Book Review: "Calling for a Blanket Dance"
by Oskar Hokea I get connected via social media to all kinds of fascinating people. A few years ago I started following the blog of Oskar...
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marthaengber
- Sep 28
- 2 min
Book Review: "One Person's Loss"
by Ann S. Epstein While on vacation, I blew through Ann S. Epstein’s latest historical novel, “One Person’s Loss.” She does a fabulous...
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marthaengber
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Book Review: "The Second Long March: Memoir From a Witness to China's Transformation
by Patti Isaacs I had the huge pleasure of meeting Patti Isaacs years ago when she attended a critique group to which I belonged. I got...
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marthaengber
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Author/Artist Amelia Pendleton
I’m still blown away by the talented people I met at the San Francisco Writers Conference this summer. One of them is Amelia Pendleton, a...
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marthaengber
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Happy Birthday, Mike
I had a pivotal moment at the end of my sophomore year in college. While driving through campus, I stopped at a crosswalk to let students...
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marthaengber
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Book Review: "Not Quite Lost: Travels Without a Sense of Direction" by Roz Morris
I love memoirs that employ humor, those that revolve around travel, and those that feature spooky historical houses. Author Roz Morris...
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marthaengber
- Aug 3
- 1 min
To Be Creative, We Need Our Sleep: A Podcast to Make That Happen
This really happened last week: Lynne (member of our community) recommended the Nothing Much Happens podcast. I downloaded an episode,...
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marthaengber
- Jul 26
- 1 min
New Opp for Writers: Fighting Chance Books
Kudos to Aya de Leon and those at SheWritesPress for starting a fiction imprint called Fighting Chance Books that’s actively soliciting...
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marthaengber
- Jul 22
- 4 min
Let Your Characters Do the Talking: A Dialogue Cheat Sheet
(NOTE: The following article is from a dialogue panel I participated in with Tanya Egan Gibson, Monica Wesolowska and Wendy Tokunaga on...
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marthaengber
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Book Review: "Automatically Hip" by John McCaffrey
(You can also read this review on Goodreads.) This fabulous short story collection is automatically readable! Every story spotlights the...
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marthaengber
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Word Bliss Monday
I wouldn’t be a writer if I didn’t love — adore, caress, worship — words. The thesaurus and dictionary are easily my two favorite books....
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marthaengber
- Jul 1
- 1 min
4th of July Food Delight
I don’t know whether everyone would consider my grandma’s green and red Jell-O with cream cheese a delight, but I’m passing on this 4th...
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marthaengber
- Jun 15
- 1 min
Book Review: "Prepare for Departure"
I just finished Mark Chesnut’s Prepare for Departure, a travel writer’s humorous, warm memoir of journeying with his mother to the end of...
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marthaengber
- Jun 13
- 1 min
52 Reasons to be Blissful: Week 1
In celebration of the publication of my memoir, Bliss Road, next June by Vine Leaves Press, I'm starting to countdown the many reasons I...
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marthaengber
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Grow YOUR Great Character and Plot! A Master Class
Back in the day, long before my first novel publication (The Wind Thief), I craved to teach at the San Francisco Writers Conference. A...
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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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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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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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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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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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