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The Pulpwood Queen FINALY Graduates from College, TONIGHT!

December 15, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book Club Members, Family, and Friends! The biggest day of my life has arrived. The Pulpwood Queen is FINALLY graduating from college! What began at the age of 17 in 1974 when I began my college studies at Kansas State University continued with further studies at Emporia State University, Grossmont College, Panola College, Texarkana College, Texas A & M University, ends decades later on December 15, 2017 as I walk the stage to receive my …

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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Big News!

December 13, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 3 Comments

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, and readers everywhere! So my friend and studio mate Abigal Harrison gave me one of her ceramic artworks. I had it on the counter a I was making my Coffee, not the importance of the capital letter then decided to try it this morning as a Coffee cup! It fits my hand perfectly! This is me sharing BIG NEWS! Coffee is important and the perfect Coffee cup, wow, I am having a moment! Thanks, Abbie! Next, I am now advertising authors books on my blogs. …

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The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes Guest Blogger, Author, Laurel Davis Huber of “The Velveteen Daughter”!

December 10, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, book lovers and readers everywhere! Welcome Official future Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author, Laurel Huber Davis of "The Velveteen Daughter" who will be featured at our up and coming annual convention that we call Girlfriend Weekend, January 11 - 14, 2018 at The Fredonia Hotel & Convention Center in historic Nacogdoches, Texas! "The Velveteen Rabbit" is one of my all-time favorite reads as a child, as an adult and one that I loved to share with my …

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The Pulpwood Queens Takes a Day to Recoup and be Revived, Read All About It!

December 9, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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 Shares a Message from One of our Authors, Caitlin Hamilton Summie!

December 6, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, our Authors, and book lovers everywhere, Here is a blog post from a NEW Pulpwood Queen Author, Caitlin Hamilton Summie who will be one of our featured authors at our annual book club convention which we call Girlfriend Weekend. For membership and packages go to www.thepulpwoodqueens.com and check out all the caliber of authors coming from all over the country and event out of the country! This is one of the biggest years I have ever done and all while …

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The Pulpwood Queen Speaks Out On Reading!

December 5, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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!

November 22, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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!

November 19, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 2 Comments

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!

November 17, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

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!

November 14, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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 Pulpwood Queen speaks of inspirational SHE-roes!

October 22, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, and Booklovers everywhere! I would like to share this story of my SHE-roe, Alma E. Tippins, otherwise known as Alligator Annie. She came into my world when I first opened my Beauty and the Book in Jefferson, Texas back in 2000. You see Annie had written some children's poetry books, self-published, and dressed as an alligator. She would do presentations as her persona, Alligator Annie. Her enthusiasm is infectious. My children loved her, all the …

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The Pulpwoods Queens, Louisiana Book Festival & Girlfriend Weekend featured in The Shreveport Times!

October 20, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

' 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 …

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The Pulpwood Queens shares The Pat Conroy Literacy Festival!

October 8, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

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

October 6, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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The Pulpwood Queen to be featured at Louisiana Book Festival, October 28th, 2017!

October 4, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

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 …

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Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author CLEA SIMON’S Life Lessons from her CAT!

October 3, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 5 Comments

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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The Heroine’s Journey of Kathy L. Murphy by Peter de Kuster

October 2, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members! This feature just came out of the blue. Peter de Kuster contacted me that he wanted to feature me on his blog post and I have to say I was so impressed with what he is doing. Check out the feature he did on me and then go back and see others that he has done of authors from around the world. I know I shared Pulpwood Queen Author Caroline Leavitt's interview and one is coming up with Jamie Ford that I reccommended he do. So a big …

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Pulpwood Queen Author, Susan Schild has some great advice!

October 1, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

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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Big News for Pulpwood Queen Author, Bren McClain!

September 30, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

For Immediate Release WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION CHOOSES “ONE GOOD MAMA BONE” FOR GREAT GROUP READS (September 28, 2017, Knoxville, TN) The Women’s National Book Association has selected Bren McClain’s first novel, ONE GOOD MAMA BONE, for Great Group Reads 2017, a list recommending great new books for reading groups. The novel was one of only twenty titles selected. The Great Group Readslist is announced annually in time for National Reading Group Month in …

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The Pulpwood Queen has lost her Kitten, Churchie!

September 25, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 1 Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and beyond! My life is an open book. I had this Sunday to get everything done for the week. So today was going along pretty seamlessly, homework proceeding nicely, FINALLY got my hair colored and highlighted, then supper time came for my cats. I have three, all rescue, inside cats. Rush jumped up on the arm of my chair to notify me it was dinner time and to the cat dish, we go. I called the other cats and what, no Churchie. Churchie, …

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The Pulpwood Queen READS BANNED BOOKS!

