eConnect Newsletter for members and friends

June 5, 2020

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THIS SUNDAY! Writing a Children's Picture Book Free Virtual Salon via ZOOM Sunday, June 7, 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Our first virtual Sunday Salon, Writing Picture Books, will ZOOM your

way on June 7th. You'll learn how to get started, industry formatting, popular topics, publishing issues, and more. Whether you are writing for your kids and grandkids, or everyone's kids, this salon will give you a solid beginning.

This Zoom Salon is hosted by Dianne Blomberg, picture book author earning royalties since 1999. Her latest, Max and the Mysterious Noise, 2019, earned a coveted review by Bookshelf Detective, "... and here’s what I love—a kid with grit and a book with girl-power!"

ZOOM INFO Sunday, June 7, 2:00-3:00 pm USE THIS LINK TO JOIN THE VIDEO MEETING https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87956510538?pwd=anpYMlBMNEUwbUk5UV d4RmZGSDJpZz09 Meeting ID: 879 5651 0538 Password: 395976 For call in (no link needed): 1 253 215 8782 plus meeting ID and password

For Salon information: Dianne Blomberg, [email protected] For Zoom information: Marilyn Harmacek, [email protected]

ZOOM TRAINING FOR DWPC MEMBERS Wednesday, June 24, 2020 12 Noon - 1:00 PM

DWPC Communications Chair and social media maven Melody Jones is providing a free Zoom training for DWPC members. Learn how to schedule, secure and host a Zoom meeting. Learn

how to troubleshoot your audio and video, use chat, share

screens, record sessions and more.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW! Here's your chance to become versed in the most widely used video conferencing tool on the market today.

This training is recommended for DWPC virtual salon presenters who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with Zoom.

A Zoom link to this event will be provided via eConnect closer to the event date. Questions? Contact [email protected]

Meet & Greet..... Marilyn Harmacek DWPC Incoming President Virtual Event via ZOOM Thursday, June 18, 6:00 - 6:30 pm

Grab a cocktail or a club soda and come meet Marilyn Harmacek. Find out how she plans to lead the club during the current 'shelter at home'

pandemic. Here's her chance to clue you in on how we can advance our goals together and here's your chance to ask any questions. It's a win/win for all!

ZOOM info, Thursday, June 18, 6-6:30 pm USE THIS LINK TO JOIN THE VIDEO MEETING https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86123659619?pwd=Yzh4YVJuUkJkc1FSeTFwdUxtblk3dz09 Meeting ID: 861 2365 9619, Password: 389222 For phone call in: 1 346 248 7799, plus meeting ID and password

Any questions? Contact Marilyn, [email protected].

Don't Forget Your Annual Dues! Due by June 30, 2020

Thank you to all of you who have already renewed! If you haven't yet, here's how easy it is:

How to Pay There are two ways to pay your dues. 1. Online with PAYPAL. Go to https://dwpconline.org/join/. A $3.00 transaction fee applies. 2. Pay by CHECK made out to Denver Woman's Press Club and mail to: DWPC, 1325 Logan St, Denver, CO 80203 If you have questions, please contact Marcia Goldstein, Treasurer, [email protected]

Deadline. If dues are not received by June 30, your contact information will not appear in the Yearbook.

LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE. We want to keep you in the ranks even if you are currently unemployed or short on business! Contact Marcia Goldstein, Treasurer, [email protected] for payment options.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: THE DWPC CLUBHOUSE IS CLOSED TO EVENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Contact Marilyn Harmacek, [email protected], for questions.

Announcements From The DWPC Community

New DWPC member Mimi Pockross is featured in this spring's edition of Colorado Heritage, the magazine of History Colorado, with her article, How Two Colorado Women Brought a Play About an Invisible Rabbit to Broadway and Won a Pulitzer Prize. The article highlights the relationship between Mary Coyle Chase, the playwright who wrote Harvey, and Antoinette Perry, best known as the namesake for the Tony award and the original director of Harvey.

Mary Chase was a lifetime honorary member of the Denver Women’s Press Club. Her biography, Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat: The Amazing Story of Mary Coyle Chase, written by Mimi, will be published in the fall of this year.

Four months before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941, Mildred McClellan Melville, a past DWPC president, predicted the war would come to the United States. And come it did. In Colorado Women in World War II, DWPC member Gail Beaton interweaves oral histories and historical photographs to give a rare look at how the war profoundly transformed the women of this state and how these women stepped up and served their country, from ammunition plants to hospitals to sugar beet fields.

You can preorder now at www.upcolorado.com. Use promo code BEAT20 to get 40% off. The book will ship in August.

DWPC members Bonnie McCune and Kathleen Duhamel have teamed up to create a monthly book review column for My Prime Time News, metro Denver's source for news and

information aimed at seniors. “Reader’s Corner” features short, insightful reviews of books popular with mature adults. Reader comments and book recommendations are welcomed at https://www.myprimetimenews.com/readers-corner/#respond.

For more information on the authors latest books, go to https://bonniemccune.com/ or https://www.kathleenduhamel.com/

Dottie Lamm, DWPC member and former first lady of Colorado, shares insight on family, friends, feminism, politics and the fine art of growing older in her latest book, Straight from the Heart. Sifting through 25 years of her newspaper columns, Dottie chose essays that pull at heartstrings and elicit deeply personal responses from her audiences while tackling tough issues and tender realities. The book is full of candor, compassion and her own brand of self-effacing humor.

Straight from the Heart, edited by our own Joan Sherman, can be found on Amazon.

Don't Miss These Upcoming DWPC Events All events are virtual through Zoom unless otherwise stated. Password protected Zoom link needed to attend.

June 2020

 Sunday Salon, with Dianne Blomberg, Sunday, June 7, 2-3 pm  DWPC Board Meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 4-6 pm  MEET & GREET with...Marilyn Harmacek, Thursday, June 18, 6-6:30 pm  DWPC Zoom Training, Wednesday, June 24, 12-1 pm  DUES DEADLINE! Tuesday, June 30

GOT NEWS? If you have events, book releases, awards, or other news you'd like to share with Denver Woman's Press Club members and friends, please email Marilyn Harmacek, DWPC President Elect and eConnect Editor. Deadline: noon Friday for following week. Email subject line: Publish date: Event or topic. Thank you!

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