by Mary DeRosa Hughes | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I came into this world as a confirmed pack rat. I hated to let go of anything that I thought I might want, need or simply die without in the next, oh, fifty years. Thankfully, I was derailed from my path of finding future fame as a star of Hoarders by the simple act...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Full disclosure: I am a show tune-loving geek. I think It’s because they are so colorful, dramatic and unapologetically over-the-top…qualities I long to display when I’m feeling stagnant, stuck and small. The times when I allow myself to feel trapped by circumstances...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am a great one to tout the wisdom of “eating the elephant one bite at a time.” And in more rational moments, I actually follow that sage advice. Unfortunately, when things hit the fan I tend to revert to my old habit of looking the proverbial pachyderm square in the...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Oct 5, 2018 | Creativity, Encouragement, Feature Films, Films, Perseverance, Procrastination, Rejection, Screenplays, Self Love, Short Films, Writing
This is an admittedly bizarre title choice for someone who once bawled her head off when taken on a fishing trip as a child (early indication of a future vegetarian). But the words came to me the other day when I realized that – as much as I like to think I’m a...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Aug 22, 2018 | Creativity, Encouragement, Novels, Perseverance, Procrastination, Resistance, Self Love, Writing
So…what to say about why I haven’t posted in a few months? I could point to everything from family drama that ended with a relative in rehab to the standard-issue workload that comes with adulting. Maybe throw in toiling over a final edit on my novel and some good...
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