Mary
What I've Been Up To
Just a little update! I am currently performing the finishing edits on my latest installment of the Fortune's Fool series! This book...
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Mary Pagones
Equestrian Fiction
Mary
Nov 8, 20234 min read
NaNoWriMo November?
First of all, a little bit of exciting news! Fit and Full of Running, (Fortune's Fool, #11), is now live on Amazon! It's available both...
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Mary
Sep 16, 20233 min read
Caffeine: The (Almost) End of an Affair
The image of the Serious Writer smoking a cigarette, swilling down a glass of hard liquor in the evening or a cup of black coffee in the...
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Mary
Sep 12, 20233 min read
The Sporting Life
Recently, I saw this image on Facebook. The text reads:, in part "Artists are not like athletes, we cannot win gold, we cannot beat other...
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Mary
Jun 12, 20233 min read
The (Horsey) Color of Money
“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money”--Oscar Wilde Photo...
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Mary
Mar 31, 20235 min read
To Error Is Human
This is going to be one of those awful ranting writing shop talk posts. So if you're not into that sort of thing, close this tab right...
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Mary
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Ghost in the (AI) Machine: A Strange and Perhaps Deadly Game
I haven't used ChatGPT or even created an account. I first became aware of it when I saw many posts from fellow writers who have pledged...
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Mary
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Everyone (And I Do Mean EVERYONE) Is A Critic
Critic vs. Author! #goodreads #reviews #writerlife In 1936, Orson Welles directed a production of Macbeth with an all-Black cast,...
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Mary
Jan 17, 20233 min read
How Do I Read More Books?
Photo Credit: Nick Turner #books #readinggoals #goodreads #newyearresolutions Last year was a bit of a banner year for me, reading-wise....
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Mary
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Perfect is the Enemy of the Good
Perfection is the standard of equestrian sports, so we like to say. This is incredibly intimidating as a non-athletic person returning to...
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Mary
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Does the world need another writer blog?
For a long time, I thought "absolutely not." Still, I was told, by the self-publishing gurus that I needed a website and a blog. But I...
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