Mary Stephenson Su

Adding Color Mar 4, 2023

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Adding Color Nov 17, 2022

Secretly Doing NaNoWriMo for Years

Every year in November, the excitement of National Novel Writers Month(NaNoWriMo) descends upon the internet. People are…

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Adding Color Nov 10, 2022

Writing your Book is an Endurance Sport

Build your Stamina I have written stories and essays my whole life. For years, I’ve journaled and blogged regularly.…

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Adding Color Oct 31, 2022

Not Even a First Draft – The One-Half Draft

I am in the middle of the first draft of my second novel. For my first novel, I was afraid to go out of order, so I…

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Adding Color Oct 13, 2022

Want to be more creative? Maybe go for a run.

I started exercising regularly when my youngest baby started sleeping through the night. I took a Crystal Paine’s online…

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Adding Color Aug 11, 2022

Can you sell a book by it’s cover?

A newbie author dives into self publishing I’ve written several picture book manuscripts. I love the idea of mixing…

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Adding Color Aug 4, 2022

Five Ways to Click into a Creative Headspace

Get started faster! Circling the Runway When I sit down to work on my novel, I turn on my computer and instead of…

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Adding Color Jul 19, 2022

The Art I Made The Day I Weaned My Last Baby

Coming back to Creativity I’ve always enjoyed making things. When I was young, I painted, knitted and gardened. I was…

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