Before writing, Marty traveled the hills and byways of Kentucky and Tennessee, representing a physical rehab facility for ten years. After COVID spread throughout the land, she began to write. Her first book, This Is Me, autobiographical in nature, was published in November 2023. Along with her husband, she hopes one day to head west and touch God's mighty mountains. As the naturalist, John Muir, said, ""The mountains are calling and I must go. ""You may reach Marty at www.martytilley.com.