Sheila Martin

On February 15, 2019 I finally finished my novel, The Time Artist, which has been in the works, on and off, since 2007. This is a big deal in my life. This round of revisions took me one year of intense concentration and three complete drafts. It’s in my editor’s queue, so there might be … Continue reading →

  I just heard from Grace Mott, a lovely person who was very enthusiastic about my book. She’s the office manager of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD. It was being renovated when I accepted my First Novel Prize there in September and is now completed. I’m happy to say a remnant of me remains … Continue reading →

The Coney Island Book of the Dead didn’t win, but they gave it a very good commentary: Inventive, imaginative, and with a fine set of hallucinatory-themed illustrations gracing each chapter, this book shows the mind of an eleven year old girl as she reacts to mystical tales from family and friends at Coney Island attractions. Dybbuks, … Continue reading →

Here are two photos of Marilyn and me in front of the house I based Evil Aunt Suzie’s boarding house on. (It was one of Marilyn’s childhood homes) One photo was taken in the mid-1950s and the other a couple of weeks ago.  

On September 28, 2018 I went to the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD to accept The McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize for The Coney Island Book of the Dead and to do a short reading along with two talented writers, Julia Tagliere and Tara Campbell. On stage is a print of one of my illustrations.   … Continue reading →

To read it in the magazine, please use below link. Or you can read it in these graphic images. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/smoke/  

    I’ll be giving a reading from The Coney Island Book of the Dead at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD on Fri., Sept. 28, 2018, 7:30pm. All are welcome.

https://www.writer.org/writers-center