About Mary

Mary Pascual is a fantasy and YA author living in San Jose, CA with her husband, son, and cats. Read her latest posts, book updates, and writerly musings.

My Time at SFWC 2019

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00February 25, 2019|Weblogs, Writing Life|

On Valentine's weekend I attended the 2019 San Francisco Writers Conference (SFWC).  I've gone to this conference three or four times now and I always come away inspired... but I [...]

Job Opening

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00January 8, 2019|Venting, Weblogs|

It's that time of year again.  New year, same old crap to sort through!  I really really really want an intern to clean out my email for me.  And yes, [...]

Silience

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00January 3, 2019|Weblogs|

Christmas is over and I am sadly relieved.  It is always such a rush and a crash and a conundrum to get everything DONE!  And while you are doing so [...]

Better Question

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00December 4, 2018|Spirit, Weblogs|

Last week I had the rare occasion of an unplanned day. That’s not to say that I didn’t have things to do, because I always have things to do. It [...]

Drips and Drabs

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00November 30, 2018|Weblogs|

I’ve completely pooped out on NaNoWriMo this year. I participated a couple of years ago for a serious writing push for The Byways (previously named Through the Holes), and it [...]

Life Preserver Please

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00September 8, 2017|Weblogs|

I'm on the third big revision of my book and I'm at that point where I feel like I'm slogging against the current. And by current, I mean me. I [...]

Winged Cotillion

2026-08-22T19:34:38+00:00May 25, 2017|Weblogs|

My house is full of moths. I think there's a moth portal in here somewhere. (That's like a fairy portal, but for moths. But I don't know what those look [...]

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