September 22, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys, Each year NEW Banned Book Reads are posted. I remember back from my bookseller days being shocked to learn that The Little House on the Prairie books had been banned because someone had declared they were derogatory to Native Americans. Yes, evidently Ma had become fearful as she learned from Pa that some Indians were nearby. Folks you can not rewrite history, white settlers were fearful of the Native Americans but mostly because of what some previous …

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The Pulpwood Queen has a Royal Request!

September 20, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys! Today's blog is one of housekeeping communication. Some requests so we can get better at communication as we are getting SO BIG! Never in a million years would I have dreamed we are headed to 1,000 chapters of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs. We are getting NEW memberships everyday so onward and upward! My Want List: I need a photo of each chapter sent to me at thepulpwoodqueen.com to build an album to have on-site at Girlfriend …

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The Pulpwood Queen to be featured at the Louisiana Book Festival!

September 19, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timbers Guys Book Club members and readers everywhere! Jim Davis of The Louisiana Book Festival sent me this to post to YOU as a special invitation to come to this incredible event. I will be doing a workshop at the weekend and also a panel with Pulpwood Queen Louisiana Book Club Authors, Judy Christie, Julie Cantrell AND Celeste Fletcher McHale! What is NOT to LOVE! I'll be bringing Pulpwood Queens with me from Texas and hope that ALL of you can join me for as …

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The Pulpwood Queen in Wonderland!

September 18, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 2 Comments

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys, book lovers, and readers everywhere, Ah, the great mystery of life! This past weekend I have been on several missions. First, to get a good bit of my artwork out of my house into my NEW studio and second, so I can have some room to think. Who in the world am I? That takes a good amount of time and it ended up being a whole lot time and a good amount of hard, physical work moving a bookcase, ceramics, artwork and more trying to …

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The Pulpwood Queen has built her NEW Club House!

September 17, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, book and art lovers, and those who NEED a clubhouse! You all when I was growing up in Kansas, every waking minute was spent outdoors. My time of play was building tree houses, forts, and clubhouses, as perfect places to read. My best friend Debbie Teegardin and I were always on the hunt for a secret location. When I went back to college I realized as an older adult I had lost my sense of wonder and imagination. How could I reclaim it? I began …

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Introducing The Pulpwood Queens of Woodland, California, READERS IN THE HOOD!

September 16, 2017 By Kathy Murphy 4 Comments

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and book lovers everywhere! This weekend I would like to showcase The Pulpwood Queens of Woodland, California, the READERS IN THE HOOD! This book club is run by Marsha Toy Enstrom, the book blogger, The Book Club Cheerleader and you all, this book club does just that! We met because I had the brothers, Franz and Kurt Wisner come to visit my Pulpwood Queens of East Texas, who wrote the book, "Honeymoon with my Brother: A Memoir written …

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Introducing artist, Judy Wilder Dalton!

September 15, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club members! I worked until really late last night in my Advanced Painting studio at The University of Texas in Tyler, Texas on my alcohol ink paintings. I fell in love with this medium after taking a class from my dear friend and artist, Judy Wilder Dalton. Judy is a fantastic teacher and works in all mediums. I have one of her incredible watercolors hanging over my fireplace mantel and other works of hers in acrylics in my home. But the …

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Road Trip to Stephanie Chance’s Decorate Ornate!

September 14, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Members, book lovers everywhere, There are some people that you meet in your life that you have this instant connection. One so profound that you want to be with this person all the time, THAT for me is Stephanie Chance! Stephanie owns a store called Decorate Ornate that you have to see it, to believe it. Her shop, if only it could truly be my house as it is filled with all the treasures she finds on her trips to Europe and beyond, it's a …

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All Hail Jamie Ford on his NEW Book Launch!

September 13, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club members! Today's blog is to feature my incredible author friend, New York Times Bestselling Author JAMIE FORD! Jamie had his BOOK LAUNCH yesterday in his home state of Montana and here was what he posted after that event! Jamie Ford added 2 new photos — with Tracy Jerman Houck and Ken Robison. 1 hr · Had a great time at B&N last night--thanks for being there! And they ran out of books! Fortunately, …

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Book Launch for Pulpwood Queen Author, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen!

September 12, 2017 By Kathy Murphy Leave a Comment

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members! Today is the launch day for Pulpwood Queen Author, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen! Here is a very special message from Marybeth below that I hope all of you will follow to the T! Our authors mean so much to us, let's not only buy and read their book but truly help them get that book into the hands of readers everywhere! Below are some easy and free things you can do to help spread the word about WHEN WE WERE WORTHY. (This list came from …

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