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Category Archives: Women authors
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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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
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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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The Magic of Christmas Boxes
Much as I adore Christmas, I love Boxing Day almost as much. First, it’s a Christmas-extender, just like the 23rd is—a date I refer to as Christmas-Eve-Eve.
December 26th is Boxing Day with a wonderful tradition of its own. Observed in the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, it started as a day following Christmas when aristocrats, tasked with the welfare of those who worked on their estates, delivered boxes of food and gifts. In South Africa, the occasion evolved into the renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994, and in Ireland it’s called St. Stephen’s Day. The European tradition of giving gifts and money to those in need dates back to the Middle Ages.… Read more
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