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Coffee (and maybe cake!) Book Talk
If you come to my book talk at this very cool bookstore and cafe, coffee is on me! It’ll be a sweet way to learn about neurodiversity and...

marthaengber
Jul 26, 20231 min read


Native American Contributions to Sports
Preorder NOW! While researching THE FALCON, THE WORLF, AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, I learned about the many sports Native American tribes...

marthaengber
Jul 23, 20231 min read


Research Heaven: Mashantucket Pequot Museum
I set my forthcoming historical novel , THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD (Sept. 19, Histria Books), in southern Connecticut...

marthaengber
Jun 20, 20231 min read


Next Book: The Falcon, the Wolf and the Hummingbird
I know, I know! BLISS ROAD was published last week and already I’m starting to promote my next book! It’s historical fiction and takes...

marthaengber
Jun 12, 20231 min read


Art Calling! Podcast Interview about BLISS ROAD
ORDER BLISS ROAD NOW! Listen now to Episode 107! I started listening to Jaime Alejandro’s Arts Calling! podcast last year. He’s a...

marthaengber
Jun 9, 20231 min read


Happy Book Birthday, BLISS ROAD!
Order BLISS ROAD now! Drum roll, please…. BLISS ROAD is now out in the world! Thanks to all of my advance readers and reviewers who’ve...

marthaengber
Jun 6, 20231 min read


YOU Bliss!
Preorder BLISS ROAD now! While creating the compilation of graphics for this final 52nd — and last — post in the 52 Reasons to be...

marthaengber
Jun 5, 20231 min read


Family Support Bliss
Preorder BLISS ROAD now! I think for a lot of writers, when they inform their families the next book will be a memoir that assesses...

marthaengber
May 28, 20231 min read


"Faction" = "Fiction" + "Fact"
The normal definition of “faction” is a dissenting group among a larger group. But according to The Book Genre Dictionary, faction now...

marthaengber
May 10, 20231 min read


Classic Literature Bliss
BLISS ROAD, June 6, preorder now Growing up, my favorite book was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, a fact noted in my forthcoming memoir,...

marthaengber
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Self-improvement Book Promo!
Enlightenment Through Golf Building Mental Health for Success A Private Conversation With Money Those are a few of the 28 nonfiction...

marthaengber
Apr 7, 20231 min read


Book Review: "Cat & The Dreamer"
by Annalisa Crawford Ethereal moments drift through this ghostly novella about a girl, then a woman, trying hard to escape a...

marthaengber
Apr 3, 20231 min read


Book Review: "Were You Close?"
a memoir by Anne Pinkerton Preorder Death tends to be a eye-opener in so many ways, as Anne Pinkerton demonstrates in this riveting...

marthaengber
Mar 25, 20231 min read


Book Review: "The House on Liberty Street"
by Frances Rivetti The House on Liberty Street is a charming Northern California cozy thriller that combines the comfort of curling up...

marthaengber
Mar 13, 20231 min read


Public Libraries: What Do They Mean to You?
Besides public schools, the public library system is the most important institution in my life, and I’d argue both are the underpinnings...

marthaengber
Mar 12, 20232 min read


Women's Day 23-Book Giveaway!
I'm one of three women born to a mother who was one of four girls. To say I come from a long line of strong, independent-thinking women...

marthaengber
Mar 4, 20231 min read


Book Review: "Heart and Salt
by Elaina Battista-Parsons I love books about girls becoming women. That’s the theme of Elaina Battista-Parson’s forthcoming short story...

marthaengber
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Sister Sue Bliss
My sister, Sue, was born on Christmas day just a few short decades ago. She and my older sister, Dee, and I have been a team our whole...

marthaengber
Dec 26, 20221 min read


Book Review: "Dream Kids"
by Michael Wayne Hampton I’m a sucker for gritty YA stories that show kids precariously straddling that fence between adolescence and...

marthaengber
Dec 21, 20221 min read


Hot Soup Bliss
California has been a lot colder than normal, and I have a cold, two reasons hot soup is my current go-to. I’ve tried a lot of recipes...

marthaengber
Dec 19, 20221 min read
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