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Female Heroes: Pino and Boudica
Buy NOW! When taking part in the American Historical Novel Facebook page holiday giveaway some months ago, I asked readers who their...
marthaengber
1 day ago1 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
2 days ago2 min read
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Severance Season 2: Are You a Fan?!
TV show When we were developing our TV show, THE RECORD SHOP , recently bought by Knight Studios , I held SEVERANCE as the standard of...
marthaengber
4 days ago1 min read
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Screenwriting: Takes a Village That Includes EJ DeBrun!
Contact EJ “If a TV show gets produced, it’s a miracle.” When EJ DeBrun said those words while speaking on a panel at the San Francisco...
marthaengber
6 days ago2 min read
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Happy St. Pat's Day From Mary Donahue!
Buy NOW! Growing up in Chicago , I was used to the city dumping gallons of green dye in the Chicago River to celebrate St. Pat’s Day,...
marthaengber
Mar 171 min read
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"The White Lotus": Are you a fan?
"The White Lotus" season 3 I’m a huge fan of screenwriter, director, creator Mike White for what he’s accomplished with THE WHITE LOTUS ...
marthaengber
Mar 141 min read
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Screenwriters: Let's Talk Sizzle Reels!
Image from sizzle reel for THE RECORD SHOP (coming 2026) If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, or know someone who is, pass along this...
marthaengber
Mar 92 min read
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Exciting TV Show Update!
Coming 2026! Some months ago I told you my inconsistency in producing a newsletter was due to the hard work my writing team and I were...
marthaengber
Mar 71 min read
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Developmental Edit of Next Book Underway
I just started the developmental edit of SCATTERED LIGHT (published by Vine Leaves Press Nov. 2025), the Mary Donahue sequel to WINTER...
marthaengber
Mar 31 min read
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Help a Worthy Independent Bookstore!
There was nothing quite like walking into a Books Inc. bookstore years ago to see my very first book, GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS ,, on the...
marthaengber
Feb 282 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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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...
marthaengber
Feb 41 min read
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Are Autism and Narcissism Linked?
When working on my memoir, BLISS ROAD ( Vine Leaves Press ), one of my early readers asked if narcissism and Autism Spectrum Disorder ...
marthaengber
Feb 32 min read
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Gratitude Friday
Every day I try to remind myself about all of the goodness in my life. Every once in awhile, though, I’m shocked into the full reality...
marthaengber
Jan 311 min read
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Happy Lunar New Year!
I’m not Chinese, but for a long time now have lived in an area with a huge Chinese population and have loved the culture those in my...
marthaengber
Jan 281 min read
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Interview With YA Author Jefferson Shupe
I had the pleasure of interviewing author Jefferson Shupe for my uniting Americans blog, Vigilant Positivity. He wrote THE BATHWATER...
marthaengber
Jan 272 min read
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