Martha Ann Kennedy's Work

A composite of writing I'm doing in various places in different genres. Enjoy!

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Brief Thoughts on a Bunch O'Books #2

Brief Thoughts on a Bunch O’Books #2

A lovely review of Martin of Gfenn. ❤

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Book Review - Savior by Martha Kennedy

Book Review – Savior by Martha Kennedy

Excellent, perceptive review!

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The Great Slog of Time

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Perceptive Review of Savior

Perceptive Review of Savior

On her excellent book blog,  The Second Sleep, Lisl has written a deeply perceptive  and very beautiful review of Savior. I’m very grateful to her for the time, thought and effort she has put into this.

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War and Depression Reflected in the Mirror of Time

War and Depression Reflected in the Mirror of Time

There’s nothing new about holy war. The language of the Crusades is echoed in the news of today. You can hear it in Savior, a work of historical fiction that looks both at holy war and depression through the mirror of the 13th century.

There’s also nothing new about depression except now we recognize that it is often a matter of brain chemistry and we have chemical remedies that help people.…

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The Medieval Leper: Pariah or Savior?

The Medieval Leper: Pariah or Savior?

  Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us. (Rilke, “The Dragon Princess”)

The Historical Background of Martin of Gfenn

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My entanglement with Medieval Switzerland is a long story that started when I read How the Irish Saved Civilizationby Thomas Cahill — a book I bought…

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Interview!

Martin of Gfenn was named an IndieBRAG Medallion honoree at the end of 2015. As part of this, I was given the opportunity to talk about the novel, its background and how it came to be written. That came out today, February 1, 2016. It’s a snowy morning, and it’s Monday, so this was definitely a little ray of sunshine!

Enjoy!

Interview about Martin of Gfenn.

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"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"

“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”

Part One, 1956

I am 4 or 5. Small enough to sleep in two arm chairs pushed together, facing each other. One of the arm chairs has velvety grey upholstery in a swirly design. The other, my favorite, is red velvet. I sleep the strange sweet sleep of that place, of childhood. Outside the window is cold Montana, the clear dark pierced by stars and lit by a distant radio tower. Some nights there’s…

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Auto Draft

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Flyer for the Historical Novel Society Conference, June 2015

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Flyer for Historical Novel Society Conference

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Book Signing! Historical Novel Society Conference I'll be at the Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver June 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency, Denver Tech Center.

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Book Signing! Historical Novel Society Conference I'll be at the Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver June 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency, Denver Tech Center.

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Thank You! I'd like to appear too cool and blasé to care, but I'm not. My little (rather tentative in the outset) blog has attracted 500 followers.

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Now

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Daily Prompt Gut Feeling When’s the last time you followed your instinct despite not being sure it was the right thing to do? Did it end up being the right call? (Thanks for suggesting this prompt, Sia Positive!)

“Lamont, what’s wrong?” “I don’t like the prompt. Again.” “Yeah, but it’s right up your alley.” “I know but Dude. I’ve been writing it for the past two months. It’s the content of my blog,

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Map, Public Transportation, Curiosity, Optimism, Money and Time

Map, Public Transportation, Curiosity, Optimism, Money and Time

Daily Prompt Make It Anywhere “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” goes the famous song about New York City. Is there a place — a city, a school, a company — about which you think (or thought) the same? Tell us why, and if you ever tried to prove that claim.

Ha. I’ve “made it” (really, that’s kind of personal, isn’t it?) in a great many places, but not in New York. New York and I are…

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Dear Toaster

Daily Prompt Wronged Objects If your furniture, appliances, and other inanimate objects at home had feelings and emotions, to which item would you owe the biggest apology?

Dearest Toaster,

I’m sorry I left you behind in California. Well, no I’m not. I didn’t use you. Ever. And I got you during the reign of the Evil X and pretty much everything involved with that is anathema to me. I left you to…

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