Keeping it Real...Welcome! No matter how you found this, God knew you'd be here today. May you absorb the message He has for you. In 2011 I shared through my writing, today I've learned there is more to me than just writing. I have the energy and passion to share with others. Sometimes through Facebook live and others with my blog and most importantly, I've learned my passion to cook and bake is a vessel to share my writing and live presentations, while glorifying God in the process. I just needed to let go, and follow His lead.
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Martha writes: "Everybody has one conversational show-stopper; mine is the number of sisters I have. Six. Six sisters. That’s right, seven girls —and no boys. My father comes from a family of eleven boys and two girls, and one of my uncles has six boys and one girl, so there may be a genetic component going on here. When I thought about having children, I assumed I would have either all boys or all girls. It came as quite a surprise when I landed with one of each! Even now that seems strange to me. My novel Thieving Forest revolves around five sisters (I thought seven was too many for the reader to keep track of) who live in the wilds of northwest Ohio in 1806. The novel required a lot of research (what was the landscape like then; what is the Wyandot word for peace; were buffalo still around?) but any scene in which the sisters were interacting with each other was easy to write. Sisterhood, in my opinion, hasn’t really changed much in 200 years. Sometimes authors talk about the healing process of writing, and I have to say that, for me, writing Thieving Forest was very healing. When I began writing the novel, three of my sisters were estranged from the rest of the family. Part of the impetus for writing Thieving Forest was to help me come to terms with this—although at the time, I didn’t think of it that way. I did not want to be estranged from them; their quarrel was with my parents, not me, but they decided to split from all of us. There were times when I wished that I had enough courage to knock harder at their closed doors. So I created a nineteenth century heroine, Susanna Quiner, who was more courageous than I was. Susanna alone is spared when a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her sisters. With no immediate help nearby, she decides to go after them herself. Over the course of five months she finds them one by one, but the result is not what she expected. They have changed; they have new lives. Part of Susanna’s transformation is coming to terms with this. By the end of writing Thieving Forest I felt, like Susanna, that I could accept my sisters’ choices as well as my own. And even more surprising: when I was finally ready to publish Thieving Forest, I’d begun once more to have a relationship with my formerly estranged sisters. We all found the courage to reach out to each other again. And that has been a real blessing. William Blake famously wrote: “Damn braces. Bless relaxes.” Being relaxed with another person— being able to laugh at and laugh with someone else—is to me the essence of sisterhood, whether you’re related to that person or not. It’s a real gift, and if it disappears it’s worth crossing the wilderness to get back." Blog Tour Dates Monday, October 13 @ The Muffin Stop by for an interview with Martha Conway and a chance to win Thieving Forest! http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/ Tuesday, October 14 @ Writer with Dogs Martha Conway shares a little about how important a dog can be to writing research today at Writer with Dogs. http://writerwithdogs.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, October 15 @ All Things Audry What is a Quest Novel? Stop by for author Martha Conway’s thoughts on this exciting genre. http://allthingsaudry.blogspot.com Thursday, October 16 @ Book Talk Looking for something new to read? How about a historical novel set in the rough and wild frontier of Ohio in the early 1800s--Thieving Forest by Martha Conway. http://www.barbarabarthbookblog.blogspot.com/ Friday, October 17 @ Deal Sharing Aunt Big families…what is that they share, what makes them unique? Learn more about family from Martha Conway and enter to win her novel Thieving Forest. http://dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com/ Sunday, October 19 @ Writer Unboxed Martha Conway will be sharing why she thinks we should embracing heroines, instead of heroes, especially in historical novels. Stop by and tell us your favorite heroine. http://writerunboxed.com Tuesday, October 21 @ Katherine Hajer When you’re caught up in the magical world of a book do you ever wonder what DIDN’T make it into the final draft? Martha Conway, author of Thieving Forest, tells about the painful decisions that have to be made. http://www.katherine-hajer.com/ Wednesday, October 22 @ Caroline Clemmons What do you know about Native American families? Martha Conway, author of Thieving Forest, shares a few things you never would have guessed. http://carolineclemmons.blogspot.com Thursday, October 23 @ Renee’s Pages Need some tips on researching historical fiction?Ask Martha Conway, author of Thieving Forest, set in the Ohio frontier during the early 1800s. http://www.reneespages.blogspot.com/ Friday, October 24 @ A Writer’s Devotion Learn more about author Martha Conway in today’s interview. http://www.awritersdevotion.blogspot.com/ Monday, October 27 @ Katherine Hajer The Headless Horseman isn’t the only scary thing in the forest this Halloween. Read a review of Thieving Forest and find out what else lurks there. http://www.katherine-hajer.com/ Wednesday, October 29 @ Words by Webb Get a quick peek at author Martha Conway with a 5Ws interview. http://jodiwebb.com/ Monday, November 3 @ Lisa Haselton’s Reviews and Interviews Stop by to learn more about author Martha Conway and her latest historical novel Thieving Forest. http://lisahaseltonsreviewsandinterviews.blogspot.com Thursday, November 6 @ Escaping Reality Within Pages Win a copy of Thieving Forest, the story of seventeen year old Susanna trying to save her sisters in frontier America, and learn from author Martha Conway what was truth and what was fiction. http://escapingrealitywithinpages.blogspot.com/ Monday, November 10 @ Vickie S. Miller Stop by for a visit from Martha Conway, author of 12 Bliss Street and Thieving Forest. http://www.vickiesmiller.com/ Tuesday, November 11 @ The Lit Ladies Stop by for an interview with author Martha Conway and a chance to win her latest novelThieving Forest. http://www.thelitladies.com/ What intrigues or interest you the most about this book? |
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