My marvelous mentor, Maureen (isn't alliteration fun?)...

I have an awesome mentor- seriously. We both have like super crazy schedules due to her career and my participation in "Hello, Dolly!" (which you should come see, by the way), but she works with me to find time to meet. "Mary, what it exactly does your mentor do?" you might be wondering, or "Who the heck is your mentor, exactly?" Allow me to clarify.

Her name is Maureen Ryan Griffin and she gives creative writing workshops. She is a published poet as well and lives in Charlotte- I highly suggest visiting her website, WordPlay, which will give you more information about the services she offers and her books.

Now that I've gotten the advertisement out of the way, I'll tell you what we actually work on together.

Well... we edit. And plan. And then edit some more.

Really, that's it. I mean, I've attended one of her workshops, which was pretty cool, but then afterwards, we editted. That's about all I can really do with a mentor in regards to my particular product.

But anyways, Maureen's really cool and has been a BIG help with the editting process, which is irksome and tedious- definately the worst part of writng.



-Mary

Next time on MPBwtUaCOLT: Perhaps I shall elaborate...