It’s all about You

  • Please read.

    That’s it. That’s all I want from you. Just to read. Please. Read this blog, sure, but so much more. We don’t read enough. And even when we do, we don’t really. Raise your hand if you’re a skimmer. Oops, hard to type one handed. In my line of business (Blogging? Designing? Writing?), I spend…

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  • Word of Art

    I am SO excited to announce the kick-off of Word of Art, a collaboration of authors and artists sponsored by In Print Professional Writers Organization. I participated in a similar program last year called Drawn with Words that was part of the Batavia Fall Fine Art Fair, Art in Your Eye. I stumbled upon a…

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  • WILD

    There is a woman I know that I find highly motivating. In her own words, “I try to let people know that being happy is a choice…” and it’s a choice she openly and frequently makes. I don’t see her often, we keep in touch through social media, texting, and the occasional snail mail exchange,…

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  • Mixed Messages

    (This one cracks me up, wins “best use of mime” award!) Actions speak louder than Words is a familiar adage, we come across it all the time—especially writers, right? Show, don’t tell! But I falter frequently. No, I’m not going to tattle on myself and my adverb abuse (they don’t call me Maryly for nothin’!), I’d rather…

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  • Where I’m Trending

    We discuss trends frequently in my writers’ groups. What’s happened in the past to affect the future. What’s happening right now. It’s amazing how trendy things can be– how you can get caught up in a movement without even knowing it. I often reference the blind-trend participation with a couple of analogies– you know how you buy a…

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  • My Annual Reminder

    Birthday week has come and gone and a great one it was. Luckily, birthday month not only continues, but it ends with a flight to Ireland. (I need an ecstatic emoticon here!) I love my birthday. I love your birthday. I love birthdays! I know they’re just days that signify we’re getting older, and believe…

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  • ABAB

    Always Bring A Book. Abab, say it with me, ab ab. Always. Bring a book. A! Bab! Seriously, I have been caught twice in the last week WAITING with nothing to read. What was I thinking leaving the house without a book? I wasn’t thinking. Well, I was thinking it would only take a minute.…

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  • Lost and Found

    I think we’re all pretty familiar with the idea of Lost & Found… it’s usually a box under the counter at some public place, where people turn in things they have found and people retrieve items they’ve lost. I love the honor system of the L&F. Found something? Not yours? Turn it in. Lost something?…

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  • Major e-Vent!

    Monday! Monday! Monday! (echo, echo, echo) Welcome to my Major e-Vent! It’s been a rough couple of months… the weddings, the weather, the wellness, or lack thereof. I’ve been too busy to bitch, the grievances have been accumulating. What better place to let it all out than on a public digital forum? So here goes,…

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  • Hindsight

    They say that hindsight is 20/20, but I’d like to challenge that. I think hindsight is more like 20/15, better than average. The more I think about it, maybe even 20/08. As with every big event I participate in, (or even small programs for that matter), once it’s over, I’m rarin’ and ready to do…

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