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Why Did You Stay So Long? Part Three (Doubting you will survive alone)

December 6, 2017 mariastephenson

Why Did You Stay So Long? (Doubting you will survive alone)   Here’s part three of my series addressing the…

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A Poem for December

December 5, 2017 mariastephenson

His Present He wakes and recalls clamouring children, though the bedroom is far warmer, these days. His carer’s voice returns…

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Why Stay So Long? (Part 2 – Believing No One Else Will Ever Want You)

November 30, 2017 mariastephenson

One of the questions readers of ‘Poetry for the Newly Single Forty Something’ have asked is why stay so long? …

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Are you a Library Member?

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I’ve a big favour to ask. When trapped in my former marriage, I often took refuge in the library where…

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Can Creative Writing Be Taught?

November 27, 2017 mariastephenson 1 Comment

Some say that being able to write is a talent individually possessed and cannot actually be ‘taught.’ Does an inspired…

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Why Stay so Long (1. Self Esteem)

November 20, 2017 mariastephenson

Why did you stay so long?  has been a question frequently posed by readers of ‘Poetry for the Newly Single…

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Why Do You Want To Write A Book?

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Hi all, so this is a blog post on the reasons we might want to write a book and get…

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Reasons We Stay in Bad Relationships

November 11, 2017 mariastephenson 1 Comment

Readers of ‘Poetry for the Newly Single Forty Something’ have posed that question retrospectively. ‘Why would someone stay in such…

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Writers who Procrastinate

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Earlier in the week, on my Facebook page, I promised a blog post about procrastination. There is no procrastinator like…

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In case you missed it!

November 1, 2017 mariastephenson

Life has been absolute madness with this book promotion malarkey …  Here’s the link to three different pieces of media…

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