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Mary T. Wagner

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"It's never too late to make mid-course corrections!" That's the mantra of Wisconsin author and photographer Mary T. Wagner, who has been described as the Midwest's answer to Carrie Bradshaw and favorably compared to humorist Erma Bombeck...but "in sexier shoes."

Wagner is a former newspaper and magazine journalist who changed careers at forty after a serious accident, going to law school and then becoming a criminal prosecutor. After living for several decades in rural Wisconsin, drawing inspiration for writing from daily walks in the countryside with her dog and cat, she has now settled in "coastal Wisconsin," close to Lake Michigan where the sight of the horizon on the lake never fails to inspire.

Despite the career shift to law, Wagner n
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Mary T. Wagner Skip to the next project and make a little progress on it. Take a walk outside. Have some chocolate, preferably the good stuff...and a lot of it! Seri…moreSkip to the next project and make a little progress on it. Take a walk outside. Have some chocolate, preferably the good stuff...and a lot of it! Seriously, nature and fresh air are always good for kick-starting ideas or adding to a train of thought for me.(less)
Mary T. Wagner Start writing it down. Worry less about doing it well than about doing it at all. Take yourself seriously in this. Believe in the strength of your own…moreStart writing it down. Worry less about doing it well than about doing it at all. Take yourself seriously in this. Believe in the strength of your own voice. And while we're on the subject of voices, find an audience to read out loud to! I find that there's a collective dynamic and momentum inherent in "live lit" events that is incredibly energizing. Not just because you're throwing your words out to an audience, but by virtue of listening to your fellow writers and feeling their passion as well. It can spark tangents of thought and inspiration that may just not occur if you're sitting in front of a computer all by yourself.(less)
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The BBC came calling!

It is a rare Sunday morning that finds me getting good news while still in bed and in my pajamas. But that's how things played out recently when I did my usual morning run-through of checking the weather, the headlines, and email, and discovered an invitation from Huw Williams, a reporter for BBC Radio Shetland in Scotland, to do a radio interview about my little e-book, "Of Bairns and Wheelie Bin Read more of this blog post »
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