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marthaengber
7 days ago1 min read
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...
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marthaengber
Feb 41 min read
Book Review: "Listen to Me"
by Cordelia Frances Biddle LISTEN TO ME an amazingly inventive book! Author Cordelia Frances Biddle writes from the viewpoint of many...
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marthaengber
Jan 221 min read
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...
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marthaengber
Jan 61 min read
Book Review: "Tick... Tick... Tick..."
by Steve Zettler Available to preorder! Steve Zettler ’s forthcoming thriller. TICK... TICK... TICK ( Vine Leaves Press , March 25,...
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marthaengber
Jan 61 min read
"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...
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marthaengber
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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....
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marthaengber
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Writing to Music: WINTER LIGHT playlist
Buy NOW! Mary Donahue, the 15-year-old protagonist of my novel, WINTER LIGHT, which takes place in 1978-79 Chicago, listens to a lot of...
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marthaengber
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Literature That Transports Readers
Buy NOW! When I first began writing THE WIND THIEF , I didn’t have the means or time to visit Morocco , where much of the story about...
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marthaengber
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Mary Donahue's Winter Olympics
Buy NOW! Mary Donahue of WINTER LIGHT was 14 during the 1976 Winter Olympics in Montreal. Already too cool for school and generally...
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marthaengber
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Chicago Summer 1978
Buy NOW! Now that it’s summer, I was thinking about my childhood summers in the 1970s back in Chicago. What the season meant: hot, humid...
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marthaengber
Jun 3, 20241 min read
"What if...?" The Question Behind Every Great Novel
Buy NOW! Every great novel begins with the question, "What if...?" For THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, I asked myself: What if...
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marthaengber
Oct 16, 20231 min read
New Video for FALCON...
Order NOW! ...to celebrate the Laramie Book Award nomination! I hope you enjoy it! ___ For updates about Martha’s forthcoming books, news...
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marthaengber
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Book Review: "For You I Would Make an Exception"
by Steven Belletto This a wild — and wildly compassionate — book about a youngish man who journeys to find the teen daughter he didn’t...
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marthaengber
Aug 9, 20231 min read
5-Star Review for "The Falcon"
Preorder NOW! I'm so gratified to have gotten a 5-star Readers' Favorite review for my forthcoming historical novel, THE FALCON, THE WOLF...
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marthaengber
Jul 23, 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...
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marthaengber
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Native American Women Warriors
Preorder NOW! Women get short shrift in history across the board. Some of the most unsung are Native American warriors. Here are a few to...
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marthaengber
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Osage Orange Bow: A Talisman for My Protagonist
Preorder NOW! My historical novel, THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, involves two female warriors on opposing Native American...
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marthaengber
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Book Review: "Ella's War"
by Rusty Allen This book was so interesting! I hadn’t been aware of how much naval activity there was along the East Coast of the US...
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marthaengber
Jun 12, 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...
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marthaengber
Nov 9, 20221 min read
Book Review: "There There"
by Tommy Orange In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to recommend Tommy Orange’s There There. A member of the...
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