Comparative or Competitive Titles

When you publish a book, the author is often asked for several “comparative titles” or “competitive titles” to use in…

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Praise for PILGRIM INTERRUPTED!

What a wonderful collection! The temptation for those who are on pilgrimage is to become a tourist, collecting junk and…

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Must Love Books

(photo: Susan Cushman, Editor, Melissa Carrigee, Publisher, and Kathy L. Murphy, founder of the Pulpwood Queens, dressed as lumber jacks…

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The Virgin of Prince Street

Expeditions into Devotion I fell in love with Sonja Livingston the first time I met her. That was back in…

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Blurb Slut

Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…

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Female Mystics, Part I

Episcopalians, Catholics, & Protestants Back in March I did a post about “Religion and Spirituality,” in which I shared a…

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The Pulpwood Queen’s List for 2019

Kathy L. Murphy, founder of The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, has chosen the following books as the “books of the…

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Why I’m NOT Writing . . . .

I haven’t written a blog post since October 3. This is actually the longest I’ve gone without blogging since my…

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