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Breaking News! The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes Author, Robert Gwaltney as my NEW Co-host for my Book to Film Club!
Dear Readers, Ever since the Covid pandemic virus hit and we have been social distancing, I have been filling my nights with watching films. Old films, new films, favorite films, and now been exploring the incredible storytelling of the films of Bollywood and India, Pakistan, Turkey, the Middle East, truly, films from all around the world. Days have been spent reading, writing, working on my art but at the end of the day, my eyes have been shot. So I turned out the lights, popped some …
New Pulpwood Authors – March 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! Seven Year Summer Part memoir, medical guide and spiritual text, Seven Year Summer is the story of two women destined for death. While in her early 30s, Anna was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma and spent over 2000 hours in Canadian hospitals. Seven years later, she met Eleanor, a woman in her 70s dying of renal failure. The two formed an unlikely friendship. Written largely while sitting bedside during the four weeks of Eleanor’s dying, …
5 Tips to Write a Book while Working a Day Job
5 Tips to Write a Book while Working a Day Job The route to becoming a published author involves a lot of hard work, especially since your book doesn’t actually start to make you money until pretty late in the process. Balancing a full-time day job with book-writing is not uncommon in authors — though that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Luckily, if you’re an author who’s about to embark on this journey yourself, I’ve got some tips that I think can help you out. Let’s dive in! 1. Always be ready to …
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The Pulpwood Queen Counts Her Many Blessings One By One!
My dear friend, author, journalist, photographer, and animal lover, Tamra McAnally Bolton with her beloved and saved cat Scraps! This ice and winter storm that has hit Texas has buckled me to my knees, not in sorry but in grateful thanks for life's many miracles and blessings. Every day my dearest friends nearby, Barbara Deen, Stephanie Chance, Margie Dilday, and Tamra McAnally Bolton and I check in on each other. How are we holding up, is there anything you need or I can do. It's been …
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The Pulpwood Queen “Dreams of Italy” and a few other places in LIVING COLOR!
"Dreaming of Italy" by Kathy L. Murphy, Alcohol Ink and Acrylic Painting on 18" by 24" Museum Gesso Board now owned by Margie Dilday of West Monroe, Louisiana. This is absolutely my favorite painting I have ever painted, Why? There is a big story behind this painting, so much symbolism, Mamma Mia! "Dreaming of Italy", my Alcohol Ink and Acrylic Painting on Museum Gesso board that started off with the idea of copying a a Master's evolved into making it my own. I painted the "Mona Lisa" and …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces Calendar of Valentine’s Weekend Events including NEW Writer’s Club with author, Robert Gwaltney!
Author, Robert Gwaltney of "The Cicada Tree: A Novel" Attention International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members! YOU MUST EMAIL ME AT thepulpwoodqueens@gmail.com to get the link members. To join go to www.thepulpwoodqueens and click on any of our memberships first. Calendar of Events this Saturday! 10:00 a.m. CST, Join Kathy L. Murphy and Executive Director Mandy Haynes for the Premiere of our NEW Writer's Club! We are featuring our author, Robert Gwaltney …
New Pulpwood Authors – February 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! How to Make a Life When matriarch Ida escapes a pogrom in Ukraine with her daughter Bessie in order to save her family, she cannot foresee the struggles of her children and grandchildren. Through war, mental illness, secrets and betrayal, each generation’s actions impact the lives of the next. As family members grapple with their differences, they learn that loyalty to their family anchors them in the world and helps them to make a life. by Author …
February 2021 – Author of the Month
Most 10-year-old boys spend afternoons riding bikes and playing sports. Me? I sat on the couch snuggled close to my grandmother and watched "The Young and the Restless," a popular TV soap opera. I was obsessed with the fictional Abbott family's cosmetic business and vowed that I would one day own my own company. I even picked a name, VS Vincenzo, my name and initials in Italian, which remains one of my product lines today. Then along came that over-the-top night-time saga, "Dynasty," and the …
February 2021 Bonus Books
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH Think Like a Monk Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life. When you think like a monk, you’ll understand: -How to overcome negativity -How to stop overthinking -Why comparison kills love -How to use your fear -Why you can’t find happiness by looking for it -How to learn from everyone …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces Author, Mandy Haynes our NEW Executive Director of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation and our other AWARDS!
