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Northern Arizona Authors Association October meeting

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WILLIAMS—The next meeting of the Northern Arizona Authors Association will be Saturday October 13 at Camp Civitan. The meeting will start at 10 am and authors are encouraged to bring material to read to the group. The book collection of short stories by the authors of the group will also be discussed.

In addition, the filmmakers and actors may be filming the trailer for the book “River Thunder.” Anyone involved in the project are urged to come early.

There will be a hike to the edge of Cataract Canyon to film the trailer or just for fun if no filming is done.

Outdoor wear and good shoes for hiking through the forest are recommended.

The camp is located at 5008 North Civitan Road in Williams, Arizona.


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Actors and crew needed for local movie shoot

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WILLIAMS—Local author Gary McCarthy’s novel about the Grand Canyon and the Hualapais in the early 1900s, ‘River Thunder’, will be shooting a short trailer for Internet publicity on Oct. 13, at Camp Civitan north of Williams, from 10-4 during the day.

Three volunteer actors will be needed; a Native boy about 10 years old, his father in his 30s, and grandmother. Period clothes from 1901 will be needed, as well as some volunteer crew to help set up the scene on location outdoors.

Contact Cosy Riggs at the camp at 928-853-0395 for more details, as part of the Northern Arizona Authors Association.

Northern Arizona Authors Association book signing a success.

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Northern Arizona Authors Association at Bookman's in Flagstaff, Arizona.

FLAGSTAFF—The Northern Arizona Authors Association would like to thank Bookman’s for the wonderful book signing at their store in Flagstaff on Saturday, May 26th.

The following authors participated:
David Seals, from Flagstaff, screen writer/Director and author of The Powwow Highway,(www.Davidseals.com)
Gary McCarthy, from Williams, author of River Thunder,(www.Canyoncountrybooks.com)
Mike Sheehan, from Valle, author of Dogs in the Hot Moon,(www.inspiredoriginals.net)
Karen Colson, from Williams, author of Murder on Rt. 66,
Ken Dauth, from Sedona, author of Beyond the Battlefield: A Message from the Fallen,
Terry M.T. Hill, from Munds Park and author of The Twisting Path of Life A Collection of Poetry and Short Stories,
Cosette Riggs from Williams, author of The Clade Letters, (www.inspiredoriginals.net)
Nicole McInnes, from Parks, author of Brianna On The Brink, Holiday House, 2013 (www.nicolemcinnes.com).

Along with selling their novels to the shoppers at Bookman’s, the group decided they are going to do a movie trailer for Gary McCarthy’s River Thunder with David Seals directing. We are expecting Gary’s book to be sought after by major motion picture makers.

Also with the group was actor Jaron Druyon. Jaron has successfully recorded an audio book for Cosette Riggs The Clade Letters which is now being distributed by 101distributors. Jaron has also caught the eye—or ear—of a prominent audio book professional in Nashville, Tennessee for the quality of his voice and character portrayal. See Jaron’s website. (www.wix.com/jarondruyon/artist).

The Association was also honored by the presence of Holocaust survivor, Doris Martin, author of Kiss Every Step meet with us. She will be joining the Northern Arizona Authors Association. See her book on Amazon. Doris and her husband Ralph are the founders of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University.

Our next meeting will be in Williams at 9 AM in the City Council Chambers by the Library. The following meeting will be in Bookman’s in Flagstaff on June 23rd. All authors, published and want to be published are invited to join us.

Williams Writer’s Group meets this Saturday

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WILLIAMS—The Williams Writer’s Group will meet this Saturday, March 31 at 9 a.m. in the Williams Public Library on First Street across from the Post Office. They request that you bring a couple of pages of your latest project.

Northern Arizona Authors Group expanding their vision

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The small writer’s group in Williams is expanding in size and scope. Their plans are to tackle the intricacies of screenplays. The group normally meets once a month at the Williams Public Library, but will have two meetings next month.

On February 4th at 9 a.m. David Seals will be conducting a screenplay workshop. He is asking the group to write a 5 page treatment. Mr. Seals has been a writer in different genres for 45 years and has published with Penguin and Random House. David wrote Pow Wow Highway in 1989 which won awards at the Sundance Film Festivals in San Francisco, Montreal and Milan.

The regular meeting of the Northern Arizona Authors Group is scheduled for February 18th at 9 a.m. If the library is closed due to the holiday, the meeting will be held in the Brown Bag Sandwich restaurant across the street.

You can get more information about the group at their web site.