Category Archives: Milford-Haven Novels & Stories

Blog Tour Visit #2 – Dad of Divas

October 23, 2012 by Mara Purl
MARA-thon Blog Tour Visit #2 - Mara blogs back to Chris Lewis of Dad of Divas.
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Indie Book Tour – Moby Dickens, Taos, NM

October 21, 2012 by Mara Purl

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

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Indie Book Tour – Tattered Cover, Denver, Colorado

October 15, 2012 by Mara Purl
Author Mara Purl launches her latest novel "Where the Heart Lives" at Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and enjoys the synchronicity of surprise visitors
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Launching the Double-Double “Heart” Blog Tour

October 11, 2012 by Mara Purl
MARA-thon Blog Tour Post #1 - Mara Purl begins her double blog tour, which includes posts and interviews on fantastic blog host sites as well as blog-backs to thank them.
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Pre-Launch at Denver Women’s Press Club

October 8, 2012 by Mara Purl
Mara Purl and Margaret Coel share research and insights about their journalist-characters at the venerable Denver Women's Press Club.
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Indie Book Tour / Blog Tour – The MARA-thon

October 1, 2012 by Mara Purl
Author Mara Purl starts an all-Indie Book Tour in combination with a National Blog Tour that will be a true MARA-thon!
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Joys of the Central Coast Writers’ Conference

September 24, 2012 by Mara Purl
Annual Central Coast Writers' Conference in San Luis Obispo offers great courses by well-known authors like Mara Purl to college students and professionals writers at all levels.
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Whales’ Tales by the Dock of the Bay

September 21, 2012 by Mara Purl

Whale TailWriting 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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Milford-Haven U.S.A. Celebrates its 20th Anniversary!

September 16, 2012 by Mara Purl
Mara Purl and her sister Linda Purl host a gathering for cast, crew and supporters of Mara's original radio drama, Milford-Haven USA which became the first American radio serial ever broadcast by the BBC, where it had 4.5 million listeners.
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My Heart Goes Red for Women

September 14, 2012 by Mara Purl
Mara Purl gives Keynote Address at American Heart Association's annual Go Red for Women in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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