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Prequel Novella
Novelette
#1 Artist AdventureNovella
#2 Artist AdventureNovella
#3 Artist AdventureNovel One of the Pentalogy
Novel Two of the Pentalogy
Novel Three of the Pentalogy
Novel Four of the Pentalogy
Holiday Novelette
Holiday Novelette
Holiday Novelette
PEARLS OF WISDOM
Category Archives: Art and Entertainment
Indie Book Tour – Moby Dickens, Taos, NM
Thanks for joining me on the 2012 MARA-thon! This includes a physical book tour through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California, and it includes a national blog tour. During the entire MARA-thon, please be sure to download your FREE prequel short story, When Whales Watch at www.MaraPurl.com/downloads. As of January 1, you’ll be able to find purchase links for all e-readers at https://marapurl.com/books/when-whales-watch.
This is posted from the road during my All-Indie-Bookstore book tour titled MAPPING THE JOURNEY OF YOUR HEART. Revisit the entire tour at any time by visiting www.MaraPurl.com/calendar where you’ll see event details, links to the bookstores, and soon, photo archives.… Read more
Posted in about issues of the heart, Art and Entertainment, Book Marketing, Books, Connecting through books, Novel series, Where the Heart Lives by Mara Purl, Women's Fiction
Tagged author Mara Purl, Fiction, heart, independent bookstores, The Milford-Haven Books, transformative fiction, women's fiction novels
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Indie Book Tour – Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
Mara Purl spoke at the annual Women Writing the West Conference and signed books care of Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Posted in about issues of the heart, Art and Entertainment, Authors and Publishers Services, Baby Boomers, Book Marketing, Books, Connecting through books, Finding treasures of the heart in books, Love of Books, Mara Purl, Women authors, womens literature
Tagged author Mara Purl, heart, independent bookstores, The Milford-Haven Books, transformative fiction, women's fiction novels
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Milford-Haven Celebrates its 25th Anniversary!
Mara Purl hosts the 25th anniversary of her original radio drama Milford-Haven with original cast members, local sponsors, broadcasters, journalists and friends in Cambria, California, where the show began.
Posted in Art and Entertainment, Audio Drama, Authors, BBC Radio, California, Cambria, Creativity, Days of Our Lives, involvement in issues near and dear to heart, Mara Purl, Radio, Radio Drama, Serial Drama, Soap Opera
Tagged author Mara Purl, Cambria California, Days of Our Lives, foley artist, NBC, Radio Drama, radio drama Milford-Haven, sound engineer, town of cambria
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Whales’ Tales by the Dock of the Bay
Writing is tough. It takes hours, weeks, months, years of solitude and focus. It requires “killing your darlings”—a writer-term for throwing out your favorite passages. It means wrestling with characters, struggling with storylines and remembering why the heck you’re putting yourself through all this torment in the first place. Then there are days when writing is just plain fun. For me, this often occurs when I get do a research field trip. I’m not entirely stupid about this—I choose favorite locations where my story just happens to take place. So I got to spend today in Morro Bay, one of the most delightful spots along California’s gorgeous Central Coast.… Read more
Posted in about issues of the heart, AHA Moments, Art and Entertainment, Authors, Authors on Talk Shows, Book Clubs, Book Marketing, Books, California, Coastal regions, community and transformation, Connecting through books, e-books by Mara Purl, eco-location, Ecology, Environment, Finding treasures of the heart in books, Heart, Heart and head connection in books, Journalism, Love of Books, Magical moments, Mara Purl, Marine Mammals, Marketing, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, Music, Novel series, Nurturing the soul, Opening up to New Worlds, Personal Essays, saving whales, Small Town Fiction, Soap Opera Fiction, Songwriters, Sperm whales, synchronicity, Whales, When Whales Watch by Mara Purl, Wildlife, Women authors, Women's Fiction
Tagged author Mara Purl, California coast, Greenpeace International, Milford Haven, novel series by Mara Purl, save the whales, sperm whales, The Milford-Haven Books, transformative fiction, whales, women's fiction
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