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US Marshall Jay Adams is home with his wife when there's a knock on his front door. His son and two other US Marshalls come to get him. They are calling him back to field duty to track down a man that some are calling a mad scientist. People have been killed, buildings destroyed, and government secrets are missing. The government wants US Marshall Jay Adams to lead the team. Before he retired, he almost always got his man. He, with his son, and his son's team, board a specially designed airship--a dirigible. They go after one of the wealthiest men in the world, Doctor Sky. The scientist is now on the most dangerous man list with US Marshall Service. In their airship, powered by steam and an electric motor, they travel across the country just one step behind the Doctor.
TJ Boyer, best known for his Mirror Gate Chronicles, a Sci-Fantasy genre series, is from Phoenix, AZ. He is married to Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer. With two children and three grandchildren, he has been writing and telling stories since he was in his teens. He and Elizabeth co-wrote The Mirror Gate Chronicles series and The Night Bird.
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The Octopus can mimic shapes and colors to blend into its environment. |
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This is how little we perceive of the light around us |
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Writing poetry since 1959, he often focuses on his fascination with Sonoran Deserts.and his experiences in Guatemala’s post-civil war years. He draws inspiration from the environment, poverty, shadows, friendship, loneliness, hope, aging, coyotes, hawks, brigands, fools, danger and death. And of course, politics. Earl’s photographs, logbooks and essays reflecting on life experiences serve as foundations for his prose and poetry.
As an inspirational speaker, published author, workshop presenter and instructor at the Arizona State University Piper Writing Center, Patricia offers her latest non-fiction publication WRITE THE MEMOIR YOU'RE AFRAID TO WRITE. This book delves deep into tried-and-true methods to help you, as an aspiring memoir writer, draft your compelling personal stories.
Her first memoir, GIFTS OF SISTERHOOD, a journey from grief to gratitude centers around the grief of losing a sibling. This book earned her an AZ Authors Association Literary Contest Non-fiction award.
With her second memoir she serves as an advocate and speaker for domestic violence and love addiction awareness, with THREE HUSBANDS AND A THOUSAND BOYFRIENDS. She is passionate about her advocacy work and also provides a workshop on gratitude journal writing.
Her third memoir, SICK AS MY SECRETS, covers her spiritual transformation and recovery journey of over 40 years from alcohol. She speaks openly in the community on the topic of women and alcoholism.
Ashley E. Sweeney is the award-winning author of Eliza Waite and Answer Creek, both winning multiple awards including the Nancy Pearl Book Award and the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. Hardland is her third novel. A native New Yorker and graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, she now spends winters in Tucson, Arizona and summers in the Pacific Northwest. She is at work on her fourth novel, based on the life of her Irish great-grandmother who lived in the American West in the 1880s and 1890s. Sweeney is a member of Western Writers of America, Women Writing the West, Pacific Northwest Authors Association, Arizona Authors Association, Historical Novel Society, and Story Circle Network. You can reach her at https://ashleysweeneyauthor.com
Joshua Brown and his team have been tasked with fighting The War on Crime. A war has begun in China and a Taiwanese triad has taken advantage of the situation. In the mountains near Taipei the Heavenly Way Alliance triad has new leaders. They use the China war as a distraction to expand their drug trade and other deadly opportunities in America. The Wu brothers, Yen and Li, begin their assault on Chinatown in Portland, Oregon. They estimate it will be an easy target to begin their growth. But things don’t go as planned. As the Lunar New Year approaches, Uncle Chen was a bigger challenge than they had imagined.
The author of 13 science fiction books, Frank G. Davis began reading science fiction in elementary school, favoring Robert Heinlein to the degree that he currently has all of Heinlein’s books in his library. He began writing his own novels when COVID 19 trapped him in his home office. As soon as he felt safe leaving the house, he joined Inklings at the Vista Grande Library in Casa Grande, meeting twice a month. One member gave him the name of an editor/publisher, and before 2020 was out, he had published his first book—a series of short stories. His latest novel is the sixth book in his War on Crime series.
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From left to right: Beverly Petrone, Vijaya Schartz, JD Shipton, Dean Hovey and his wife Julie |
On November 2, about 40 guests enjoyed camaraderie and plentiful food and drink at the Arizona Authors Association Literary Awards Reception, held at the home of AAA Vice President and Literary Contest Coordinator Jane Ruby.
Jane graciously contributed the considerable cost of renting the tables and chairs that dotted her spacious back yard. AAA President Emeritus Toby Heathcotte was on hand to present award certificates and cash prizes to winners of the 2024 contest.
The free event was livestreamed on Facebook, courtesy of our resident tech-wizard, Daniel Dickinson. Kebba Buckley Button circulated throughout the afternoon, to photo-capture the festivities.
