What is NaNoWriMo?
It sounds like something Mork from Ork would say. No, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/dashboard) and is a fun approach to novel-writing. It begins this...
View ArticleGratitude = Giving It Away
This long weekend, from Friday to Sunday, my début novel, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, is free on Amazon. It’s an opportunuity for me, a still rather unknown author, to garner more readers by giving it...
View ArticleChocolate Fondue Cover Reveal
I’m just so excited to share the cover of my second novel, CHOCOLATE FONDUE, with you. Lyn Stanzione, of Stanzalone Design, created my cover, and it’s just what I wanted! Lyn creates covers for...
View ArticleBlog Hop Eggs-travaganza!
Good morning and Happy Easter! I wasn’t planning a post this morning, and it isn’t about this blessed day, but because I begin the A to Z Blog Challenge tomorrow, I’m posting today. Wishing you a day...
View ArticleMy Five Favorite Places in Switzerland
Today I’m a guest on Nan Reinhardt’s blog, and I list my five favorite places in Switzerland (it was difficult to choose just five, trust me). You can read Nan’s blog post here. My Top Five Places to...
View ArticleThird Time’s a Charm for This Book Cover
Cover by Stanzalone Design – property of Martha Reynolds Finally, I have a beautiful cover for my first book! StazAloneDesign made the covers for both of my books, and I couldn’t be happier. I’d...
View ArticleWhat I Did Wrong
http://www.istockphoto.com One of the best blogs for writers is Anne R. Allen’s. It’s my favorite, because she always provides valuable content. And she’s funny. Her most recent post listed the 12...
View ArticleWrite What You Don’t Know About What You Know
Today I was a guest on Samantha Stroh Bailey’s blog, and in case you didn’t see all the leads to it through social media, I’m reposting it here. Welcome Martha Reynolds! Martha Reynolds’s first novel,...
View ArticleWhat my Dog Has Taught me about Writing
And today I was a guest on Tracie Banister’s blog. Here it is! GUEST POST – CONTEMPORARY WOMENS’ FIC AUTHOR MARTHA REYNOLDS Today’s featured author on Books by Banister is the lovely and talented...
View ArticleJune Days
For the month of June, I’m going to try something new. Something to keep me focused, as I continue to work on my third novel and market my first two. On Mondays, I’ll post a clip of music – something...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Read So Far
http://www.huffingtonpost.com I still plan to post my blog at the end of the year and list the books I read in 2013, but we’re nearly at the end of July and I decided to check my progress. So, here is...
View ArticleGoodbye, July
East Matunuck Beach and Jerusalem photo by M. Reynolds Look, it’s not like I hate summer. I don’t. But this month was killer, with that heat wave that blanketed us (yes, like a thick, hot fleece...
View ArticleChocolate for Breakfast – First Anniversary!
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. Two years ago, I ended a career in fraud investigations, and once I’d healed myself (externally and internally), I began writing the book I’d always...
View ArticleThree Days of Peace and Music
Woodstock From August 15 - 18 in 1969, on a 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills, there was a little music festival called Woodstock (“3 days of Peace & Music”). Around 400,000 people attended...
View ArticleMy Third Novel
Cover Design by StanzAlone Design In a departure from the “chocolate” series, my third novel, which I’m releasing this Sunday, is about a high school reunion. Here’s the blurb: How much really changes...
View ArticleMy Guest Today: Author Nan Reinhardt
I’m pleased and honored to welcome author Nan Reinhardt to my blog today. Nan and I are online pals, but I’m hoping one day we’ll meet in person. I really enjoyed reading RULE NUMBER ONE, Nan’s début...
View ArticleCasting the Movie –“Bits of Broken Glass”
I’m a guest on the lovely Courtney Giardina’s blog today, casting the movie version of BITS OF BROKEN GLASS. Now all I need is Joe Traversa to direct! Here’s the post: Role Call Please….Bits of Broken...
View ArticleSo What?
I have a book called The Daily Writer by Fred White. I wish I could say that I consult it every morning, but I don’t. I’m going to try to be more diligent about it, though, because the short...
View ArticleThis Past Week
What a week, right? Ups and downs, plenty of uncertainty. A week ago most people still thought there’d be no issue regarding the shutdown, the debt ceiling, and that so-called cliff. Yes, we have a...
View ArticleSelf(less) Publishing
http://www.pw.org Today is a better day than yesterday. Yesterday, I read a post from a writer who claimed, “I can’t believe it. TWO DAYS and I can finally say I’m a real published author!” She said...
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