by Mary DeRosa | 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 | 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...
by Mary DeRosa | May 4, 2018 | Encouragement, Gratitude, Grief, Self Love
There is nothing new that I can say about grieving. And others have spoken and written about it in much more profound ways than I ever could. But we’ve all been there before. And I’m there now. I recently found out that a dear friend of 24 years passed away...
by Mary DeRosa | Mar 31, 2018 | Encouragement, Gratitude, Miracles, Perseverance
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein The choice seems obvious: you’ll be much happier in a constant state of wonder than you will be feeding on a steady...
by Mary DeRosa | Jan 27, 2018 | Books, Creativity, Encouragement, Novels, Perseverance, Screenplays, Self Love, Writing
“We are all peers in the human experience.” – Maru Iabichela We’re all made of the same basic building blocks. We all eat, drink, work, sleep…lather, rinse, repeat every 24 hours. The Constitution even confirms that we’re all created equal. But somehow, we just don’t...
by Mary DeRosa | Nov 30, 2017 | Encouragement, Gratitude, Perseverance, Procrastination, Resistance, Self Love, Writing
“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” – Martha Graham You may not be redefining the world of dance...
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