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The Pulpwood Queen has a Full Schedule of Events this Halloween Week!

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Dear Readers, Here is my Pulpwood Queen Calendar of Events this week!  Happy HalloweenPulpwood Queen 2020 October Book of the Month Breathless Bubbles and Books Rebecca Rosenberg's Houdini Halloween posts on your Facebook Group page and featuring Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author, Mandy's Haynes and her latest incredible book at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/booksbubbles/permalink/1593799540828323 Author and Radio Personality River Jordan Wednesday, October 28th, 4:22 pm …

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The Pulpwood Talks about one of her favorite films “Man’s Favorite Sport!

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Dear Readers, When it comes to the favorite films of my childhood, tune into the films of the 1960's.  This is perhaps my favorite romantic comedy, "Man's Favorite Sport" starring Paula Prentice and Rock Hudson. It's the story of this man who has written a book on a guide to fishing but only one problem.  He does not know how to fish! Check out my latest blog on this at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRY0gmHXWfdLWAe7yMjp5bA?view_as=subscriber This is what I dreamed would happen to me …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares her first book ever, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”!

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Today check out Kathy L. Murphy a.k.a. The Pulpwood Queen as she shares her story of the first book her book club, The Pulpwood Queens, ever read, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" twenty years ago. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the founding of The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas which as grown to be The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation, nearly 800 chapters strong nationwide and around the world! Won't you join in to hear about all about the story! For …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Tonight’s Pre-Show Interview information for The Pulpwood Queen Film Club!

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Dear Readers! Tonight is is our Saturday night, 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time Pre-show for The Pulpwood Queen Film Club featuring actress, producer, Christina Fernandez Shapter. This was her husband's film and tragically died so Christina has been working tirelessly to promote this documentary that first aired on PBS. Learn all about the story that was one of Texas History's darkest time as all the men in the town of Porvenir, Texas were woke up in the middle of the night, led out of the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Reads and Reviews, “A Dog’s Perfect Christmas”!

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Author, W. Bruce Cameron, Tucker, their rescue dog, and his wife and author, Cathryn Michon. https://images.app.goo.gl/qceTe4Ge3eur7rsJ7 Dear Readers, This past Saturday I interviewed Pulpwood Queen Book Club authors, Cathryn Michon and W. Bruce Cameron for my The Pulpwood Queen Film Club at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVsAFLDn0g.  Bruce has a new book coming out October 20, 2020 titled "A Dog's Perfect Christmas" and this is one book that you will want to share with the whole …

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The Pulpwood Queen Answers the Cry of the Meadowlark!

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Photo credit  Carma Wilson of Eureka, Kansas Dear Readers, I will be traveling to my hometown of Eureka, Kansas soon and the Eureka Lake county road was what you drove to get my grandparents home place we called OUTHOME! In this time of social distancing I choose to travel safely and wisely back to where I grew up because they say you can never go home again, but Eureka calls to me as the meadowlark from the prairies of the Flinthills. I plan on reading, which just arrived,  my …

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The Pulpwood Queen Is Still Here, Make Each Day Count!

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/remembering-jan-reid-a-defining-magazine-journalist-and-voice-in-texas-literature/?fbclid=IwAR0yRgjdzN1uEhP8vn8bo2OilEOOlAjlFhMd1OJN_SMwgzg4lsAfsTwRdKo I lost another dear friend, this time a Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author and Texas icon, Jan Reid. It hit me hard as no kinder man have I have ever met. I have two stories that say pretty much it all when it comes to Jan Reid, he was a man of few words in person but his words on paper where some of the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Announces our Fall Line-up for Pulpwood Academy Online Book Club Authors Featured!

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Greetings Pulpwood Academy Online Book Club Members! Here is the line up of authors for this fall that I will NOW be interviewing to be followed by question and answer time for our online book club meetings NOW on Zoom. I will be posting the Zoom Link and password on the Pulpwood Academy Online Book Club before the event that week. Tune to this page to get the links as I post them to the meetings. For those of you that do not have a Zoom app downloaded, no worries, you just have to click on …

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The Pulpwood Queen Announces Line-up for Features for The Pulpwood Queen Film Club!

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BREAKING The Pulpwood Queen Film Club News! Here is the line-up for the authors, actors, actresses, film makers, and documentary subjects that will be featured by me in my Pre-show and the films to be shown every Saturday night in September, 6:30 P.M. Central Standard Time as follows: September 12th, Author, Actress, Tina Sloan to be followed by a double feature of her films, The Guru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8kyVvzj2Q&list=PLgILmhYoOZ-f6iTvdYJG-QWCquKTvj5hd Happy New …

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The Pulpwood Queen Goes to California with A Book Upon Her Knee!

