jewish Post. It was published
in the March 18, 2005 edition.
Her article explaining the importance of
finding a good, properly trained teacher
when trying the Pilates Method of
Body Strengthening will be appearing
in Tucson Women, May edition.
Madelyn thanks all of you who work
diligently for SSA and want you to
know how much you are appreciated.
Eve A. Wood, MD, has recently been
honored with eight prestigious book
awards for her first book, Medicine,
Mind and Meaning: A psychiatrist's
guide to treating the body, mind and
spirit.
- Finalist: 2005 Benjamin Franklin
Award: Best New Voice (Non-Fiction)
- Finalist: Nautilus 2005 Book Award:
Psychology/Self-Help
- Finalist: Nautilus 2005 Book Award:
Small Press - honorary category
- Finalist: ForeWord Magazine's 2005
Book of the Year Award: Health
- Finalist: ForeWord Magazine's 2005
Book of the Year Award:
Mind/Body/Spirit
- Finalist: ForeWord Magazine's 2005
Book of the Year Award:
Psychology
- Finalist: ForeWord Magazine's 2005
Book of the Year Award: Self-Help
- Honorable Mention: 2005 Writer's
Digest International Award:
Inspirational
Dr. Wood, practicing psychiatrist,
speaker, consultant and Univ. of
Arizona professor, is a pioneer in the
field of integrative psychiatry. Dr. Wood
has developed a treatment approach,
described through patient stories in her
book, that integrates traditional psychiatric
medicine, psychology and universal
spiritual principles. Her method has
attracted attention and acclaim from the
nation's leading authorities in the fields
of medicine, health and spiritual well-being.
Dr. Wood will be teaching at
seminars and workshops across the
country this summer. For more information
about Dr. Wood and her book,
please go to www.DrEveWood.com.
Jana Segal is a wife, mother, filmmaker
and award-winning screenwriter. Her short
script Model-T Biscuits won first place
at the Moondance International Film
Festival and the International Family Film
Festival. Segal will discuss why she founded
Reel Inspiration, a Tucson-based not-for-profit that encourages and promotes
the production and success of diverse films
that inspire, give hope or raise human con-sciousness.
