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“When Whales Watch” by Mara Purl
February 20, 2021
World Whale Day
eBOOK PROMO
Join Mara for a 3-day Amazon Event
February 18-19-20
http://bit.ly/WithCloudsAmz
Can whales watch the humans who watch them? Miranda Jones is convinced they can and do. She’s looking forward to her day of whale-watching off California’s Central Coast. In preparation for a painting commission, she’ll be photographing the migrating gray whales. Yet even while the boat plies the coastal waters, she senses a presence below the waves, one that speaks to her heart. Miranda loves her new hometown Milford-Haven, set within the undiscovered beauty of California’s Central Coast. And she’s always wanted to explore the lovely mariners’ town Morro Bay, just a few miles south, where she enjoys meeting Captain Wallace, owner of the boat excursion company To-Morro-Today. The day-trip starts out peacefully enough. But the tables are turned when a whale of a different species turns out to be watching her. A rogue boat out of control . . . a rogue whale out of his normal location . . . what happens next will blow you right out of the water . . . When Whales Watch!
“When the Heart Listens” by Mara Purl
March 20, 2021
Spring Equinox
Special Promo
Join Mara for a week-long Special Download
March 15 – 20
Can the heart be telling us something we can’t quite hear?
Landscape artist Miranda Jones thought she was on track. Yet something feels off kilter. The subjects of her work all live in nature, yet she herself lives in the city. Her rep and her family emphasize money as the benchmark of success, yet her own goals have to do with the professional challenges of excellence, adventure, and authenticity. She plans a brief trip to join plein air artists in the Carrizo Plain to paint this year’s extraordinary super bloom. Yet what she experiences is a journey that opens a chapter into a new life. At least it will, if she considers what might happen . . . when the heart listens.
Mara Purl – Presenter – Giving Your Book a Voice
March 20th 9:00 – 10:00 am
Mara Purl – Presenter
Writers of Kern
Meeting held on Zoom
Writers of Kern Website
https://writersofkern.com
Heard any good books lately? That may “sound” like an odd question. Maybe the last time someone read you a story, you were seven years old trying to keep your eyes open long enough to hear the ending. But audio is sweeping the nation, so if you haven’t become a listener yet, you may soon find yourself in the minority.
As an author — what does this mean to you? It means you have an opportunity for market exposure, an expanded audience, and increased sales if you produce your existing books as audio books. Sounds simple! And it is . . . sort of. If done right, your audio books can give you, your brand, and your success a turbo boost. However, if done wrong, you risk damaging all the work you’ve done so far.
Join Mara as she reveals the process of creating a professional audiobook from opening credits to final edit.
Q&A following the presentation!
May 3rd @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Mara Purl & Rebecca Forster discuss
“Writing the Paranormal”
A Wordeee University Event
National Paranormal Day
Host – Patrice Samara, Wordeee COO
Guests – Best-selling authors Mara Purl & Rebecca Forster
Presented on Zoom
Join best-selling authors Mara Purl and Rebecca Forster as they discuss their first Paranormal Novels. Their author journeys in writing these books is both personal and professional, with unusual experiences, discoveries, and synchronicities. Enjoy the conversation as they discuss their technical challenges, as well as their spiritual breakthroughs, and listen to the Q&A following the presentation!
Mara Purl – Presenter – Mentors & the Author’s Path
May 11, 2021 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mara Purl – Presenter
SLO NightWriters
Meeting held at
United Church of Christ
11235 Los Osos Valley Road
San Luis Obispo, California
SLO NightWriters Website
http://www.slonightwriters.org/
Join Mara on a journey through her varied and fascinating career as she reveals who were some of her major influencers, teachers and mentors. Enjoy stories about Louis L’Amour, James Michener, Margaret Coel, Joseph Campbell and several others. Hear how she went from television star to her own radio drama creator and from script writer to best-selling novelist.
Book Signing following the presentation!
Book Signing (use the B&N Book Fair logo attached)
Saturday, August 21st, 2021
11:00 am – 1:00 pm MT
Barnes & Noble — Glendale, Colorado
960 S. Colorado Blvd.
Join Mara Purl as she signs her latest award-winning books,
When the Heart Listens (Women’s Fiction) and What the Soul Suspects (Paranormal)
She’ll be signing other titles in her best-selling series.
Great gifts for all the women on your gift list!
Through the rest of the day, other local author members of Author You will also be signing books from many other genres.
Enjoy!
Book Presentation
Mara Purl – Presenter
Central Coast Sisters in Crime
“Crystal Clear Characters:
Using Color Theory & Myers Briggs Personality Test
to Create Unforgettable Characters”
Sisters in Crime Meeting
https://www.facebook.com/groups/165371176957155
Check their Facebook page for Zoom link.
October 9, 2021
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join Mara as she dives deep into creating characters that have both adhesion within themselves, and distinction from one another. How does one character’s reaction differ from another’s? How do the background, instincts, life experiences and expectations influence their behavior? How can you enroll your readers in coming to know and trust how your characters will behave, what they’ll say, and how they’ll tackle a crisis?
Aspiring Authors Scholarship Luncheon
Mara Purl, Emcee
September 16, 2022
11:30 am – 1:30 pm MT
Join Mara and Fellow Board Members of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame
For the Inaugural Aspiring Authors Scholarship Luncheon
Tickets $75
https://www.coloradoauthorshalloffame.org/2022-scholarship-luncheon.html
A head for writing and a heart for story . . .
Mara Purl brings passion and experience,
wit and charm to this exciting event.
Bring your heart for helping others, and
your head for discerning
those who are worthy.
Be prepared to be inspired!
Join us for this uplifting event!
September 22, 2022
“When Otters Play”
Sea Otter Awareness Week
eBOOK CAMPAIGN
http://bit.ly/WhenOttersAmz
Join Mara for a 4-day Amazon event
September 22-26, 2022
Mara Purl – Presenter
Fiction Factors – Build Your Book and Soar into the Publishing Skyline
SLO NightWriters
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Meeting Room, United Church of Christ
11245 Los Osos Valley Road
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Join Mara Purl for a Master Class into writing fiction! This multi-segment interactive session takes you from core values to sophisticated techniques for writing you novel, novella, or series in your chosen genre. Fiction Factors: Build your Book and Soar into the Publishing Skyline takes you through seven separate power-point presentations, each of which is designed to create a breakthrough in critical aspects of your author-life and writing skills, and integrates your author and marketing goals:
- Author Declaration.
- Blueprint Premise & Theme.
- Character Arcs & Crystal Clear Characters.
- Narrative Voice & Structure.
- Dialogue & Sub-Text.
- Core Messaging.
- Includes worksheet handouts and in-session work on your own project.
