marthaengberApr 271 minThe Daddy Chronicles: A Memoir in FlashA 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...
marthaengberApr 201 minInteresting Humans PodcastTalk of war atrocities, scams and political shenanigans got you down? Have I got a podcast for you! Interesting Humans by Christain Ward...
marthaengberApr 161 min"Blood Up North": A Bodacious Backwoods ThrillerI just finished reading Fredrick Soukup’s Blood Up North, a thriller set in the backwoods of northern Minnesota. The book features a...
marthaengberApr 131 minHappy 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...
marthaengberMar 302 minSpeculative Memoirs: Say What?!My author friend, Annalisa Crawford, recently asked about the definition of “speculative memoirs.” I love such questions, because they...
marthaengberMar 281 minTo 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...
marthaengberMar 141 minDo 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...
marthaengberFeb 231 minReal 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...
marthaengberFeb 161 minMeeting Bill HamiltonWhen 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...
marthaengberFeb 61 minDo 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...
marthaengberJan 262 minNew Author Photo Coming SoonI 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...
marthaengberJan 151 min"The Onion": Humor on a Regular BasisWhen my husband and I lived in Madison, WI, where he went to grad school, we started reading The Onion, a hilarious, free satirical...
marthaengberJan 71 minSPAM HawaiiIf 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...
marthaengberJan 61 min12 Must-Read Books Based in HawaiiAll right, so the “must read” in this list featured on Bookglow — “all about books, all of the time” — is probably an exaggeration. But...
marthaengberJan 51 minMovie Recommendations Featuring HawaiiMy 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...
marthaengberJan 41 minThe "Eggs and Bacon" IslandWhen researching for this trip to Kauai, I remembered from my previous trip that the island has a lot of non-native wild boar and...
marthaengberJan 31 minTravel StyleWhat kind of traveler are you? My typical ratio is 20% planned activities that require reservations. The rest of the time is...
marthaengberJan 21 minMahalo 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...
marthaengberDec 28, 20212 minOde to Joan DidionToday 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....
marthaengberDec 22, 20211 minMemoir 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...