Photo courtesy of Author, Kathleen M. Rogers Press Release for Immediate Release: January 19, 2021, Holly Lake Ranch, Texas Kathy L. Murphy, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation at our first ever virtual online 2021Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party, announced that the New Executive Director of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation will be Author/Artist Mandy Haynes. Mandy Haynes has …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces SLUMBER PARTY Program for our 2021 Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon!
Dear Book Club Members, Authors, and Book Lover's Everywhere! The Test Zoom Meeting yesterday with all our authors to prepare for our biggest event ever, our 2021 Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza Zoomathon Slumber Party, January 14 - 17, with our authors was such a blast that we dreamed up three more opportunities to hang out with our favorite authors, panel moderators, bloggers, presenters keynote speakers, and special surprise guests! Three Slumber Parties for the …
New Pulpwood Authors – January 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! House of Rose When rookie patrol officer Rose Brighton chases a suspect down an alley, she finds herself in the middle of every cop’s nightmare—staring down at a dead body with two bullet holes from her gun . . . in his back. He’s dead and now she has to explain it, which is going to be a problem because what happened was so strange, she doesn’t understand it herself. Rose must unravel the mystery of what happened and who she really is—a witch of the …
The Pulpwood Queen Showcases 2021 January International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Selections!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! https://images.app.goo.gl/54txYgbUY https://images.app.goo.gl/gxhS3bzYB https://youtu.be/rU0O9g2qf-4 Tonight join me at 6:30 p.m. CST for my Pre-show of our International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Film Club! After my book and film talk, may I suggest you watch "Happy New Year" starring Shah Rukh Khan to get our NEW YEAR started right with this International World Dance Competition and story. I'll be talking tonight about our 2021 January …
The Pulpwood Queen Begins With Saying “Once Upon A Time”!
Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) Tweeted: Here's wishing you all a safe, happy and prosperous 2021... https://t.co/COgpPzPEQJ https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/1345245637676208131?s=20 HAPPY NEW YEAR! I woke up this morning first to see this tweet above from Shah Rukh Kahn who seriously got me through this year of the Covid virus and our time of social distancing. I have seen all his films, many over and over, and watched every speech, every talk, and every post on YouTube, Facebook, and …
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The Pulpwood Queen Receives Gifts to Share this New Year’s Day!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we begin this sparkly brand NEW YEAR, do note the price just went up today for our first ever virtual online 2021 Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Girlfriend Weekend. Yes, with any of our four memberships the price is now $299 but we still have a great deal for you. For all who sign up now until the event, Sean Farjadi has offered two prizes for a two drawings that will be given during our event. Sean Farjadi is a podcaster of Stories That …
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January 2021 – Authors of the Month
Connor Judson Garrett is an award-winning poet, novelist, travel writer, copywriter, and Cofounder of Lucid House Publishing, a writer-centric bespoke book publisher. He is currently working on a sequel and a subsequent finale for what will be the trilogy that began with "Spellbound Under The Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic." Garrett dreams of and is blazing his way towards a career writing in a multitude of genres ranging from fantasy to science fiction, as well as, works in a …
January 2021 Bonus Books
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema Here is the astonishing true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star. Shah Rukh Khan's larger than life tale takes us through the colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood movie industry, where fantastic dreams and outrageous obsessions share the spotlight with extortion, …
10 Books to Inspire You to Write Your Own
Starting the year off with a healthy reading list is always a wise thought, as all bibliophiles would agree. The right books can really make a difference to your mood, and perhaps even inspire you to embark on unexpected authorial journeys of your own. If you’ve got a book idea brewing somewhere in the back of your mind and you’re waiting for a reason to get cracking, I’ve got 10 books that might just be the kickstart you need. Among them are craft books, writing exercises, and memoirs; so …
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2021 Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party Book Club Convention Program!
OFFICIAL PROGRAM THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUYS BOOK CLUB 2021 GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND ZOOMATHON SLUMBER PARTY JANUARY 14-17, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Holly Lake Ranch, Texas – January 11, 2021 Contact: Kathy L. Murphy, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation and Girlfriend Weekend Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com Website: www.thepulpwoodqueens.com For Media Only: For urgent requests, please contact Echo …
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The Pulpwood Queen Receives An Incredible Gift from Eileen Sanchez of Prose and the Pandemic!
