By Mary Dezember

Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

Readers ask: What motivated me to write my socially conscious, historical, epic adventure novel, Wild Conviction.

My answer is:

A Soft and Gentle Reminder
In the Spirit of Walt Whitman

By Mary Dezember

I

Whenever I start to feel tired
and down,
I let my eyes gaze down, too,
for there I can gaze upon my socks . . .

A Heliotrope/Heliotropium Poem

By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

Crushing me to purple, you

are no god.

Your appeal is mythology.

I bloom,

with each floret befriending

the next,

to what, when, and whom

I choose—

By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

When tight-lipped winter 

cracks a smile,

slants of sunlight

create the ‘scape.

Heaven’s window 

shades twist in the wind,

By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

I am so excited to share that, in addition to numerous insightful 5-Star customer/reader reviews for which I am so grateful, Wild Conviction is receiving accolades in editorial reviews!

The novel received fantastic reviews in recent days by three well-respected publications. These reviews strike me to silence in deep appreciation and awe, as they are awesome.

“My Little Pretty.”

Though the Wicked Witch’s words
could haunt me,

I choose
to see the falling grains of sand in slow
motion

By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

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By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

As I was writing my novel Wild Conviction, I made gifts that corresponded to the events in the novel. The story spans three years in antebellum America—1858 to 1861.

Making these historical items “actualized” some aspects of what I was writing.

Having them around me feels as if I am in the scene of the some the novel’s action.

I gave and still give some of the gifts pictured to my friends so that, as they read the novel, they can see where their gifts fit with the action.

If someone you know is intrigued by history, giving them any of these gifts along with the novel is a “novel” way to “travel back in time.”

By Mary Dezember

On this Thanksgiving, I want to quote part of my 2023 New Year’s blog post “Happy 2023: A Key to Unlock Prosperity”:

The Choice

If I think of all of ways I can unlock my day, I can label each way as a key.

For example, I could choose the Angry key. Or, I could choose the Rejection key. I might chose the Unloved key. I could choose the Lonely key. How about the Why Me key? Or, my favorite key, the Misunderstood key.

On and on, I could choose those Downer keys.

Or, I could choose a Wonder key, one that unlocks wonder, even the wonder of all unexpected events.

What If You Knew Two Magic Words?

By Mary Dezember

You do know two magic words. The words are:

What if?

In a creative life, the words “What if” are magic. They can launch life plans and artistic creation.

What if ____________________________________?

How would you fill in the blank?

The answer sparks an idea. Once an idea is spoken or written, magic begins.

That is because, spoken or written, the answer—the idea or the “plan”—has become material, in the sense that it has moved from thought to the spoken or written word.