<![CDATA[Mariga Temple-West - Blog]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:42:33 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[April 29 is Independent Bookstore Day!]]>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:44:14 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/april-29-is-independent-bookstore-day
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Will you be in or around Wayne, PA on Saturday, April 29? Then join me for Independent Bookstore Day at Main Point Books where I will be signing copies of The Kissimmee Project from 2-4 pm! Get your personalized copy! Join in on the fun and support a local bookstore!
Main Point Books Independent Bookstore Day!
]]><![CDATA["The Kissimmee Project" is now available on Bookshop.org!]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:37:45 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/february-09th-2023
Buy on Bookshop.org!
Support independent bookstores by buying "The Kissimmee Project" on Bookshop.org! Part of the profits go to support independent bookstores!
]]><![CDATA[The Kissimmee Project is here!]]>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 22:54:32 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/the-kissimmee-project-is-herePicture
​The Kissimmee Project is now available for purchase! Click the button below for the ebook. The hardcopy book is soon to follow.
Buy The Kissimmee Project!
]]><![CDATA[Kissimmee Project Book Trailer]]>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:18:55 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/kissimmee-project-book-trailerSo my book trailer made with an iMovie template got kicked off of YouTube for some kind of unfounded copyright issue. So, I made my own iMovie trailer "from scratch". The result is primitive and inadvertently hilarious! Enjoy.
Funny Kissimmee Project Book Trailer
]]><![CDATA[The Kissimmee Project is coming soon from Severed Press!]]>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:13:50 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/the-kissimmee-project-is-coming-soon-from-severed-press
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I am proud to announce that I am a signed and sealed Severed Press author! Above is the awesome cover for my soon-to-be-released dinosaur military novel, The Kissimmee Project, available in both hardcopy and ebook. Stay tuned for the release date!
]]><![CDATA[The Brontes]]>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:48:55 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/the-brontesPicture
I have officially finished the 900 page plus exhaustive biography of the Bronte family. Everything you could possibly ever want to know and then some about Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Branwell, and their parents. I've been reading it since January!
]]><![CDATA[Happy Easter!]]>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:47:08 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/happy-easterThere is that unique scent that comes but once a year, the smell of chocolate and hyacinths, the smell of Easter!
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Great news! The Chester County Book Company has signed a new lease and is scheduled to reopen this spring in the West Goshen shopping center, just a few doors down from its old location. Come one, come all!
]]><![CDATA[Alligators with Turtles]]>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:16:22 GMThttp://www.marigatemplewest.com/blog/alligators-with-turtlesPicture
The Peaceable Reptile Kingdom, alligator with turtles spotted while we were on vacation in Kiawah, South Carolina.
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Today was the last day of business for the Chester County Book Company, one of the area's few surviving independent book stores. I have worked there for nearly six years, made wonderful friends and read some terrific books. Keep your fingers crossed that Chestco. Books will be reincarnated this spring at a new location! Stay tuned!
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