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My daughters, Madeleine Alexandrite, Helaina Amethyst Wilkerson and my grand son Hawthorne with my Aunt Marti Whitmer at our 2020 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Book Club Convention this past January! Dear Readers, In this time of social distancing I have a lot of time to reflect on who I am, where I am going, and what is my story. I began this journey by doing a DNA test and was surprised. I was told all my life I had Native Indian Heritage, Cherokee in fact, I was wrong. When I …

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The Pulpwood Queen Goes Hollywood!

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My mother, Mary L. Murphy, crowned Ms 3D at Emporia State Teacher's College now Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas when she was a student in the 50's as a Speech and Drama Major. Dear Readers, Nobody was a bigger fan of the big screen than my mother, you see her dream was to become a movie star. She bravely traveled by train to Hollywood back in the 50's to see if she could get discovered. You can read all about it my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide …

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The Pulpwood Queen features Author, R. Scott Boyer in “Feather Your Nest”!

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Dear Reader, Pulpwood Queen Author R. Scott Boyer attended his first Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend this past January 2020 in historic Jefferson, Texas.  I had a wonderful time meeting Scott and towards the end of the weekend he purchased on of my Alcohol Ink paintings on metal to have sent back to his home in Los Angeles. This is Scott's story. Kathy: Scott, you will be my my very first Pulpwood Queen "Feather Your Nest: blog for September.  Tell me how we each came into each …

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The Pulpwood Queen Gives a Birthday Thank You and More Exciting NEWS!

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  Dear Readers, First of all THANK YOU to all who wished me a very Happy Birthday.  I also will tell we raised in honor of my birthday well over $1,000 to the Pat Conroy Literary Center and honestly we have one day left to contribute.  If everyone of my members and authors would just donate $1 we could quadruple this fundraiser to the best literacy program ever, one of my charities of choice! Check out my NEW The Pulpwood Queen Film Club Facebook group page and new youtube …

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The Pulpwood Announces 2022 Girlfriend Weekend Featured Authors and Presenters!

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Dear Readers! Check out so far our CONFIRMED Keynote Authors and Presenters for our up and coming 2022 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Girlfriend Weekend, location to be announced at https://www.facebook.com/Pulpwoodqueen/media_set?set=a.10219958205440275&type=3 <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPulpwoodqueen%2Fposts%2F10219965623945733&width=500" width="500" height="708" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog on ART!

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  Dear Readers, Whether you "Feather Your Nest" with the "Dreaming of Italy" Alcohol Ink and Acrylic painting that my dearest friend, client and Pulpwood Queen Leader Margie Dilday of The Pulpwood Queens of West Monroe, Louisiana did with the purchase of this painting above by me, or "Feather Your Nest" with your art or others, do note that art is personal. Showcasing art is a way to convey your own signature style in your home.  One of of kind anything gives anything a more statement …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Featuring Murphy’s Law!

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Dear Readers, Welcome to my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law.  This is where I live at Holly Lake Ranch, Texas and where I have added my Art Studio by enclosing my former carport, shed, into my glass enclosed artist working space.  Today I will in my "Feather Your Nest" I will focus on the outside of my home as that is important too!  Thank you for coming by for a visit! Here is one of the wreaths I have created from my forest finds to decorate my home. This bird feeder greets …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” and Ironically, with CATS!

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Dear Readers, Today's post on "Feather Your Nest" is all about cats.  Mine in fact, Ferrelina my gray and white rescued ferrel kitten and Rush, my sleek little tabby also a rescue.  I have had so many pets through the years, dogs, cats, and my daughters had lizards, turtles, frogs, once a flying squirrel, hermit crabs, if they could catch it, we had a new pet.  Once Lainie came in the house wearing lizard earrings as each one she caught clamped down on an ear lob.  It was pretty alarming to …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Features Lighting!

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  Dear Readers! Today on my "Feather Your Nest" I am going to talk about lighting in my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law.  Most of the lighting in my home comes from either unique finds at estates sales, antique and resale shops, but mostly designer Angie Hudson of Made in the Shade in Jefferson, Texas! I love her lamps and light features so much they are throughout my home.  Pictured above is the birdcage light fixture that I embellished, because I can never leave well …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” with Travel Souvenirs!

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  Dear Readers, No matter where I go, I always bring back something that reminds me of that trip.  Above, these are little raku ceramic pots that I have picked up from galleries and museums that I have visited all in my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law as I "Feather My Nest". This is an African doll that I picked up at the Chicago Art Institute on one of my visits that I have had now for over 25 years. I often go to estate sales and find the most incredible art work …

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The Pulpwood Queens Talks about Armchair Reading on “Feather Your Nest”!

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  Dear Readers, Today I wish to talk about "Feathering Your Nest" with books.  I have armchair traveled around the world reading especially during this time of social distancing.  Above you will see some of the reads and books of my now fascination with all the storytelling of India cinema all displayed on my living room coffee table.  I love the colorful world of Bollywood, the costumes, the cinematography, the dance, and songs, but especially the storytelling.  My dear friend, …

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The Pulpwood Queen Launches “Feather Your Nest”!

