NaNo Week Two
As you know from reading these posts, I’m participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, or just NaNo. I’m trying to get a very messy first draft of a novel written in thirty days. And...
View ArticleChocolate Fondue (and a recipe)
The word fondue originates in French, and consists usually of melted cheese in a caquelon where everyone spears cubes of stale bread on long forks and dips said bread into the communal pot of melted...
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 ArticleOh! The Places I’ve Been –“G” is for GRUYERES
Ah, Gruyères. We hitchhiked to the town from Fribourg (Switzerland). It was easy to get a car to stop for two girls. Even the guy who drove us was harmless, although he believed that by giving us a...
View ArticleOh! The Places I’ve Been –“Z” is for ZERMATT
photo by M. Reynolds Of course I’d end up in Switzerland! The name of Zermatt, as well as that of the Matterhorn itself, derives from the alpine meadows, or matten (in German). The name appeared first...
View ArticleCHOCOLATE FONDUE giveaway announcement
I’ve listed a giveaway (two copies) of CHOCOLATE FONDUE, the sequel to my début novel, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, on Goodreads. If you don’t know about Goodreads, it’s the world’s largest site for...
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 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 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 ArticleNot a Sad Cafe for Us
I was a fan of The Eagles in college; I mean, “Hotel California” was in just about every dorm room. This song, though, “The Sad Café,” was unknown to me until I heard it on a compilation CD that was...
View ArticleKicking January to the Curb
On the train to Engelberg, Switzerland. Photo by M. Reynolds Who else is happy to see this month end? You, Atlanta? New England? Fargo? I get it. We’re done with January 2014. Onward! The month that...
View ArticleFirst Day of Spring
Montreux in March – photo by M. Reynolds By the calendar, anyway. Who knows? My husband told me this morning we may have a snowstorm next week. (Can you hear me screaming?) My last few posts have been...
View ArticleSmile and Say……”G” is for GRUYERE
I guess you can figure out my theme for the 2014 A to Z Blogging Challenge. That’s right, it’s cheese! I hope you enjoy these posts! “G” is for GRUYERE Photo by M. Reynolds http://www.wikipedia.com...
View ArticleSmile and Say……”R” is for Raclette
Today begins the push to the end of the alphabet – thanks for sticking with me through this cheesy series! “R” is for RACLETTE http://www.switzerlandcheese.ca Welcome back to Switzerland! I couldn’t...
View ArticleSmile and Say……”V” is for Vacherin Fribourgeois
For my friends who thought I’d cop out and feature this Let me just say that “V” is NOT for VELVEETA! No, “V” is most definitely for Vacherin Fribourgeois. Creative Commons/Tombat24 Vacherin...
View ArticleOn Pentecost and Hitchhiking
In 1979, Pentecost fell on the first Sunday of June (June 3). That’s because Easter wasn’t until mid-April that year, and Pentecost is fifty days after Easter (the word is derived from ‘the fiftieth...
View ArticleYou’re Going to Leave the Country?
In 1980, I was a recent college graduate, intelligent but politically ignorant. I’d first voted in 1976 for Jimmy Carter. My father was infuriated. But I tended to lean left then, even if I wasn’t...
View ArticleHappy Book-iversary (to me)!
My first novel, Chocolate for Breakfast, was published on August 12, 2012 – nearly four years ago! (It was republished with a new cover in April 2013.) In those four years, I’ve written and published...
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