Book Review: "Flirting With Extinction"
by Joanna Kadish Joanna Kadish writes beautifully about the brutal truths of living a thousand lives in a single lifetime in FLIRTING...
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marthaengber
Sep 292 min read
Book Review: "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces and Poses"
by Jennifer Lang I love yoga, I love stories of the heart and I love hearing about the fascinating, yet complicated paths people take to...
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marthaengber
Jul 301 min read
Book Review: "Kyd's Game"
by Marc Rosenberg Marc Rosenberg’s KYD'S GAME is everything an exciting, fast-paced thriller should be: meticulous regarding details and...
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marthaengber
May 131 min read
Great Characters and Their Defining Detail
Buy NOW! When I wrote GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS, I had to think hard about how I and other writers could quickly convey to readers how a...
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marthaengber
May 75 min read
Spicy VLP SpillIt! Essay About the Privileged
NOTE: The following essay was published recently by Vine Leaves Press. You can subscribe to receive the monthly essays, or submit essays...
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marthaengber
Apr 22 min read
Book Review: "One Tuesday, Early"
by Annalisa Crawford I’ve read a number of books by Annalisa Crawford, and can’t get over how well she infuses her stories with wisps of...
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marthaengber
Mar 252 min read
Book Review: "Houdini's Last Handcuffs"
by Charlie and Cheryl Young HOUDINI'S LAST HANDCUFFS is a masterful ghost story for adults! Rather than terrify, however, this mystical...
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marthaengber
Mar 131 min read
International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Contest
Please pass this post on to your writer friends! Vine Leaves Press International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Contest First prize: $1000...
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marthaengber
Sep 23, 20231 min read
Meetup With Author Jennifer Lang
Martha Engber and Jennifer Lang What?! A second Vine Leaves Press fellow author meetup in less than a month? Yup! This time I met up with...
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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
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Book Review: "Death and Other Survival Strategies"
by Carolyn R. Russell One of my favorite feelings is that of the Octobers of my youth, the witchy time before Halloween when leaves fall...
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marthaengber
Aug 20, 20231 min read
A VLP Author Meetup!
Order BLISS ROAD! Check it out! Two @VineLeavesPress authors together! @Carolyn R. Russell joined me @Tatnuck Bookseller in Westborough,...
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marthaengber
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Thanks Cheshire Library!
Order NOW! Thanks @Kristy Crisler and @Cheshire Library for hosting my BLISS ROAD book reading and signing. And to the fab crowd who...
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marthaengber
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Book Review: "A Hard Silence"
by Melanie Brooks Silence as the result of shame and grief can brutalize a family. Such was the case for Melanie Brooks and her siblings...
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marthaengber
Jun 6, 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...
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marthaengber
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Autism Awareness Month Bliss
Did you know an estimated 1 in 20 people has a neurodiverse condition? Did you know there are dozens of neurodiverse conditions besides...
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marthaengber
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Preorder BLISS ROAD!
The time has come to preorder BLISS ROAD! If you’re thinking of ordering, do so now. The higher the preorders, the better the book will...
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marthaengber
Mar 12, 20232 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...
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marthaengber
Feb 26, 20231 min read
HUMMINGBIRD BLISS: My Mother's Art
My favorite birds are hummingbirds. What I love best about them is that the fact they’re so gorgeous, small and fascinating masks how...
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marthaengber
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Eggshell Transformations Podcast Interview
52 REASONS TO BE BLISSFUL — WEEK 36! While finishing my memoir this fall, I came across psychotherapist Imi Lo. Besides running a...
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