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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New Pulpwood Authors – November 2020
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! Crescent City Moon and Crescent City Sin Things put underground in New Orleans don’t often stay there. Even things that should - like bodies, and secrets. How do you fight an enemy you can’t see that can kill on a whim? In 1820s New Orleans, on the eve of her twenty-first birthday, Zéolie Cheval discovers the mangled body of her father murdered in his bed and a maniacal voice haunting the recesses of her mind. When the priest sent to comfort her is killed …
Author of the Month – November 2020
Author Judithe Little Judithe is the author of two novels, The Chanel Sisters, to be released December 29, 2020, and Wickwythe Hall, award-winning historical fiction set during World War II. She grew up in Virginia and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. After studying at the Institute of European Studies and the Institut Catholique in Paris, France, and interning at the U.S. Department of State, she earned a law degree from the University of …
November 2020 Bonus Books
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH Angel Thieves An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief. Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope, and faith in a most unusual and epic novel from Newbery Honor–winning author and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt. Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis is an angel thief. After his mother’s family rejected him for being born out of wedlock, he and his dad moved to the apartment above a local antique shop. The only …
The Pulpwood Queen has a Full Schedule of Events this Halloween Week!
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!
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”!
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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Shares Tonight’s Pre-Show Interview information for The Pulpwood Queen Film Club!
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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Reads and Reviews, “A Dog’s Perfect Christmas”!
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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New Pulpwood Authors – October 2020
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! The Price of Safety By 2047, no crime in America goes unsolved. No wrongdoing goes unseen. When Dray Quintero learns his nineteen-year-old daughter Raven committed a heinous act, he covers it up to save her life. This pits him against the police he’s respected since he was a child and places him in the crosshairs of Kieran, a ruthless federal Agent. To survive, Dray must overcome the surveillance system he helped build and the technology implanted in …
Author of the Month – October 2020
Author Grady Hendrix New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix has written about the confederate flag for Playboy magazine, covered machine gun collector conventions, and scripted award shows for Chinese television. His novels include HORRORSTÖR about a haunted IKEA, MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM, which is basically "Beaches" meets "The Exorcist", WE SOLD OUR SOULS, a heavy metal horror epic, and THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES. He's also the author of PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, …
October 2020 Bonus Books
Trouble the Water Deeply moving and illuminating, Trouble the Water reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved before the Civil War, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner's daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. When he's only twelve, he's put to work in Charleston, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship, Robert …
The Pulpwood Queen Answers the Cry of the Meadowlark!
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!
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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5 Things Every Author Should Know About Amazon
It’s hard to deny that Amazon is coming ever closer to achieving omnipresence in the publishing industry. Amazon and Kindle can sell books to readers all over the world. And if you’re an indie author, you may also know that Amazon self-publishing is an increasingly popular route for many writers. Given its far reach and accessibility, Amazon is a factor in your publishing equation that shouldn’t be taken lightly. In fact, there are a number of specific features that come with Amazon …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces our Fall Line-up for Online Book Club Authors Featured!
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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces Line-up for Features for The Pulpwood Queen Film Club!
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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Goes to California with A Book Upon Her Knee!
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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