Welcome to the second installment in our new series – A Writer’s Life. A succession of living writers 

Editor Note: By popular demand we’ve updated and expanded one of Mary’s most popular posts

Note: I wrote this post to myself while struggling to find the motivation to bring my stalled book idea

Two Ways to Save the World My husband and I both work hard at two very different jobs. Sometimes I compare

Did you achieve your goals this year?No?Join the club!I had some great plans for this year but I got

The secret is to keep on writing! I always wanted to be a writer. From my earliest days, I felt the inexplicable

Do you want to be one of the 100 most influential bloggers in the world? Maybe you’re even more aspirational

Failure hurts, doesn’t it? It can be brutal, humiliating, and demoralizing. From the giddy heights

Doesn’t it just drive you up the wall that you’ve read hundreds of blog posts and read nearly as

Have you ever had an idea for something you would like to create, only to find the momentum die after