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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...

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Chocolate 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...

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Blog 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...

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Oh! 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...

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Oh! 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...

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CHOCOLATE 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...

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My 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...

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Third 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...

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Write 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,...

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What 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...

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Chocolate 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...

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Not 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...

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Kicking 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...

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First 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...

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Smile 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...

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Smile 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...

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Smile 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...

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On 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...

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You’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...

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Happy 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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