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Book Review: "Love Like This"
by Cynthia Newberry Martin Every once in a while an author perfectly captures the reality of marriage at a specific, precipitous time in...

marthaengber
Apr 142 min read
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Next Book Set in Los Angeles, a City That Defies Definition
I’m currently writing my third book in the Mary Donahue series and it takes place in California, and specifically, Los Angeles, an iconic...

marthaengber
Apr 142 min read
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The Story Graph Book Site
While at AWP2025 recently, a woman told me about The Story Graph and said it’s like Goodreads , the book reader/reviewer site owned by...

marthaengber
Apr 91 min read
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Massive Bookfair in Los Angeles March 27 - 29!
AWP 2025 I’m really looking forward to seeing my fellow Vine Leaves Press authors and other friends at this year’s Association of...

marthaengber
Mar 261 min read
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Book Review: "Barren"
by Byddi Lee Available for preorder NOW ! Irish author Byddi Lee's BARREN ( US link , UK link ) is a wonderful mix between Jean M....

marthaengber
Mar 232 min read
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Book Review: "The Midwife's Revolt"
by Jodi Daynard I love books about midwives , because they play such a key and dramatic role in women’s lives. Jodi Daynard’s THE...

marthaengber
Feb 262 min read
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Choosing My Book for Your Next Book Club Pick!
You gotta love your sisters! Or at least I do mine. They and their book club have chosen my book, THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE...

marthaengber
Feb 241 min read
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Fiction Can Lead to Increased Empathy
1978 was my freshman year at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, IL. I’ll admit I was pretty straight-laced, so I would have...

marthaengber
Feb 171 min read
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Calling All Authors: Second Annual VLP Writing Contest
If you love to read books about experiences you’ve never had in places you’ve never been, and you know someone who writes, or would like...

marthaengber
Feb 101 min read
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Book Review: "Listen to Me"
by Cordelia Biddle LISTEN TO ME by Cordelia Frances Biddle is an amazingly inventive book! The author writes from the viewpoint of many...

marthaengber
Feb 51 min read
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Happy Book Birthday THE WIND THIEF!
Buy NOW! I started writing THE WIND THIEF before the changing climate started bringing us the more extreme weather phenomenons of our...

marthaengber
Jan 221 min read
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Happy Birthday "Growing Great Characters"!
Buy NOW! Over the years I’ve had the great fortune to read books written by writers who’ve used my book to create fantastic characters...

marthaengber
Jan 131 min read
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Book Review: "Tick... Tick... Tick..."
by Steve Zettler Available to preorder! Steve Zettler ’s forthcoming thriller. TICK... TICK... TICK ( Vine Leaves Press , March 25,...

marthaengber
Jan 61 min read
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"Falcon" Research: Bird Calls and Birdsong
Buy NOW! While camping beside a lake, I once woke to the sound of a loon. It was one of the eeriest, most beautiful sounds I’ve ever...

marthaengber
Jan 61 min read
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Happy Holidays 2024!
I loved meeting so many of you this year, and keeping up with those of you whom I’ve known for a long time now. Whatever your...

marthaengber
Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Mary Donahue Means Winter
Buy NOW! Winter is most definitely the time to think about Mary Donahue, who, at the age of 15, is heading into the blizzard winter of...

marthaengber
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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New Year's Reading List 2025
Happy New Year to all of you! Here’s what’s on my reading list (the links are through Bookshop.org , so purchases benefit independent...

marthaengber
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Who's the Woman Warrior in Your Life?
Who’s the woman warrior in your life? That’s the question I asked the women who participated in the American Historical Novels Facebook...

marthaengber
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Book Review: "Flirting With Extinction"
by Joanna Kadish Joanna Kadish writes beautifully about the brutal truths of living a thousand lives in a single lifetime in FLIRTING...

marthaengber
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Dec. 7 American Historical Novel Giveaway!
Please join me and so many other fantastic fellow historical fiction writers for this fun holiday event! I’ll be online from 11 - 2 p.m....

marthaengber
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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