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Dear Readers! Today I am launching a NEW blog called "Feather Your Nest" which will be a monthly blog on my Pulpwood Queen authors, writers, book club members, and art clients homes that have purchased my art for their homes.  We will get to know how they "Feather Their Nest" as we learn of their decorating styles, their collections, whether art, books, or from their travels.  We will learn of their favorite books, their libraries, and what books they may have written or are writing. And the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Film Club Kicks Off TONIGHT, Saturday, August 15, 2020!

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Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Readers and Film buffs! I have just created on Facebook a NEW way to have some fun during our time of social distancing with the launch of The Pulpwood Queen Film Club, please join and bring all your friends. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112701/ Tonight at 6:30 p.m, I will be doing a LIVE Facetime at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time as we Kick Off our very first Watch Party for our first film to watch together "Cold Comfort Farm". Unfortunately the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Talks about her Favorite and Most Despicable! Book Characters!

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Dear Readers, A question was posed to me this morning of which I was tagged by my friend Kristen Chambers as follows. "Reading friends, what literary characters come to mind when asked which one(s) do you love? And which do you loathe? I don’t mean how well or how poorly written the characters are. I’m talking about the ones who make your heart swell, who you’d admire if they were to come to life, who you’d want for a neighbor, best friend or mate; and the ones who are so despicable …

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The Pulpwood Queen “Feather Your Nest” Blog Coming Soon!

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    I had to share this as working on a NEW monthly blog that I will be posting on our Pulpwood Queen Book Club Member and Author's homes at www.thepulpwoodqueens.com blog page. As I have been selling my paintings, I have been in awe of the homes that my artworks are going into for their new homes. Who wants to see some incredible homes? Home is where we "feather our nest" with our libraries, our collections, and featured artworks all surrounded by the things we love. …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares an Outstanding Art Teacher Story!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2qOOqgP8pw&vl=en Dear Readers, "Like stars on earth" every child is special, I love this phrase as so very true.  Most of my adult life I have worked with children whether as Sunday School teacher, Youth Group leader, Youth choir director, Girl Scouts, or doing story times and events when I was Children's Manager and Buyer for an independent bookstore.  I have won twice, from the National Women's Book Council, the Lucile Michele Pannell Award for …

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The Pulpwood Queen Champions Women’s Stories!

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Dear Readers! I am passionate about many things, books, art, fashions, decorating, collecting, theater, music, films and breaking stereotypes.  When I wrote my first book "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing Book Sharing Guide to Life" I talked at great length about not judging a book by it's cover.  I was interviewed once for a radio program in New York via phone from my hair salon/book store, Beauty and the Book.  He kept making remarks, like, "Are you chewing gum as you backcomb that …

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The Pulpwood Queen’s Narrow Escape This Saturday Morning!

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        Dear Readers, Before dawn I packed a bag, grabbed my laptop, and a bag of books as I was traveling to my daughters to pet sit her animals until the first of the month.  I left at dark as they were to leave around 6:00 a.m. for a trip so driving is a great time for me to ponder life's big questions.  As I went around a blind curve driving the speed limit suddenly in front of me was a multiple truck, boat, and car wreck.  No time to hardly hit the …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares a Great Story from Author/Songwriter Layng Martine, Jr.

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RIDING OUT OF THE BOX When my wife Linda was crippled in a car accident years ago, we had to adapt. Quickly. After the shock, the tears, the fear and the steep learning curve subsided, instead of thinking of all the things we could no longer do together...hike, ride bikes, play tennis etc...we began to think of all the things that were still possible for us. Chief among those possibilities were car rides out into the country to towns and villages with cafes, bookstores, local bakeries. We’d …

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The Pulpwood Queen on her Forever Quest for the NEXT BEST READ!

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Dear Readers! During this time of social distancing during the Covid - 19 global pandemic I have been on a mission to read, write, paint, create, feather my nest, and to educate, enlighten, and entertain myself to keep me fully engaged in turning a negative into a positive.  I have learned how to be alone with myself.  A daunting task because I am no easy person to be with, I can't sit still.  I need work, good work to keep me busy and have found it so never been more productive in my …

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The Pulpwood Queen Wants You to Watch This Film, “Billu”!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjT_s3m6t2Y&list=PLJ7Ozx-BB0y0EqP8TJNx3OGQG3L7AdN5U&index=20&t=0s&app=desktop Dear Readers, I watched this film some time ago and shortly after one of it's stars, Irrfan Khan, died suddenly and I have been mourning ever since.  You may recognize him from the film, "Slumdog Millionaire" but every role he has played is sheer gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_agFp1PMnM I want you all to watch this film either on youtube.com or …

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Official 2020 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selection and more!

Regarding Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections! If you are an author looking for information about how you can get your book selected as an Official Pulpwood Queen's Book Club Selection, click here to visit our author's membership page for more information. You can now go to http://www.bookshop.org/shop/ThePulpwoodQueensBookShop to order our books, getting them all added so this make take a bit of time, have patience. 2020 Official …

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