The Pulpwood Queen Plans her Birthday Bash at Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas And You Are Invited! Dear friends, I recently purchased my very first camper trailer. I call it Mark after Mark Green, named in honor of the last author to purchase a large painting called "Fireball" below. "Fireball", Alcohol Ink on Museum Gesso Boar, 36" by 24" All my authors and Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members are truly supporting me now as I make my way as an artist. That is why …
The Pulpwood Queen Yesterday Had a “Thelma and Louise” Moment!
Dear Readers! Yesterday I had a "Thelma and Louise" kind of day, The photo above inspired me to go after a lifelong dream! I saw it posted on Facebook and have always dreamed of purchasing say maybe not this one but a vintage Airstream, making it my own, a real Bohemian Rhapsody kind of Pulpwood Queen dream fantasy. Then life got real REAL! I called my dear friend. Pulpwood Queen Tiajuana Neel and asked, "Do you want to go and look for a vintage trailer?". Screech goes the needle on the …
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The Pulpwood Queen Announces Winner of Drawing for a FREE Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Package!
The Pulpwood Queen Announces WINNER of 2019 Girlfriend Weekend Giveaway! Attention Book Lovers, The WINNER of our drawing today, August 1st, is Kathryn Taylor of Charleston, South Carolina. She had the winning draw of all that sent me a receipt of purchase of my book or e-book or posted a review as in the drawing below! Congratulations to Kathryn Taylor! Email me at thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com and I will give you all the information on the Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces a 2019 Girlfriend Weekend Giveaway!
The Pulpwood Queen Announces a 2019 Girlfriend Weekend Giveaway! Attention Book Lovers, Don't miss the opportunity to be a possible winner in my 2019 Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza Giveaway! All you have to do is buy my e-book or book or write a review and share. Send me proof of purchase of purchase to thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com and you are entered into a drawing. I will do this August 1st, (when the price goes up), to possibly win a FREE complimentary …
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The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing , Book Sharing Guide to Life NEW Edition!
Check out my NEW PROMOTION at https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/61d7abfdd62feca7! Attention Book Lovers! My first book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" is NEWLY republished with a NEW Cover and NEW Foreward. You can purchase the paperback for 13.99, or the e-book for $3.99 or get a real deal on the ebook if you purchase the paperback! This is the first book to read in our Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs. Now that it has relaunched I would be more …
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The Pulpwood Queen Talks About Defining Moments!
Pulpwood Queen Authors, Kerry Luden Madden, Loraine Despres, Prill Boyle, Suzanne Hudson, Joe Formichelli, and Karen Spears Zacharias at an early Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend that Joe recently sent me! Dear Readers, As I was driving this past week to Fairhope, Alabama I took great note of the landscape. The lush fields of corn and acres of planted soybeans went by field after field. The wealth of abundance of working the fields changed to plantation homes, standing pools of water, …
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The Pulpwood Queen, On the Road Again!
Dear Readers, I am a lifelong learner. I learned something pretty big this summer when I took the ultimate road trip to Westport, Connecticutt and back, that when you face your fears, something great comes from that plan of action. I sold a painting, a HUGE painting. After doing the math on what it would take me to pack and ship this painting to the client I dreamed, I thought in my dreams, what if I just delivered it in person. I woke up and knew I had to do that so I put on my thinking …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares the latest on Girlfriend Weekend 2019!
Dear Readers! FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS! Never in a kazillion year would I have thought that starting my Pulpwood Queens of East Texas Book Club would grow to become the largest "meeting and discussing" book club on the planet. I think that is pretty amazing what began with six complete strangers has grown to 750+ chapters from coast to coast, five in Alaska, and many more outside of the United States. That first year I invited all the authors I had featured back for an Author …
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The Pulpwood Queen is Celebrating Big Time the 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! Truly celebrating as we have a winner for the Alcohol ink painting "Flinthills", that I donated for a Silent Auction Fundraiser for my hometown of Eureka, Kansas after they suffered a devastating F3 direct hit tornado this past week. Meet Pulpwood Queen Author, Kathryn Casey who won the painting! Author, Kathryn Casey. Kathryn is a dear, dear friend and helped and supported me immensely through the years and she had the highest bid of $110 which will go to the first …
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The Pulpwood Queen Holds Silent Auction for Tornado Disaster Assistance of Her Hometown of Eureka, Kansas!
Tornado just before it had a direct hit on my hometown of Eureka, Kansas June 27, 2018, 7:21 p.m. Attention Readers, Family, Friends, Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club Members, our Authors and Fellow Eurekans! I am hosting a Silent Auction through July 4th to raise funds for the tornado disaster relief of my hometown of Eureka, Kansas. Graduating from Eureka High School, the Class of 74", the YEAR with MORE we are the hometown of the Eureka Tornados. In fact, a tornado hit the …
The Pulpwood Queen Showcases Her Art-Inspired Designs in Home and Fashion at the Runway in the Garden Fashion Show!
