Mary’s Expression

How to Request a Title for your Library

I am excited to announce that Tales of Tessagonia: Books 1-6 is now available for libraries! My county library system has ordered copies, and your public library can order them as well! If you’re not sure how to request a title, here’s some information you might need.

Find Your Bliss: Bliss Book

I first learned about a bliss book from Sylvia van Bruggen during a workshop at the Muse Online Writers Conference. (Follow her now on Leap to Joy.)What is bliss? Complete happiness, undisturbed by gain or loss.What is a Bliss Book? In simplicity: a book that makes...

Game Time: Heaven’s Vault

Heaven's Vault is an amazing video game (Available on Switch, PS4, and Steam). It's an "archaeological science fiction adventure game". You play as an archaeologist in a Nebula system, exploring, finding artifacts, learning about the history and ancient...

Writing Life – My Projects

For this first Writing Life post, I thought it might be nice to talk about my projects. With the whole pandemic thing going on I haven't been writing much. It's hard to focus on creative creation. The projects below are all in various stages of completion. Some just...

Favorite 5’s: a list post

I've come up with a schedule for my posts. There may be weeks I mix it up if there is a holiday or something else to share, or a collaborative theme with Liz like we did with the poetry month posts, but this is what you can generally expect.First Thursday: Writing...

Uprooted: Book Review

My ThoughtsTitle: UprootedAuthor: Naomi NovikGenre: FantasySeries: StandaloneAge group: Upper YA/AdultAuthor website: ​http://www.naominovik.com/Uprooted had me hooked from the first page. I loved the voice, all the characters and the plot. The...