Dear Readers! I thought I took a lot of photos, but Stephanie Chance has me beat of Decorate Ornate where I was invited back for the 4th year for their ArtStroll and Wine Swirl in Gladewater, Texas. We started even more Pulpwood Queen Book Club chapters, more members, sold many of my art-inspired fashions and books! What again another successful and BIG TIME FUN DAY with Stephanie Chance! I too hope you will check join my book club at www.thepulpwoodqueens.com. Click …
The Pulpwood Queen Plans her Birthday Bash at Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas And You Are Invited!
The Pulpwood Queen Plans her Birthday Bash at Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas And You Are Invited! Dear friends, I recently purchased my very first camper trailer. I call it Mark after Mark Green, named in honor of the last author to purchase a large painting called "Fireball" below. "Fireball", Alcohol Ink on Museum Gesso Boar, 36" by 24" All my authors and Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members are truly supporting me now as I make my way as an artist. That is why …
The Pulpwood Queen Yesterday Had a “Thelma and Louise” Moment!
Dear Readers! Yesterday I had a "Thelma and Louise" kind of day, The photo above inspired me to go after a lifelong dream! I saw it posted on Facebook and have always dreamed of purchasing say maybe not this one but a vintage Airstream, making it my own, a real Bohemian Rhapsody kind of Pulpwood Queen dream fantasy. Then life got real REAL! I called my dear friend. Pulpwood Queen Tiajuana Neel and asked, "Do you want to go and look for a vintage trailer?". Screech goes the needle on the …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces a 2019 Girlfriend Weekend Giveaway!
The Pulpwood Queen Announces a 2019 Girlfriend Weekend Giveaway! Attention Book Lovers, Don't miss the opportunity to be a possible winner in my 2019 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza Giveaway! All you have to do is buy my e-book or book or write a review and share. Send me proof of purchase of purchase to thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com and you are entered into a drawing. I will do this August 1st, (when the price goes up), to possibly win a FREE complimentary …
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The Pulpwood Queen is Celebrating Big Time the 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! Truly celebrating as we have a winner for the Alcohol ink painting "Flinthills", that I donated for a Silent Auction Fundraiser for my hometown of Eureka, Kansas after they suffered a devastating F3 direct hit tornado this past week. Meet Pulpwood Queen Author, Kathryn Casey who won the painting! Author, Kathryn Casey. Kathryn is a dear, dear friend and helped and supported me immensely through the years and she had the highest bid of $110 which will go to the first …
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The Pulpwood Queen Hits the Road on her “Warrior Goddess” Pop-Up Art & Fashion Book Tour!
Dear Readers, Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I are up bright and early, coffee in hand and headed out the door to embark on our ever-increasing saga of ultimate ROAD TRIPS! So follow along as we head into the bedroom community of Memphis, Collierville, Tennessee to attend the gallery opening of my dear artist friend, Alisa Free, Here is the schedule of our trip so won't you join our wild art loving, fashion wearing, reading on the road adventure! "Warrior Goddess" by Kathy L. Murphy, Alcohol …
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author Ends Her East Texas Tour in Tyler, Texas!
' Dear Readers, Making this short and sweet as leaving before rooster crows tomorrow morning for my Pulpwood Queen "Warrior Goddess" Art and Fashion Tour. Toyota FJ Cruiser packed at Tiajuana Anderson Neels now so we can hit the road! Today we did our last two events with our Author of the Month, Romalyn Tilghman of "To the Stars Through Difficulties! Though a smaller crowd at Barnes and Noble first, then the Tyler Public Library, those that did attend were very enthusiastic and …
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The Pulpwood Queen “Warrior Goddess” Pop-Up Art and Fashion Show Book Tour!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys Book Club members, Booklovers, Art lovers, and my dear, dear friends and supporters! JUNE is going to be a big month of author events and more! Go to www.shopvida.com/collections/thepulpwoodqueen June 11th, Pulpwood Queen Author, Romalyn Tilghman will be hosted by The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas for an event at the Jefferson, Carnegie Library. Mount Pleasant Public Library Mt. Pleasant, Texas June 12 6:30 pm June …
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The Pulpwood Queen Last Post on Breathless Bubbles and Books This Week!
