As a kid, I loved stories like Charlotte’s Web, Black Beauty, and Old Yeller, to name only a few. When I got a little older, the books became more edgy. I was also in acting and involved in dance, so I was reading a bunch of plays from the likes of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekov, and George Bernard Shaw. One of my favorite musicals was Jesus Christ Superstar. And, yes, I watched the remake in 2018 with John Legend and loved that one too. Again, as I got older, the books I read …
August 2021 – Pulpwood Newsletter Article: THE ELUSIVE LITERARY AGENT by Susan Wingate
One big goal for writers who want to be published by legacy publishers is to retain the services of a literary agent. Literary agents are key to authors selling their work. We consider them the gatekeepers of the publishing industry. They are the gatekeepers because they work as an added filter for publishers of either nonfiction or fiction. I write fiction so I look for agents who represent and who sell works of fiction. Most agents represent both but sometimes an agent will specialize in one …
Welcome to the August 2021 Cover Issue of the Pulpwood Queens Newsletter!
Welcome to the August 2021 Cover Issue of the Pulpwood Newsletter! There are new changes and improvements coming to the Pulpwood Newsletter and to the International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation over the next couple of months. We are excited to share those announcements with you and hope you will enjoy them. The format for our monthly Pulpwood Newsletter Covers Issue are highlights of the most recent news, important book club announcements, and Pulpwood author member …
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New Author Members – August 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! The German Client (originally published in Italian as "Rossoamaro.") Private investigator Bacci Pagano can’t resist taking the bait when his new client dangles a check with too many zeros. He should have known that where there’s bait, there’s always a hook. In a hospital corridor, private investigator Bacci Pagano is keeping watch over Jasmìne Kilamba. If she lives, her testimony will shatter a notorious human trafficking ring. Seemingly out of nowhere, …
Welcome to the July 2021 Cover Issue of the Pulpwood Queens Newsletter!
Welcome to the June 2021 Issue of the Pulpwood Newsletter! There are new changes and improvements coming to the Pulpwood Newsletter and to the International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation over the next couple of months. We are excited to share those announcements with you and hope you will enjoy them. The format for our monthly Pulpwood Newsletter Covers Issue are highlights of the most recent news, important book club announcements, and author announcement …
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New Author Members – July 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! No Names to Be Given The widely anticipated debut novel by Julia Brewer Daily is a glimpse into the lives of women forced by society to gift their newborns to strangers. Although this novel is a fictional account, it mirrors many of the adoption stories of its era. When three young unwed women meet at a maternity home hospital in New Orleans in 1965, they are expected to relinquish their babies and return home as if nothing transpired. Twenty-five years …
New Author Members – June 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! MIRAGE MAN Connor Harding is a Mirage Man for the New York mob. He’s smart, relentless, and a master of a trade that few people know exists. When it comes to solving problems for the underworld’s most dangerous criminals, he’s the go-to man. If you’ve got a problem, you want him on your side, but if you ARE the problem, you never want to meet him. In Connor’s line of work, mistakes get you killed. Until now, the only mistake he made was thinking his past …
June 2021 – Pulpwood Newsletter Cover Issue
Welcome to the June 2021 Cover Issue of the Pulpwood Queens Newsletter! There are new changes and improvements coming to the Pulpwood Newsletter and to the International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation over the next couple of months. We are excited to share those announcements with you and hope you will enjoy them. The format for our monthly Pulpwood Newsletter Cover Issues is highlights of the most recent news, important book club announcements, and author announcement …
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New Author Members – May 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! The Kimono Tattoo “I jostled her shoulder and noticed when I did that her skin was cold to the touch….her entire torso was covered in tattoos of kimono motifs—fans, incense burners, peonies, and scrolls.” This ghastly scene was the last thing Ruth Bennett expected to encounter when she agreed to translate a novel by a long-forgotten Japanese writer. Returning to her childhood home in Kyoto had promised safety, solitude, and diversion from the wounds she …
New Pulpwood Authors – April 2021
Welcome Our New Pulpwood Authors! Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It's the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike An award-winning memoir and guidebook about the Camino de Santiago, with tales of kings, saints, sinners, and the author herself—all walking a fabled pilgrimage path, the Camino de Santiago in Spain. "Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike" recounts the pilgrimage the author made in 2016 via the French route from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de …
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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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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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