One of my tables displaying my art at the Runway in the Garden Fashion Show in Gladewater, Texas. Dear Readers, I am very lucky in life. I am very aware of angels who have lifted me up and helped me accomplish my dream of becoming an artist. When I was in college at The University of Texas in Tyler FINALLY finishing my art degree, Stephanie Chance, author and owner of Decorate Ornate in Gladewater invited me to be featured in the Gladewater Main Street Artwalk in her store. There I was …
The Pulpwood Queen is a Proud Eureka Tornado, Class of 74″, The Year With More!
Dear Readers, Today has been a little surreal as a tornado had a direct hit on my hometown of Eureka, Kansas. You can usually see them coming if it's daylight but this time the siren sounded and one minute later it hit at 7:21 p.m. My own mother told me it sounded exactly like a freight train running through her house. She is fine as all my family. A huge limb fell but missed the house and the big oak completely came uprooted from my sister's front yard but fell sideways so did not hit …
The Pulpwood Queen is Back Home Sweet Home at Murphy’s Law!
Good Morning from my home, Murphy's Law, at Holly Lake Ranch in East Texas. Just home from my Pulpwood Queen "Warrior Goddess" Pop-Up Art and Fashion Book Tour of traveling from here to Westport, Connecticut and back all while visiting my Pulpwood Queen Book Club leaders, our authors and artist friends and delivering commissioned paintings along with my trusty sidekick, Pulpwood Queen Tiajuana Anderson Neel. We gifted those we visited along the way sharing July Author of the Month, Rebecca …
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The Pulpwood Queen Reports from Memphis/Collierville, Tennessee on Last Day of Tour!
Dear Readers, With nearly 60 hours of driving, over 3,000 miles visiting Pulpwood Queens, traveling 11 states from Holly Lake Ranch, Texas to Westport, Connecticut to visit our book club authors and artist friends, The Pulpwood Queen is weary but her heart is full to bursting. Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I have had an excellent Pulpwood Queen Pop-Up "Warrior Goddess" Art and Fashion Book Tour! We have renewed friendships to last a lifetime, shown our art and fashions,delivered commissioned …
The Pulpwood Queen Headed to Westport, Connecticut on “Warrior Goddess” Art and Fashion Book Tour!
Kathy L. Murphy, Tiajuana Anderson Neel, and Melissa Conroy Dear Readers, Leaving bright and early from Philadelphia, Pa to travel to Baltimore, Maryland. The Pulpwood Queen, a.k.a. Kathy L. Murphy has been on a Pulpwood Queen "Warrior Goddess" Pop-Up Art and Book Tour with her bestie, Pulpwood Queen Tiajuana Anderson Neel. Yesterday we arrived to meet Author, Artist Melissa Conroy, and family and have a big time ever since. The trip all started as I am an artist too and I …
The Pulpwood Queen Stops on Tour to Visit The Pulpwood Queen of Bristol, Virginia!
Dear Readers, Visiting Pulpwood Queen Lisa Hodgson and her husband Ron, in Bristol, Virginia. It is beautiful here with the temperature this morning 61 degrees with no humidity. I am in heaven! Short and sweet this morning but will tell you more later when I get home but we are headed to Runson, New Jersey to deliver a painting so back soon! Love you all and Lisa and Ron are the BOMB! Truly, Kathy L. Murphy Email: thepulpwoodqueen.com www.thepulpwoodqueens.com For my art …
The Pulpwood Queen Arrived in Memphis/Collier!ville, Tennessee to Visit Artist, Alisa Free!
Artists, Kathy L. Murphy and Alisa Free Dear Readers, Our first day of my Pulpwood Queen Pop-Up "Warrior Goddess" Art and Fashion Book Tour was all about ART! We arrived at the home of Artist, Alisa Free and after a divine lunch in Collierville, went to her Gallery Exhibition "Finding Center" at the Morton Museum of Collierville History. I immediately felt right at home as the building was the former Christian Church and a sanctuary now for artists. Alisa Free creates an abstract mixed …
The Pulpwood Queen Hits the Road on her “Warrior Goddess” Pop-Up Art & Fashion Book Tour!
Dear Readers, Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I are up bright and early, coffee in hand and headed out the door to embark on our ever-increasing saga of ultimate ROAD TRIPS! So follow along as we head into the bedroom community of Memphis, Collierville, Tennessee to attend the gallery opening of my dear artist friend, Alisa Free, Here is the schedule of our trip so won't you join our wild art loving, fashion wearing, reading on the road adventure! "Warrior Goddess" by Kathy L. Murphy, Alcohol …
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author Ends Her East Texas Tour in Tyler, Texas!
' Dear Readers, Making this short and sweet as leaving before rooster crows tomorrow morning for my Pulpwood Queen "Warrior Goddess" Art and Fashion Tour. Toyota FJ Cruiser packed at Tiajuana Anderson Neels now so we can hit the road! Today we did our last two events with our Author of the Month, Romalyn Tilghman of "To the Stars Through Difficulties! Though a smaller crowd at Barnes and Noble first, then the Tyler Public Library, those that did attend were very enthusiastic and …
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Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author of the Month Draws a Big Crowd on East Texas Tour!