Former Broadway musical theater actress and outgoing AAA Editor in Chief Penny Orloff acted as Master of Ceremonies, entertaining the crowd with quips and stories as she announced the prizes in each of the many contest categories. Penny, herself, had contributed $1000 toward prize money to make the contest as appealing as possible to entrants
Eva Moon’s novel, Pinocchio’s Guide to the End of the World, won the $500 Grand Prize. Other top prize winners of $200 each were Jessie Thorpe for her published novel, Bolton Roper; Jack Wulfen for his short story, Cats Know; and Judy Paris for her published children’s book, Not Funny, Harvey.
Other cash prize winners were DeVonna Allison, Bart Ambrose, Dan Baldwin, Stephen Bowling, McKenzie Catron-Pichan, Earl Vincent deBerge, Wayne Edwards, Rosemarie Garlasco, Anne Hanovich, Marsha Klopmeier-Tufft, Susan Krause, Lawrence Lenhart, Eileen Mahoney, Nancy Hicks Marshall, Jessica McCann, Isabella Sardas, Jacque Shaw, Cita Stelzer, Diane Vaszily, Steve Weitzenkorn, and Julie Wendt. For the complete list of winners, go to arizonaauthors.org and click “winners.”
The annual AAA Literary Contest welcomes authors of published and unpublished novels, nonfiction works, and novellas; unpublished essays, short stories, and poetry; and published Young Adult and children’s books. The 2025 contest opens January 1, 2025. To enter, go to arizonaauthors.org and click on Contest.
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Celebrating Global Tai-Chi Day in the park, with a few of my students. |
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Current AAA member Rodo Sofranac was brought into the AAA by De Mente during the early years of the organization. He kindly offers his memories of those crucial first years, and his ideas for the future of the organization.
Rodo: In the early 80s Boye came to address a creative writing workshop I had enrolled in at Paradise Valley Community College. He was forthright, unpretentious; he advised us to write from the heart, and not to look for fame and fortune. These admonitions were exactly what I had needed to hear—I had wanted to write children’s books, and my wife had joked that I shouldn’t leave my day job!
Boye expressed his belief that you don’t achieve anything all by yourself; he advised us not to hesitate to call on others for advice. At the time he was trying to get the AAA going as a collaborative organization, where writers could share ideas, share successes and defeats, prop each other up. He felt that the meaning of life is in building relationships, that one’s life is defined by building relationships. That was Boye’s philosophy for AAA.
A great highlight of the early years was the acknowledgment that Arizona wasn’t just a hick state with dirt and cacti, that its diversity in geology, plants, and animals extended to its people—especially regarding thought and philosophy. Boye brought widely diverse people together to share each other’s work. One suddenly felt not so alone as a writer. The communal feeling among the members was the big highlight of those early years.
About eight years ago the organization felt a bit like parents going through a divorce. But through the strength and resilience of the group, we snapped back and continued to be there for each other. As Boye had originally intended, the organization offers mutuality and relationships. I find it easy to recommend AAA to other writers—it’s financially economic to join, and there are lots of activities to participate in, lots of opportunities to learn and to teach, to pass on knowledge. That’s what distinguishes people from animals: the proclivity to pass on learning.
There’s so much talent in Arizona. I’d like to see relationships develop with Amazon and B&N, where local authors are celebrated and promoted. I’d like to see the independent community bookstores feature events with local authors. Maybe AAA could do more along those lines, could do a bit more to promote the purchase of books from local authors. I’d like to see AAA develop relationships with the schools, creating opportunities for speakers/readers, who would make presentations for minimum stipends and create markets for their books. AAA could help organize that.
With a degree in psychology from Cornell University, Phoenix resident Rodo Sofranac also has a teacher certification from Cleveland State and an MBA from ASU. Born in Montenegro—formerly Yugoslavia—Rodo fled with his family to Austria, later immigrating to the US. A writer, teacher, trainer, and translator, he has over 45 years of business, education, and community experiences. He was executive director of Phoenix Habitat for Humanity, and has chaired various local, state, and national organizations. For eight years Rodo was the program director for AZ Leader Force, bringing together political, business, faith, and other community stakeholders around Quality of Life issues. As a private sector volunteer, he has been involved in policy research and formation in the area of workforce development. Elected National Chair, he worked closely with the National Governors’ Association, Departments of Labor and Education, Congress members, public and private economic development organizations, and workforce development and education agencies from the local to the international levels. See https://rodowrites.com
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Brian Wedemeyer is a former journalist now working as an elementary school principal in rural Arizona. He served as an Air Force photojournalist in Operation Desert Storm before working as a reporter and editor for nearly 20 years in Central California and Arizona. Wedemeyer had one question a few years ago about the O.J. Simpson murder case, and his search for the answer led him along an unbelievable journey and his first book, titled "OJ's MOON: Untold True Stories from the Other Side." He is a very active volunteer in his community, and serves as vice commander of his local VFW Post. He is a loving husband and father.