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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Embraces Enchanted Living Magazine!
Dear Readers. The photo above was a photo shoot I did with myself out in the woods with my iPhone 10. I had an up and coming RAW Emerging Artists Art Show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Houston, Texas. Set the tone and stage and magic happens, it did that night as my International Pulpwood Queen Book Club members and authors turned out to support me big time. So getting read to do this again as I have a big Art, Book, and Art Inspired Fashion show from my creations to be held this Sunday, June …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Her Gratitude for all the Lifelong Friends and Friendships through her 20 years of Running Her Book Club!
Photo of Tiajuana Anderson Neel, Kathy L. Murphy, Brandi Nash, and Bren McClain taken in Nashville, Tennessee. Dear Readers, This photo above popped up as I was drinking my morning Lavazza Creama French pressed coffee. My morning ritual is feed the kitties, make my coffee, then take time for meditation and prayer to start my day right. Then and only then do I check my laptop for emails, messages, and to then go and post my daily Breathless Bubbles & Books Blog by my guest host …
The Pulpwood Gives List of Books That She Will Never Forget, 65, in Fact!
Dear Readers, Book Bub interviewed some authors that listed books that they could never forget. Over half of them I have read and agree. Now let me share the ones that I will never forget and think about often. From a lifetime of reading books, these are the ones that I just sat down and listed off as they came into my mind. 1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 2) Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See 3) Man in a Blue Moon by Michael Morris 4) The Rich Part of Life by Jim …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Ethan Hawke’s TEDTALK!
"Down by the River", Acrylic and Alcohol Ink Painting on Museum Gesso Board Dear Readers, SOLD! This will be going as a gift from one of my authors to her niece as she is a minister in Nashville, Tennessee. How thrilling for me! Seeing my works of art go out into the world has been the greatest gift ever given to me during this time of the last chapter in my life.Works of art, these are works of the HEART! This painting was inspired by an image the author who commissioned the work. I had …
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The Pulpwood Queen Celebrates National Women’s Fiction Day!
Dear Readers, Nearly 21 years ago I opened the ONLY Hair Salon/Book Store in the country, Beauty and the Book in the piney woods of East Texas. Shortly thereafter, I started a book club that grew from six complete strangers to become the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world, The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club READING NATION all with our authors in tow. You see I featured first time, first book authors, or ones that may not have been discovered in …
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The Pulpwood Queen Updates from her Little Cabin in the Woods, Murphy’s Law!
Dear friends, Here at Murphy's Law it has been raining for so long and before that an ice storm hit, a foot of snow, more ice, what a winter to spring. Now we are into summer and it just will not stop raining, so The Pulpwood Queen has had to take a break from reading and thrown herself into her painting. Reading, film watching, painting are all escapes for me when life just gets too tough to deal with as they help keep my sanity. I am busy everyday as I have to be, work is what …
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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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Shares All New Reading Initiatives!
Greetings from Kathy L. Murphy, The Pulpwood Queen from Murphy's Law! Updates on all concerning The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation! Just as a reminder for those not on social media we have so many new programs up and coming this year. Check them all out on our updated website www.thepulpwoodqueens.com. With membership, make sure you are current, and by SUBSCRIBING to my Kathy L. Murphy Channel on youTube.com right now you can purchase your 2022 …
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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 …
The Pulpwood Queen Wants to Tell You A Story!
Dear Readers, This morning I want to tell you a story. One about sharing what I have learned about life. Life is a choice. You can dwell on all those that have given you hardness and grief, those who have made you sad and cry, and those who have betrayed your complete trust in them. This is not that story. I forgive those who have betrayed me. I pray for those people daily as I have always found that peoples words and actions tell you a lot more about their pain and sorrow than anything …
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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 …
