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.

Yummy Yummy Spam

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00December 14, 2006|Weblogs|

I know this is weird, but lately I have been terribly amused by my spam. I’ve been getting series of emails of the “help secure funds from a Nigerian bank” [...]

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00December 12, 2006|Weblogs|

Dear Donald, This is a difficult letter for me to write but I feel I must as too many other friends and family have also expressed concern. You know I [...]

Adulthood Sucks

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00December 6, 2006|Weblogs|

I am hip deep in term paper research and really starting to feel the stress.  I may be incommunicado for a little while (though I'll probably finish up the Lamaze [...]

Hiya, Long Time, No See

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00December 1, 2006|Weblogs|

OK, I know I've totally sucked on posting this week.  And lately every time I go to post a comment on another blogger's site, stupid IE keeps crashing on me.  [...]

Who’s Getting Coal?

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00November 28, 2006|Weblogs|

The scene: high-pitched squealing, flailing limbs at floor level, the occasionally toy tossed in the air. Our heroine, innocently carrying laundry, crosses the path of destruction... "YEE-OOWCH!!  All right, that's [...]

Thoughts On A Green Christmas

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00November 26, 2006|Weblogs|

So by pure cruel fate I accidentally shopped this past weekend.  I hadn’t meant to.  I had planned on a relaxing weekend of absolutely avoiding all shopping centers, malls, or [...]

Happy Turkeys

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00November 23, 2006|Weblogs|

What the heck is that thing? You mean we have to eat that? That’s disgusting!! Actually, it was extremely yummy.  (Mmmm… brine.)  If there’s one thing my man can do [...]

2026-08-22T19:36:44+00:00November 21, 2006|Weblogs|

I've been having one of those series of days where I keep saying, "oh, I'll write in a little bit... OK, just a little later" and I never get to [...]

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