Today is my last day to host as guest author at Breathless Bubbles and Books this week. To say I am excited about the pairings of my Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club selections with Breathless Wines is a supreme understatement. Running the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world it is a challenge that leads me to a story about wine that is so important to book club meetings as follows. At the beginning of my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares BIG NEWS from our Author, Rebecca Rosenberg!
The Pulpwood Queen Shares BIG NEWS from our Author, Rebecca Rosenberg! Schedule author Rebecca Rosenberg for your July Pulpwood Queens Meeting! Greetings PULPWOOD QUEENS! I am tickled to death that the Pulpwood Queen herself, Kathy L. Murphy selected THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. LONDON for the July read! Schedule your Facetime, Skype or Zoom bookclub meetings now and email your date/time request to me at rebecca@rebecca-rosenberg. Several meetings are scheduled …
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The Pulpwood Queen Talks About The Power of the Story!
Dear friends, Pulpwood Queen Author, Kerry Madden-Lunsford One thing I know for true, the power of the story can change everything. I have said this before and I will say it again, read aloud to your babies, your children, your friends, and family, to strangers. Reading aloud is telling a story. Yesterday Pulpwood Queen author, Kerry Madden-Lunsford shared a feature as she wrote about this, …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces NEW Co-Host for Girlfriend Weekend 2019, Author, REAVIS Z. WORTHAM!
Dear Readers! I am as pleased as punch to officially announce that for 2019 Girlfriend Weekend, Author, Reavis Z. Wortham will be not only my Co-Host but a Keynote Speaker for Girlfriend Weekend. With our theme being HOW THE WEST WAS WON, Reavis Z. Wortham just fit the bill and the hat too I might add to a T! Our dear Jamie Ford is been given a break as co-host as recuperating from his amazing book tour and the fact that his wife Leesha Ford is running for office in Montana! In keeping …
The Pulpwood Queen Asks,”Do You Need An Editor?”
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, Readers, Writers, Authors, Book Lovers Everywhere! When it comes to writing everybody needs a good editor, so when I heard this breaking news from Pulpwood Queen Author, Julie Perkins Cantrell, winner of a Crossover Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year, multiple Christy Award winner, my heart began to sing! So shouting from the rooftops, here is one that I can guarantee will take to where you need to be in the publishing world. There is …
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The Pulpwood Queen Post Highlights of our Bohemian Rhapsody Girlfriend Weekend 2018!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club members, our Authors, and book lovers everywhere! Madeleine Alexandrite Patrick and her momster, Kathy L. Murphy! Favorite photo of the weekend, Author, John Warley as in "Butterflies are Free"! The #1 Highlight of Girlfriend Weekend was after tallying the Author Silent Auction items we raised $2,140.00 with ALL proceeds to go to The Pat Conroy Literary Center. A big shout to Author, John Warley, a personal friend of Pat Conroy for …
The Pulpwood Queen Explains the BIG PICTURE on our Annual Girlfriend Weekend 2018!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, our Authors, all Book Lovers and those planning on attending our Annual book club convention that we call GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND! Let's talk about Girlfriend Weekend. What is it? For one weekend a year, always Martin Luther King Weekend as I too have a big dream, I invite in first all the authors of the books we have read, or are reading, or will be reading for 2018. You see I created this book club so I could discuss books, the books …
The Pulpwood Queens Takes a Day to Recoup and be Revived, Read All About It!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Readers, and Film lovers everywhere! The New season is now streaming of the Netflix series Longmire, I just watched the last episode of the 6th season. Today was a day of rest and recoup time for me as finished colleges classes, finals, all while fighting a bug that just will not let go. So I made me a big pot of 15 bean soup with some deer meet with sausage that my friend Laura McClelland gave me, the best soup ever. I just holed up in my little …
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The Pulpwood Queen Speaks Out On Reading!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members, book lovers everywhere! How to find your next great read? NPR just posted, a Book Concierge. While perusing all the books I am constantly reminded of how many books actually get published each year, a lot. So I read books from these lists and from other recommended online sites too like Shelf Awareness which leads to another treasure trove of great discoveries. I have only twelve Book of the Month books to select from an endless sea of …
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The Pulpwood Queen Invites you to my Senior Exhibition, SEVEN!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Book and Art lovers everywhere! Kathy L. Murphy is at Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Tyler. 4 November at 19:47 · Tyler · I would like to invite all my friends to attend my Senior Exhibition Gallery Talk along with my fellow artists titled "7" this November 30, 2017, 5:30 p.m. at The Meadows Gallery on the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, …
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The Pulpwood Queen To Graduate from College! It’s OFFICIAL!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, my Authors, and Book Lovers everywhere! It's OFFICIAL! Received the big news in an email today, I am to graduate from college, The University of Texas at Tyler no less. I am beyond thrilled as other than the birth of my two incredible daughters and perhaps selling my option for my book, The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" to film with DreamWorks, (which buckled me to my knees when I heard the news), this is the biggest day of my …
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The Pulpwood Queen Welcome Guest Blogger/ Author Judithe Little!
