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    The Daddy Chronicles: A Memoir in Flash
    marthaengber
    • Apr 27
    • 1 min

    The Daddy Chronicles: A Memoir in Flash

    A friend of mine, Jayne Martin, is a master of flash writing, which is the art of depicting an entire story from start to finish in 100...
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    Interesting Humans Podcast
    marthaengber
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    Interesting Humans Podcast

    Talk of war atrocities, scams and political shenanigans got you down? Have I got a podcast for you! Interesting Humans by Christain Ward...
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    "Blood Up North": A Bodacious Backwoods Thriller
    marthaengber
    • Apr 16
    • 1 min

    "Blood Up North": A Bodacious Backwoods Thriller

    I just finished reading Fredrick Soukup’s Blood Up North, a thriller set in the backwoods of northern Minnesota. The book features a...
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    Happy Birthday, Mary Donahue!
    marthaengber
    • Apr 13
    • 1 min

    Happy Birthday, Mary Donahue!

    Today is Mary Donahue’s birthday! That’s right, born April 13, 1963, Mary — the protagonist in Winter Light — turns 59 today. She’s...
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    Speculative Memoirs: Say What?!
    marthaengber
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    Speculative Memoirs: Say What?!

    My author friend, Annalisa Crawford, recently asked about the definition of “speculative memoirs.” I love such questions, because they...
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    To Cuss, or Not to Cuss...
    marthaengber
    • Mar 28
    • 1 min

    To Cuss, or Not to Cuss...

    CUSSING — OR NOT — MONDAY Do you think swearing is therapeutic? The question occurred to me when I was scrounging around for a Swahili...
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    Do You Struggle to Balance Your Work Life With Your Creative Life?
    marthaengber
    • Mar 14
    • 1 min

    Do You Struggle to Balance Your Work Life With Your Creative Life?

    I got to talking with a writer friend of mine, Ian M. Rogers, about how our "official" work life can push aside our creative life. He...
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    Real Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
    marthaengber
    • Feb 23
    • 1 min

    Real Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"

    When I was a kid, I loved reading Scott O’Dell’s 1960 Newbery Medal Award-winning novel Island of the Blue Dophins. Forever after, the...
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    Meeting Bill Hamilton
    marthaengber
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    Meeting Bill Hamilton

    When on the island of Kauai in Hawaii recently, we met surf guru Bill Hamilton. He grew up in the 1950s in southern LA, where some of the...
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    Do You Have Enough "Flow" in Your Day?
    marthaengber
    • Feb 6
    • 1 min

    Do You Have Enough "Flow" in Your Day?

    I happened upon an article in The Conversation titled Why does experiencing ‘flow’ feel so good? Apparently “flow” is when we’re so...
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    New Author Photo Coming Soon
    marthaengber
    • Jan 26
    • 2 min

    New Author Photo Coming Soon

    I knew my author photo was getting old, but loathed the idea of getting a new one. Though I’m somewhat photogenic for informal cell phone...
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    "The Onion": Humor on a Regular Basis
    marthaengber
    • Jan 15
    • 1 min

    "The Onion": Humor on a Regular Basis

    When my husband and I lived in Madison, WI, where he went to grad school, we started reading The Onion, a hilarious, free satirical...
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    SPAM Hawaii
    marthaengber
    • Jan 7
    • 1 min

    SPAM Hawaii

    If you don’t know, SPAM — the canned meat, rather than junk mail — is a big deal in Hawaii. I ate the meat when I was a kid. Pale in...
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    12 Must-Read Books Based in Hawaii
    marthaengber
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    12 Must-Read Books Based in Hawaii

    All right, so the “must read” in this list featured on Bookglow — “all about books, all of the time” — is probably an exaggeration. But...
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    Movie Recommendations Featuring Hawaii
    marthaengber
    • Jan 5
    • 1 min

    Movie Recommendations Featuring Hawaii

    My friend recommended the movie, Soul Surfer based on the Kauai surfer girl who got her arm bitten off by a shark near the same area...
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    The "Eggs and Bacon" Island
    marthaengber
    • Jan 4
    • 1 min

    The "Eggs and Bacon" Island

    When researching for this trip to Kauai, I remembered from my previous trip that the island has a lot of non-native wild boar and...
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    Travel Style
    marthaengber
    • Jan 3
    • 1 min

    Travel Style

    What kind of traveler are you? My typical ratio is 20% planned activities that require reservations. The rest of the time is...
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    Mahalo Hawaiian Vacation!
    marthaengber
    • Jan 2
    • 1 min

    Mahalo Hawaiian Vacation!

    Before the pandemic, we used to go to Hawaii regularly. I'm happy to say I'm vaccinated, boostered, masked, and as such, leaving for...
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    Ode to Joan Didion
    marthaengber
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Ode to Joan Didion

    Today I’m recommending My Year of Magical Thinking and Joan Didion’s other works today in honor of her death on Dec. 22 at the age of 87....
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    Memoir Magazine: Find Your Next Great Read!
    marthaengber
    • Dec 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Memoir Magazine: Find Your Next Great Read!

    I never tire of memoirs. I love learning about people and experiences that are vastly different than my own. That and there are so many...
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