Celebrating Regal House, and a new interview

Celebrating Regal House, and a new interview

Last weekend I had a terrific time in Raleigh, NC celebrating the tenth anniversary of my publisher, Regal House. Fellow authors gathered to celebrate the outstanding leadership of Editor-in-Chief Jaynie Royal and Managing Editor Pam Van Dyk.

Editor in Chief Jaynie Royal recording an author reading.

Author Ginger Pinholster and Managing Editor Pam Van Dyk listen to a reading.

I’m not alone in my gratitude for these two women’s heroic efforts to bring our books to the public. Ever since that first phone call awarding me the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction, Regal House has taken wonderful care of me. I’m thrilled that my second novel, DUET FOR ONE, comes out with Regal in May 2025.

Happy to meet author Mimi Herman IRL.

Jaynie Royal, Pam Van Dyk, and author Chris McClain Johnson.

Our closing night reception featured an insane array of cakes and pies, always a key to my heart.

When desserts win over your already won-over heart.

Here’s an interview I just published in Pointe Magazine with ballerina Lydia Abarca Mitchell and writer Karen Valby, who tells her story along with four others, in THE SWANS OF HARLEM. Please join us May 3 at 7 PM at Politics & Prose, where I will get to interview them in person.

The Swans of Harlem during their ballet dancing days

Wishing you a happy and healthy spring.

Love, Martha

P.S. ICYMI, here is last week’s newsletter.