Do You Like Champagne? I do! Champagne plays a part in my historical novel Wickwythe Hall. It’s the connection between my fictional character, Reid Carr, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In the novel, Reid Carr is a representative of French champagne house Pol Roger. In real life, Pol Roger was Churchill’s favorite champagne. Voilà! Fact meets fiction. Churchill’s love of libations is well documented. He began each day with whiskey and soda or …
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The Pulpwood Queen welcomes Guest Blogger/Author, Steve Wiegenstein!
Welcome to My World! Steve Wiegenstein First, let me say how thrilled and delighted I am to be attending the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend! Years ago, I lived in Shreveport and would occasionally come to Nacogdoches on an outing, so I’m excited to revisit the area and meet with this wonderful group of book lovers. My books fall under the general category of “historical fiction,” so I’d like to give you some idea of what interests me about history and historical writing, …
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The Pulpwoods Queens, Louisiana Book Festival & Girlfriend Weekend featured in The Shreveport Times!
' Thanks to Pulpwood Queen Author and dear friend, Judy Christie for the fantabulous feature in The Shreveport Times. You will find all you need to know about me and Judy being featured at The Louisiana Book Festival in Baton, Rouge coming up and our annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2017/10/18/upcoming-road-trips-connect-readers-writers/106745196/ For the full program at Girlfriend Weekend 2018 get your membership, packets, at …
The Pulpwood Queens shares The Pat Conroy Literacy Festival!
Attention Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, our authors, and book lovers everywhere! For those that know me, know that I worshipped author, Pat Conroy. His books made me realize that I was not alone and to be able to call him my friend, was my greatest joy. I will miss him forever. But in the meantime, he lives on at the PAT CONROY LITERARY FESTIVAL! If you ever want to attend something besides Girlfriend Weekend, this is it! So many of our Pulpwood Queen Book Club authors …
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The Pulpwood Queen has added MORE AUTHORS to Girlfriend Weekend 2018
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The Pulpwood Queen to be featured at Louisiana Book Festival, October 28th, 2017!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and booklovers everywhere! In just four weeks I will be traveling with Pulpwood Queens in tow to Baton Rouge to be featured at the Louisiana Book Festival. I hope to meet many of you all there and will be doing besides a WORDSHOP a panel with Pulpwood Queen authors, Celeste Fletcher McHale, Judy Christie, and Julie Perkins Cantrell! That should get you there for sure as I am thrilled to focus on these Louisiana authors. If any other …
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author CLEA SIMON’S Life Lessons from her CAT!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys and booklovers everywhere! Don't you just love it when we are given all these life lessons from our authors! This time Clea Simon share with all of us! You will meet her too at Girlfriend Weekend so get your packages now at www.beautyandthebook.com or www.thepulpwoodqueens.com! I'm going to be updating the program this week but it is at the top of the page, more authors you all! Here we go all reading together! Tiara wearing and Book and Author …
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Pulpwood Queen Author, Susan Schild has some great advice!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys! I will be posting guest blogs from our authors as they come in so hopefully this one from our author, Susan Schild, (who will be featured at Girlfriend Weekend 2018), will speak to you. Susan writes heartwarming stories about dogs, women, and men from 40 - 70 having adventures and falling in love again, perfect reads for all our ever-growing book club members and readers everywhere, Truly, Tiara Wearing and Book Sharing, Kathy L. Murphy The …
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