Saddle up and shine.

Author: Malena Putnam

  • Hope Floats Storygrams

    In doing the True-Do Track over on my Facebook page, which began in January with a month of journaling prompts, I’ve realized a few things already, including that I’m going to have MORE FUN with books and work this year. I felt like 2012 was all to-do list which is partly what inspired my True Do…

  • True Do Track for living a You-Full 2013

    For the Type A among us, a to-do list feels as automatic as brushing our teeth or blinking. So with that in mind, I created a True Do Track for my readers to join me in trying to live our best year yet. Less stress. Less drama. More fun. More adventure. More authentic relationships and…

  • Are You the Little Brand That Could?

    When I was brainstorming ideas for a branding book, the story of the little engine that could kept coming to mind. Every aspect of building the train, creating the journeys, getting passengers and making the tough journey despite the odds all seemed very relevant. I’ve personally witnessed and assisted more than 150 little brands with strategy and campaigns,…

  • 2013: The Year of Living Fully

    I’m beginning 2013 with not only hope, but determination to live more fully. But what does that mean, really?  I’ve always written from my heart and have never felt like I’ve held back in my writing. But real life? I’ve probably held back. I’ve probably been more fearful than I should, and perhaps lived 2012…

  • You’re Invited to our NEXT LEFT NYE Bash

    Well, we know you party people will be sharing your NYE shenanigans on Facebook, so we decided to provide a safe haven for all of your partying…er, safe HIVE, full of juicy reads, tons of giveaways and a grand prize including some of our 2013 titles! All you have to do to “enter” the party,…

  • Understanding Grief

    I woke up at 5:42 a.m. crying. I don’t remember if I dreamed, and I’m thankful I slept. I’ve gone to the dark place again, which is a short walk for me, just underneath the surface. I try to keep the door to this place closed and locked, but it opens on its own, turned…

  • Next Big Thing Part 2: Hope Floats

    I’ve been tagged by screenwriter and mystery novelist Jamie Livingston (aka Jamie Lee Scott) on the Next Big Thing blog tour. Even better, she’s coming to OKC tomorrow to screen her first short film based on her screenplay, “No One Knows,” and I get to see her! The last time I saw her was in…

  • Author Jess Riley Rocks ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE

    Carrying on with my Sleigh Read from last week, I’ve invited a girlfriend in the sleigh with me – Jess Riley, one of my favorite women’s fiction authors. Do yourself a favor and put both of her books in your stocking- Driving Sideways and her new novel, All the Lonely People. It’s such a clever premise…

  • Next Big Thing: An RV and a Mystery/Thriller

    When an author girlfriend asks me to do something, I try to do it. If it were in the real world, say asking if I had any wine or chocolate in my house because they were PMSing, of course I’d share. When it’s online and the girlfriend is Marilyn Brant, (A Summer in Europe), I…

  • Kicking off the Sleigh Read Tour

    It’s an honor to be the first driver in the Sleigh Read tour. My sleigh is shiny red, so glossy you can see winding down the road a mile away, led by beautiful Clydesdale horses featured in my Sleigh Ride: A Winter Anthology story, “Snowflakes and Stones.” I’ve borrowed the hand-made purple scarf featured in…