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Writing from the Peak: August 2015
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Monday, August 31, 2015. PitMad, an Unbeaten Path. I finished my novel in February, created a Twitter account in March, and signed a contract with Fantasy Works Publishing in April. The publisher I really, really wanted. Two days after I signed the contract, I received an email from an agent. The agent I really, really wanted. Here’s what transpired during my first month on Twitter and how I scaled the formidable wall of publishing so fast. But what could I do to ensure my submission succeeded? Surprisin...
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Monthly Archive | October
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Archive October, 2012. October 4, 2012. I’d like to introduce myself, starting with the bear and butterfly for whom this blog is named. Together, they comprise my muse, my subconscious, the right (intuitive) side of my brain. To me they represent power and beauty, ferocity and gentleness, courage and rebirth, the natural world, spirituality, dreams, new beginnings, the yin and yang […]. Comments { 0 }.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Resources
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Holly Lisle, author of over 30 novels, is an amazing writing instructor! Her online courses are built on how she writes her novels. These aren’t easy, “pud” courses, but if you want to write fiction professionally, here’s the place to learn. Start with How to Think Sideways. Wherein Holly teaches her students how to think creatively. Betty Sullivan La Pierre. C L Roth (Carol Englehaupt). Jane M.H. Bigelow.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Monthly Archive | February
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Archive February, 2013. Elegy: The Black Diamond. February 15, 2013. Elegy: The Black Diamond by Martha Gilstrap Master gemsman Shay Bladen had a perfect life until betrayal forced him away from the remains of his home. He flees with nothing but an heirloom battleaxe created from single black diamond. With nothing but a cryptic note, he searches for answers among the bloodstone pillars […]. Comments { 0 }.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Workshops
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Write the Fight Workshops. Pikes Peak Writers Conference Colorado Springs, CO April 2011. Longview Literary Festival Lee’s Summit, MO October 2010. Summit Scribes Featured Speaker Lee’s Summit, MO April 2010. Murder in the Grove Conference Boise, ID June 2008. Betty Sullivan La Pierre. C L Roth (Carol Englehaupt). Jane M.H. Bigelow. Read more››. Design by Digital Martini.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Author Bio
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Martha Gilstrap’s life is filled with stories: the ones she reads, the ones she writes, and the ones she lives. Her family’s oral tradition claims descent from the legendary Leif Erickson, the discoverer of America–a tale of which she is inordinately proud, although her mother always wondered why she’d claim that old pirate. Betty Sullivan La Pierre. C L Roth (Carol Englehaupt). Jane M.H. Bigelow.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Testimonials
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Martha Gilstrap is an author to watch. I am excited to see what she pens next. Caught your interest from the first page to the last, I never once became bored while reading. Contained romance, happiness, sadness, arguments it basically had everything. The entire book was very descriptive and captivating. I felt like I was really in the book. I would read it again. Betty Sullivan La Pierre. Jane M.H. Bigelow.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Books
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Elegy: The Black Diamond. His family destroyed by betrayal, master gemsman Shay Bladen has only an heirloom battleaxe created from a single black diamond and a cryptic note promising the secrets of its creation. But first he must avoid the vicious assassin who covets the battleaxe long enough to reach the bloodstone pillars in the Crystal Mountains. A Sprig of Adventure. Betty Sullivan La Pierre.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Bibliography
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. 8220;Plenty of Pitfalls in the Martial Arts Mystique,” by Martha G. Verlander and Greg Lindquist,. 8220;Seiyu Oyata, Karate Master,” by Martha Verlander, “Limelight”. 8220;How to Select a Karate School,” by Martha G. Verlander and Greg C. 8220;Seiyu Oyata: Karate’s ‘Gentle Destroyer’,” by Martha G. Verlander,. 8220;The Summit Is Newest Resource for Associate Self-Improvement,”. Pikes Peak Writers NewsMagazine.
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism | Monthly Archive | May
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Martha Gilstrap - Stories of wonder and magic, adventure and heroism. Awards & Affliations. Archive May, 2013. Stories Behind the Story – #2. May 8, 2013. The world I’ve created for Elegy: The black Diamond and other stories is as diverse as I know how to write it and that’s a large part of what made it so much fun to write. I have a whole world to play with! The various cultures and societies each have their own way of life, […]. Comments { 0 }. Betty Sullivan La Pierre. C L Roth (Carol Englehaupt).