Hi, I’m Sean, the host of the Stories that Empower podcast. Here’s my story. I took my dad to a pub to create father and son memories. He began sharing his life experiences, full of resilience, with nearby patrons. When it was time for us to leave, they were so saddened. That’s when I realized that stories encapsulate “nuggets” of life wisdom that span generations. Each of us has a life story. I want your story to be heard. I, like many, have experienced setbacks/challenges, like the loss of …
2021 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Convention Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party!
2021 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Virtual Online Zoomathon Book Club Convention that we call our Girlfriend Weekend Slumber Party! (all attending are encouraged to where their pajamas including all our authors, presenters, bloggers, Keynotes, and special guests) January 14 - 17, 2021 Welcome to our first ever online virtual book club convention. Members only for this Early Bird Special so renew or join our book club as either a member, International Book Club Member, Author …
The Pulpwood Queen Featured Authors, Presenters, and Moderators CONFIRMED for our 2021 Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party!
Dear Readers, I have had so much to reflect on this year during out time of social distancing during the Covid -19 pandemic, I have to tell you that when I look at the big picture, I realize that I have found myself. Yes, a small town Kansas girl has accomplished a lot in my life. Mostly through trials and errors but instead of failures, I call those attempts "discoveries", as in I discovered that did not work. What I have also found is that when you "follow your bliss" that for me is …
The Pulpwood Queen shares “Finding Joe” to Follow Your Bliss!
Dear Readers, Tonight I absolutely came on something quite by accident, only I do not believe now it was an accident. I had watched an incredible film set in Morrocco, some place where I had always wanted to go then another film popped up, "Finding Joe". Within minutes of watching this film knew that this was something I had to share with the world. I remember when Joseph Campbell was a hot commodity in the bookstore decades ago that I was working in at the time. I know now I was not …
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2021 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Virtual Online Zoomathon
2021 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Virtual Online Zoomathon Book Club Convention that we call our Girlfriend Weekend Slumber Party! (all attending are encouraged to where their pajamas including all our authors, presenters, bloggers, Keynotes, and special guests) January 14 - 17, 2021 Welcome to our first ever online virtual book club convention. Members only for this Early Bird Special so renew or join our book club as either a member, International Book Club Member, Author …
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Author of the Month – December 2020
Author Stephanie Chance Stephanie Chance is the owner & creator of Decorate Ornate, a one-of-a-kind store that’s filled from floor to ceiling with fabulous home decor from all over Europe. And, the owner and creator of Decorate Ornate Italy Tours, wherein she takes two groups of Americans to Italy and beyond twice a year. Click Here to Visit Her Website Mamma Mia! Sinners, Saints & Escapades Hop aboard with bestselling author Stephanie Chance and her …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces her 2021 Official Reads!
Press Release for Immediate Release: December 1, 2020 Dear International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, Authors, Readers, and Book Lovers everywhere! Go diverse, go global! Let's roam and explore around the world with my 2021 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reads! In addition to our Official Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book of the Month selections in 2021, I, as the founder of The International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation, chose an …
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December 2020 Bonus Books
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH City of Peace When Methodist minister Harley Camden loses his wife and daughter in a European terrorist attack, he spirals downward into grief and anger. The bishop forces him to move to a tiny church in small-town Occoquan, Virginia, to heal and recover. But all hope for serenity is quickly shattered by the mysterious murder of the daughter of the local Iraqi baker, followed by the threat of an attack by Islamic extremists. Harley tries to build bridges to his …
New Pulpwood Authors – December 2020
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! Glimmer As You Can Welcome to the Starlite. Let your true self shine. 1962. In the middle of Brooklyn Heights sits the Starlite: boutique dress shop by day, underground women's club by night. Started by the shop's proprietor after her marriage crumbled, Madeline's social club soon becomes a safe haven for women from all walks of life looking for a respite from their troubled relationships and professional frustrations. These after-hour soirées soon bring …
The Pulpwood Queen Interviews Author, Jim Markam of “Big Lucky”!
Author, Jim Markam of "Big Lucky" from his home on the big Island of Hawaii Years ago when I was truly just a kid, 19 or 20 years old, I traveled in my first flight ever to Hawaii, the biggest TWA plane flying with two levels and a bar on top, from Kansas City, Kansas to Hawaii. I went with the my dear friend Becky, who owned the beauty salon I worked in in Lawrence, Kansas The Hair Shack and her sister for my first ever grown up vacation. When we arrived it was the first time as we walked …
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