Yesterday, Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I headed to Texas A & M University in Commerce, Texas to speak to the Silver Leos Writers Guild invited by Sharon Lamkin Feldt. This past Saturday they had done a fundraiser for my dear friend the late great Dr. Fred Tarpley who amongst many things wrote one of the best books on Jefferson, Texas out there. Featured at that conference were Pulpwood Queen Book Club Authors, Bobbi Kornblit and Reavis Wortham, who will be my co-host at the next …
The Pulpwood Queens Talks of AHA Moments!
Today's blog I wish to discuss those AHA moments. That was a new phrase for me back years and years ago when I first began writing "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" published by Grand Central Publishing My literary agent, Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff and Associates in New Yor, who gave me the title for my book on my memoir on how books saved me and why on was on a mission to get everybody reading, asked me to write of AHA moments when writing my book. "What is …
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The Pulpwood Queen Talks About Libraries and Shares a Special Author!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and readers everywhere, Above is the is the Eureka Carnegie Library that I wrote about in my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life". This was my sanctuary and the one place I could go and make the most amazing discoveries. Walking up those stairs back in the 60's seem ominous to me but as I entered the sweet librarians welcomed me with open arms and gave me a treasure trove of reading. I would never …
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The Pulpwood Queen Says “Let me be like Scout”, from “To Kill a Mockingbird”!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and readers everywhere, Life is hard. I woke up this morning thinking about the state of affairs of the world today. Time to get real. Everything that I have learned come from a lifetime of reading books. I was a pretty naive kid, small-town Kansas born and raised. I had no street smarts, shy, introverted, I escaped into books when things got really scary. I am the same way now in many ways. I have just learned to mask my fears …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares all the Good News!
Dear Readers! This has been quite a month. Seems like my head has hardly hit the pillow when it is time for me to hit the road to my next big adventure. This week, headed to Mt. Pleasant, Northeast Texas Community College to be exact as have my FIRST solo exhibition BOOKLAND at The Whatley Callery and Center. Perhaps those in the area can grab a friend and come hear me speak on my art! Kathy L. Murphy at The Whatley Gallery at Northeast Texas Community College The Northeast Texas …
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The Pulpwood Queen Now Fascinated With History!
Dear Readers, I have found since I graduated from college that I have become very nostalgic and fascinated with history. All time periods but am especially drawn to the history of my own personal history and sense of place. The place that I that I will forever call home, Eureka! Yes, Eureka, Kansas is my hometown and my former high school coach and history teacher posted this today! Mike Pitko Southern Kansas Academy was a Christian school built in 1885. It was …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces 2018 Book Club Selections, so far…
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kathy L. Murphy Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com January 22, 2018 Holly Lake Ranch, Tx - I am pleased to announce the following Official reads for The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation, now 750 chapters strong making us the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world. All books selected have been selected by me after reading more …
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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 On The Road Again to our 18th Annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, our Authors, Readers, and Book Lovers Everywhere! Almost packed up to travel to my annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend but do note, I live in a gated community with SECURITY! Tarzan one of my pets keeps guard, as well as, my house sitters. Though the only thing I have of value at my house is all my books, just wanted to let any potential criminal know, I am well protected at home. Did I mention bear traps throughout my …
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 Queen Offers a Special Thanks to Simon & Schuster Publishers!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Girlfriend Weekend Attendees! The Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, and I would personally like to acknowledge and thank, Simon & Schuster Publishers for sending in 40 boxes of advance gallerys and books to give away to all the attendees of my annual book club convention we call Girlfriend Weekend. They also took out a full-page ad in my Girlfriend Weekend 2018 program this year. There is nothing more that I love to do than share great authors, their …
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The Pulpwood Queen Speaks of her favorite charity, The Pat Conroy Literacy Center!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and book lovers everywhere! You know I said in my first book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" that books saved me. They did, as they gave me an escape and a positive addition to improving my life. I found myself through reading. The first book that my 4th-grade teacher personally handed me as she thought I would relate to the character was "Honestly, Katie John" by Mary Calhoun and I devoured that …
The Pulpwood Queen Reflects on the Ripple in the Pond!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs and book lovers everywhere! Yesterday I was a fireman, putting out fires left and right as I worked out the final details for my annual book club convention. But perhaps, in reflection, it is better to know when to learn and pass the hose to the one person more capable as I did to my sidekick Tiajuana Neal, the best shotgun in the world. What was taking me all day to keep the fires at bay, Tiajuana handled it seemed in a matter of seconds. …
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The Pulpwood Queen Asks “Do You Believe in Magic?”
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club Members and the Arts Lovers Everywhere! Do you believe in magic? I do. I believe in magic, in fairy tales, in happy endings, and in authors, books, literacy, reading, and the arts. Some perhaps find fault in my belief that we must never lose the magic of the wonder of a child. I sometimes feel that I go back and forth between being Peter Pan to Tinkerbell to Wendy and even to the Lost Boys but I have created my own magical world in which I …
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The Pulpwood Queen has Change Ups for Lineup on Girlfriend Weekend 2018!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members! When I was small_ Tamra Bolton, Marc Bolton_ 9781979763295_ Amazon.com_ Books As always, at the very last minute, here come cancellations due to circumstances out of my control. Two authors have had to cancel, Johnathan Barrett and Ann Hood but the GOOD NEWS is I have two outstanding authors that are coming, Tamra Bolton of "When We Were Small" on Kindle at Amazon and Romalyn Tilghman of "To The Stars Through Difficulties". To say …
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The Pulpwood Queens LOVES the story behind the stories! Read All About IT!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club Members and Readers Everywhere! Scott Wilbanks is one of our Pulpwood Queen Book Club Authors. I am continually amazed by the other lives that they have led or are leading so that is why I created the Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend annual book club convention. This is the ONLY festival that I know of in the world where you actually hang out and participate with the authors of books we are reading to get to know them better. We learn the story …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Big News!
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. …
The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes Guest Blogger, Author, Laurel Davis Huber of “The Velveteen Daughter”!
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 …
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 Shares a Message from One of our Authors, Caitlin Hamilton Summie!
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 …
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 a Royal Request!
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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