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Happy Birthday "The Falcon"!
Buy NOW! Happy birthday to THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD ! It launched three years ago and has aroused a lot of comments from...

marthaengber
Sep 221 min read


Interview With Wilk Wilkinson
Besides writing books, I also host the Vigilant Positivity blog , Facebook page and YouTube channel . As part of the Common Ground...

marthaengber
Sep 191 min read


Book Review: "Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers"
by Ian M. Rogers Buy NOW! https://vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/last-radiance-by-karen-malpede I never would have imagined a...

marthaengber
Sep 162 min read


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 151 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 81 min read


Research leads to... Onie B. Granville
While doing research for my next book, I found an article by the Los Angeles Urban League, “Remembering Onie B. Granville, Founder of...

marthaengber
Aug 272 min read


Should I do an audiobook for "Scattered Light?"
Preorder NOW! I need quiet when I read, but I know a lot of you appreciate audiobooks that allow you to listen while you do something...

marthaengber
Aug 252 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 201 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 181 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 111 min read


Book Review: "Beyond the Politics of Contempt"
by Doug Teschner, Beth Malow and Becky Robinson Coming in September 2025 You might not know that I’m the host of Vigilant Positivity , a...

marthaengber
Aug 55 min read


"Scattered Light" Book Cover!
Preorder NOW! I just got that email every author awaits: the one that contains the cover for my next book, SCATTERED LIGHT (the sequel...

marthaengber
Jul 281 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 212 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 211 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 142 min read


Book Review: "Your Story Starts Here"
By Jim Zervanos Buy NOW! Our culture is so full of memes — especially about American high school students as being any number of negative...

marthaengber
Jul 132 min read


Writing + AI = Who Cares?
In GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS , I write about how other writers can sow the seed of a character, and with tenderness and attention, grow...

marthaengber
Jul 71 min read


A 4th of July Wish for America
Today I took my car to an auto body shop to get an estimate on the time and cost of replacing some bolts on a detached undercarriage...

marthaengber
Jul 42 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 301 min read


Haikus: Love 'em or hate 'em?
I saw this sign in downtown San Jose and had to laugh, because I agree, even though I sometimes write haikus , a Japanese form of 3-line...

marthaengber
Jun 271 min read
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