Hello, and welcome to Marinagraphy. I began this site after I signed a contract with an agent for my creative non-fiction book DROWNING SQUIRRELS, which discusses the value of understanding our mothers’ herstories so that we can understand who we are as women and as mothers to our own children.
I actually discovered She Writes by researching the first editor who rejected my book — all roads lead to enlightenment and even your sense of self-understanding. I’m glad I found She Writes through her.
Everyone gave me the same information: create an author web site and start blogging — March will be my first full year of blogging, and my writing has become centered on empowerment through education. My first mothers, sisters, and friends were literary characters I discovered in literature, so it’s no stretch that I end up writing. At Marinagraphy, I write about all things centered on female experiences — mothering my children with love, in spite of my precarious childhood; female issues like rape, power, marriage, and relationships addressed in poetry and literature — the teacher in me; sexism in the media — for children and for women, since the media seems to have an insipid and sexist attitude towards us; and I find courageous women to celebrate once a week — from a time when they did not have the rights that we do today.
So check out my blog and let me know what you think. And thank you for taking the time to visit.
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Hello fellow blog hopper. Great to meet new people. Looking forward to reading your blog.
Thank you for visiting, Fi. Coming your way now!
I will be back, this blog hop has brought me to some amazing blogs, and yours is one of those! I’m writing and healing from some of those issues you mentioned before, and the tangled webs that the women in our lives can weave for generations sometimes require untangling, sometimes they need cutting but ignoring them can leave us tied up in all sorts of strange knots!
Thank you, Shanyn. Gald to make another bloghop She Writes friend!
Stopping by on the blog hop!
The topic of your book really resonates with my right now.
Thank you, Janel — I think all women — as daughters and as mothers — can identify with this book. Thank you for checking it out.
Hi Marina, you are always full of great blogging info. I’m going to check out this site!
You must, Heather! I’m surprised I haven’t told you about it. Love She Writes. Quality women and writers!
Hi Marina,
It is so nice to see your blog post. The site looks different – I like it!
I love your entry and how you describe coming to She Writes. I am busy blog hopping, but will definitely come back for more. Hope to see you soon!
All the best,
Meryl
http://www.departingthetext.blogspot.com
Marina, I love your my picks widget! Thanks for joining in the ball.
Meg
Thank you for hosting it. What a great idea that was. Got me back to my original goals.
Hi, Marina! Well, I’m already a fan of this blog. You cover substantive, important topics, and your book reviews are deeply rewarding, like the one you did on Shiva’s Arms. Thanks for all you do.
Cheryl, thank you so much. I loved reading your prose and reviewing it.
I love your “Ten New Year’s Resolutions Towards Self-Empowerment.” You have some great goals set, and it’s a great reminder to the rest of us to keep working on being “the best me I can be.”
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Thank you, Brenda. For visiting and commenting.
Greetings from a fellow blog hopper.
Marina, you are bringing up important issues that need to be out in the blogosphere. Thank you for writing about these. I signed up to follow.
Thank you, Karen. Really appreciate the follow.