Martha J Allard
The Absence of a Cat
Trigger warning: this post is about pet loss. This is my Henri. He was the best of cats. Below is a story that illustrates how I felt...
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Martha J Allard
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Your Cruel Fingers Will Close My Eyes, a cover, a blurb, an excerpt, and an update.
The print version of "Your Cruel Fingers Will Close My Eyes" is finally up and available from from Amazon, Here is the link, It's been a...
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Martha J Allard
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Pride in Flint
Yesterday Flint Area Writers when to Pride, here in Flint. After last week, frankly, I didn't even want to go. It was going to be hard to...
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Martha J Allard
- May 31
- 4 min
Redemption: the story behind Speak My Name (and a tiny bit of the sequel)
The church of my childhood marginalized angels and demons. Their stories were boiled down to sterilized concepts of good and evil. As a...
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Martha J Allard
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Flash Fiction. In General
I’ve been writing flash fiction over the last year or so, and I’m starting to collect it into a book. I love all short stories. They give...
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Martha J Allard
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Horror Addict's Guide to Life
I'm excited to be a part of this project. Interested? Who wouldn't be just looking at t his lovely cover? Click here for more info, and...
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Martha J Allard
- Feb 6
- 1 min
New Flash Out in The World
I'm so excited! My flash piece, "Edge Of Life," Is finally in print at Every Day Fiction. You can find it here. This story is one of the...
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Martha J Allard
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Good Things Ahead
As I get older, I get more impatient. I know that it's still winter. It's only the end of January, and it's still damn cold here in...
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Martha J Allard
- Jan 16
- 2 min
The Word for the Year (or at least the next 11 months of it)
Somehow it always catches me by surprise, the new year. I see it coming, of course, but can't seem to muster the will to care. Last year...
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Martha J Allard
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
Craft and Writing
I've been writing stories since I was twelve. Like most people, I read and read through my childhood. But it's not all I did. My mother...
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Martha J Allard
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
In case you missed it: Strong Women, Strange Worlds.
I really enjoyed this reading. Below is my little bit, but you can also find the other women who read with me posted on Youtube here;...
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Martha J Allard
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
You're invited!!
As the picture below indicates, I have a reading on October first with all of these great women and non-binary authors. Please join us on...
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Martha J Allard
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
Unexpected Influences: Loren Rhoad talks about her new memoir, "This Morbid Life"
I want to thank my friend Loren Rhoads for stopping by today to tell us about some of the things that went into her new release,...
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Martha J Allard
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
I'm at the end. But I'm not done. (and a small excerpt)
This is the day. I've finally gotten to the end. the actual end. Of the big novel. I'm not done with it. I'm going to start with chapter...
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Martha J Allard
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
The color of my ink: Navigating my way out of Covid.
I love fountain pens. I love watching the shimmer of the words as the ink dries in the wake of the nib across the page. I love the stains...
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Martha J Allard
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Author Spotlight: K D Ellis
My friend K D Ellis stopped by to talk about her brand new MM romance. Have you read it yet? I highly recommend it. It's a sweet and...
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Martha J Allard
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
In Praise of Misunderstood Characters
I was having a conversation last week, or it could have been the last month-who remembers what even time is anymore, right? What were we...
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Martha J Allard
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Fragments: a tiny piece of my wip; The NIght Was Not
This is a little bit on my novel in progress, "The Night Was Not." The first bit is just a little context: Kerry Hazard thought he had...
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Martha J Allard
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
One more about mom
This morning, early, I had the best dream. I was at my mom’s house, and she was there too. She had a bunch of stuff for me to take home...
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Martha J Allard
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
My Mother's Stitch and Bitch Club
I have spent the last few weeks helping to make masks. My roommate has produced hundreds. I just sewed what she told me to. I was...
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