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.

Why is the Word Monkey so Funny*?

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 28, 2006|Quotes|

Today completely got away from me.  (I’m not even sure how it happened.  Damn runaway days!  Always loitering in front of the 7-11, smart-mouthing honest folks and dressing atrociously.  Get [...]

The Agony

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 26, 2006|Weblogs|

I have this strategy I employ when I’m really in a hurry; I let my son play with inappropriate toys.  (Bad mommy, BAD!)  See, if he’s having one of those [...]

Sharing the stories, part two

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 25, 2006|Weblogs|

In continuation from yesterday, here is the second story I promised Cynical Dad, the FBI Bugging Story.  As you may have gathered from past posts, and in direct contrast to [...]

Sharing the stories…

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 23, 2006|Weblogs|

So Cynical Dad finally shared his famous (and scary!) death threat story after several of us pestered asked him about the details.  I, in turn, promised to share some stories [...]

Let’s Stick With the Basics…

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 17, 2006|Quotes|

“Carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen. Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), [...]

Bunnies Wrapped

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 16, 2006|Weblogs|

The end of another successful visit with the relatives. (Successful meaning I survived without getting really annoyed at anyone.)  I kid. (sorta)  It was nice.  But I know I’m tired [...]

Happy Preggers Day!

2026-08-22T19:37:07+00:00April 11, 2006|Weblogs|

I wanted to give a shout out this hump day to all the blogging Moms-to-be. There’s a lot of them right now (and more coming every day) and I’ve been [...]

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