by Mary DeRosa | May 25, 2016 | Creativity, Encouragement, Gratitude, Perseverance, Resistance, Screenplays
We all have a back catalogue of things we regret doing or saying. And unfortunately, it’s all-too-available for us to use against ourselves when Life uses our self confidence as a piñata. When we’re already low, our monkey minds go to town…blowing up minor missteps...
by Mary DeRosa | Apr 20, 2016 | Creativity, Encouragement, Resistance, Writing
One of my favorite things to do is encourage people. Especially those with long harbored creative dreams. Probably because they are usually the first ones to sell themselves short. My mother was a beautiful poet. I still have one of her journals filled with some of...
by Mary DeRosa | Mar 29, 2016 | Encouragement, Perseverance, Resistance, Writing
I was really hitting my stride. Getting back to the novel that I had been dancing with for way too long. Ready to finally send out my first email newsletter for this blog. Talking to my partner Curt about the post-production progress of our short film Waiting for...
by Mary DeRosa | Feb 25, 2016 | Procrastination, Resistance, Writing
Today – okay, let’s be honest here – the past two weeks I have done a truly masterful job of avoiding the rewrite on my novel. Everything from the grocery store to the dust bunnies under the couch clamored for attention. Throw in the adoption of a...
by Mary DeRosa | Jan 25, 2016 | Gratitude, Resistance
Today is one of those days where nothing is really working. And when that happens, I generally go to my impressive (or actually obscenely large) collection of self help books, CDs, downloads, widgets, gadgets and cards and pluck something that I think is going to help...
by Mary DeRosa | Dec 10, 2015 | Creativity, Resistance, Writing
“Comparison is the death of joy.” – Mark Twain I hate to admit it, but one of my worst habits is comparing myself to other writers…usually when I’m in the throes of fearing that I’m not good enough at what I do. Of course, this is wildly unproductive, and I...
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