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 | 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...
by Mary DeRosa | Oct 25, 2017 | Creativity, Encouragement, Films, Gratitude, Procrastination, Rejection, Resistance, Self Love, Writing
When I was a kid, I thought being famous had to be the best job in the world: everyone taking your picture, clamoring for your autograph and hanging on your every word. Never a moment of insecurity or doubt about your self-worth or inherent awesomeness. I remember my...
by Mary DeRosa | Dec 19, 2016 | Creativity, Perseverance, Procrastination, Self Love, Writing
“I’m only human.” I used to say that all the time. Usually when I was failing miserably at something and wanted to deflect any suggestion that I should step up my game. “I can’t write a book. I’m too busy. “ “I can’t create a website. Technology hates me.” “How am I...
by Mary DeRosa | Oct 21, 2016 | Books, eBook, Encouragement, Perseverance, Procrastination, Resistance
We all fall in different places on the scale of competitiveness. Some are completely passive when it comes to keeping up with those around them. Others will knock their brains out trying to one-up anyone over things ranging from the obvious (career and monetary...
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