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author of the Month, Romalyn Tilghman of "o The Stars Through Difficulties" Dear Readers, Last night began the East Texas Tour of our Author of the Month, Romalyn Tilghman for our Book of the Month, "To The Stars Through Difficulty". The Friends of the Jefferson Carnegie Library and The Pulpwood Queens of Northeast Texas, my charter chapter formerly, The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas hosted the event. Romalyn had a very nice crowd and we learned a lot and she has …
The Pulpwood Queen “Warrior Goddess” Pop-Up Art and Fashion Show Book Tour!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys Book Club members, Booklovers, Art lovers, and my dear, dear friends and supporters! JUNE is going to be a big month of author events and more! Go to www.shopvida.com/collections/thepulpwoodqueen June 11th, Pulpwood Queen Author, Romalyn Tilghman will be hosted by The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas for an event at the Jefferson, Carnegie Library. Mount Pleasant Public Library Mt. Pleasant, Texas June 12 6:30 pm June …
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The Pulpwood Queen Remembers Jane Ryder!
Designer, Jane Ryder Dear Readers, The first thing that I viewed this morning was an alcohol ink and acrylic painting I am working on that I have titled "Me Tarzan, You Jane". So I was taught in college that you create your own art and let the viewer decide what they see. But I was talking to Tiajuana Neel Anderson last night and she inquired about the green blob, was it a butterfly on top of my "Mona Lisa" like head. "Yes, Tiajuana, it's a butterfly". I was told in college …
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The Pulpwood Queen Has a Scathingly Brilliant Idea!
Attention Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club member, Author, and all my book-loving friends! When I was a kid I loved Haley Mills, you remember the actress in "Pollyanna", and the original "The Parent Trap"? I grew up on Hayley Mills movies, shoot I wanted to be her. She was brave, spoke her mind, and fearless. But my all time favorite movie was "The Trouble with Angels". You see Hayley was a handful so her parents sent her off to a convent to train to become a nun. Starring …
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The Pulpwood Queen Becomes REAL!
Dear Readers! Yesterday was the kind of day you only dream of as the best kind of day that you can have as an artist. I woke up like any other day and bounded out of bed for my morning devotional and coffee with my two companions, my cats, Rush and Ferrelina. The day and night before I had finished a series of paintings that I was very proud of the results, a very productive day so I posted the photos on social media. Alcohol ink paintings by Kathy L. Murphy I also quickly sent out a …
What Makes The Pulpwood Queen Tick, Part I!
Entrance to Kathy L. Murphy's Little Cabin in the Woods, Murphy's Law and Art Studio! Dear Readers, What in the world makes the Pulpwood Queen bound out of bed in the morning! What makes her tick, you might ask? After one semester of graduating from college and trying to figure out exactly that, I think I finally figured it out. It is now my time to do what I want to do, period. All our lives we work and work hard to get ahead, to earn what we think we need to purchase, what we think …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares a Story of a Little Girl Named Treasie!
Dear Readers, I vowed after I wrote my first book, my memoir, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" my life would be an open book. My book took me six years from start to finish and probably wrote 30 drafts before the finished product. It's a simple read told in my own voice of a small town Kansas girl whose life was saved by books. My agent, Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff & Associates came up with the title but when she gave it to me on the phone I …
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The Pulpwood Queen Last Post on Breathless Bubbles and Books This Week!
Today is my last day to host as guest author at Breathless Bubbles and Books this week. To say I am excited about the pairings of my Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club selections with Breathless Wines is a supreme understatement. Running the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world it is a challenge that leads me to a story about wine that is so important to book club meetings as follows. At the beginning of my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares BIG NEWS from our Author, Rebecca Rosenberg!
The Pulpwood Queen Shares BIG NEWS from our Author, Rebecca Rosenberg! Schedule author Rebecca Rosenberg for your July Pulpwood Queens Meeting! Greetings PULPWOOD QUEENS! I am tickled to death that the Pulpwood Queen herself, Kathy L. Murphy selected THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. LONDON for the July read! Schedule your Facetime, Skype or Zoom bookclub meetings now and email your date/time request to me at rebecca@rebecca-rosenberg. Several meetings are scheduled …
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The Pulpwood Queen Ran Away with the Book Loving Circus, Won’t You Join Me!
Kathy L. Murphy as The Ringmaster at her circus themed Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravagana Good Morning from East Texas and Holly Lake Ranch! I bounded out of bed this morning because I had this dream, right before I work up, on what I was going to write today. You see, my life my book-loving Breathless Bubbles and Book friends, is a three-ring circus and I am the Ringmaster. I juggle many balls in my life. I am an artist, the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club founder …
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The Pulpwood Queen Sends CONGRATULATIONS to Selling ONE MILLION COPIES to our Author, LISA WINGATE!
Dear Readers, When I look back at the almost 19 years of running the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs I think about the highlights through the years. Getting to meet the authors in PERSON, completing that connection of author to reader, that is what I do. Put great books in the hands of great readers and then celebrating all those books at the end of the year at our annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend. I have seen the delight on the faces of book club members as …
