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Time to Read WINTER LIGHT If You Haven't Already!
Buy NOW! I’m currently running an ad for WINTER LIGHT so people have time to read it before the sequel, SCATTERED LIGHT comes out Nov....

marthaengber
Sep 15, 20251 min read


Mary Donahue: A Protag Who'd Stand Up for You
Order NOW! I don’t know about you, but I was reared in a family of three girls. And while the careers back then were only just opening up...

marthaengber
Sep 8, 20251 min read


Farewell Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest!
Seriously, folks! Over the years, the prose written by the winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has never failed to crack me up....

marthaengber
Aug 20, 20251 min read


Rolling Toward Publication
Preorder NOW! I'm starting to get rolling on promotion for SCATTERED LIGHT . I'm so grateful for those who've helped along the way, like...

marthaengber
Aug 18, 20251 min read


Letter From Reader of BLISS ROAD
Buy NOW! Almost every week I get a letter like the one above from someone who’s read BLISS ROAD , , my memoir about being the daughter...

marthaengber
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Book Review: "Remodel Your Brain"
by Sherian Lee Buy NOW! Well-organized, well-written, kind and hopeful, Sherian Lee , the author of this remarkable book does a fabulous...

marthaengber
Jul 21, 20252 min read


New Author Photo
I’m not a huge fan of having my photo taken, but I never liked my old photo and so decided to contact a few local photographers to...

marthaengber
Jul 21, 20251 min read


Subversive Poetry: Relief During Repression
Buy NOW! When I was at a writing conference last March, I went to a panel about the importance of poetry in times of political and social...

marthaengber
Jul 14, 20252 min read


A Poem for SCATTERED LIGHT
In my upcoming book, SCATTERED LIGHT , which will be published Nov. 25, 2025 (sequel to my IPPY Gold Medal in YA Winner, WINTER LIGHT ),...

marthaengber
Jun 30, 20251 min read


WINTER LIGHT Read-along Comments
I’ve never done an Instagram read-along, but have always wanted to try one. No better time than now, because I want others to read WINTER...

marthaengber
Jun 23, 20251 min read


BLISS ROAD Turns 2!
Buy NOW! 100 Goodreads ratings/90 Amazon reviews “A crucial and compassionate story!” “One of the most honest books I’ve ever read!”...

marthaengber
Jun 9, 20251 min read


Book Review: "Body: My Life in Parts"
by Nina B. Lichtenstein Buy NOW! I’ve never read a memoir with a more unique and organic structure than BODY: MY LIFE IN PARTS . The...

marthaengber
Jun 3, 20252 min read


WINTER LIGHT Read-along: June 1 - 30
I'm excited to announce that SCATTERED LIGHT , the sequel to WINTER LIGHT , my IPPY Gold Medal in YA book, will be published in less than...

marthaengber
May 30, 20252 min read


Book Review: "True Home"
by Janet Clare Buy NOW! Janet Clare ’s newest book, TRUE HOME , sings of love amid human imperfections of a kind we all know too well,...

marthaengber
May 26, 20251 min read


Book Review: "Bell Tower"
Buy NOW! This near future science fiction story by Raphael Pond is an allegorical tale for our technologically-fraught times! The BELL...

marthaengber
May 19, 20252 min read


Essay Published in SpillIt!: "Vigilant Tolerance"
As you know, there’s a lot of change going on in America right now. So when Ashley Holloway in Calgary, Canada, wrote an essay — “Is...

marthaengber
Apr 29, 20255 min read


I'm a Guest on A Great New Podcast!
Watch now! A fellow author and friend of mine, John McCaffrey , had a great idea for a YouTube podcast: ask people, “Who’s the most...

marthaengber
Apr 23, 20251 min read


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 9, 20251 min read


The MMR Vaccine and Autism
During the process of writing BLISS ROAD , a memoir about my undiagnosed autistic dad, I went on a mountain biking trip about two hours...

marthaengber
Apr 6, 20254 min read


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 26, 20251 min read
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