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Here’s a bit of what you’ll see when you hit that subscribe button: Reader, author, professor, radio show host, columnist. Best advice I ever got? ‘Only connect …’ E.M. Forster and I want to connect with you! I publish on Thursdays.

I’m the author also of the collected short stories The Woman Who Never Cooked, a memoir and a novel. You’ll find me on Amazon and with my publisher.

Free subscribers (Almost everything! Pay me if you like what you read!) Comment. I reply to all comments and, if you have a Substack and comment, I go to yours and read and comment:

Memoir: Not what you expect, for sure. The entire memoir. Click: (Re)Making Love (as I sorta said, Not what you’re thinking:)—and you’ll find what Internet dating is like after a separation and divorce: The good, the bad and the foolish, written live!

My novel: Who by Fire, up in serial format—every chapter coming ... More than half up already!

Essays about the arts, books, movies, all things literary. Interviews with artists, directors, poets, writers.

Paid subscribers get Write it! Years of teaching at GWU and the Smithsonian’s Campus-on-the-Mall: Special tips and tricks you won’t find anywhere else: Twenty lessons and possibly more. And, I invite you to do a guest post for me. Contact me: marytabor@substack.com …

Take a gander … and if you have a story up your sleeve (old or new), maybe stuck on something, I can help! I’ll answer writing questions directly in ➡️ click: Chat, too!

Example that’s totally free: A post about cool flicks to give you an idea of how I started here. Click the butterfly photo.

See what my paid subscribers say—They, especially, and all my subscribers (free or paid) have my heartfelt thanks:

"I love reading Mary's work; her writing is a refreshing read from someone who is truly a gifted writer. Someone who can deftly craft stories in ways that are unexpected yet relatable. Her Substack is one I always look forward to opening each week and enjoying with a cup of tea. I'm so glad I found Mary and her work; she's been a ‘lifeboat’ for sure." — Susan Campbell, Phosis

"Love you, Mary! So honored to become a founding member." — Deborah Sobeloff, poet

“Writer, teacher, woman of love and Letters, from philo to philosophy and rom-coms too, this memoirist and novelist digs into her life and learning to share in many ways. I always look forward to reading her.” — A. Jay Adler, Homo Vitruvious

“Mary begins life anew at sixty, offering a gutted, redemptive look at the many faces of love.” —Kimberly Warner, Unfixed

“A home for wonderful writing and erudite discussion. "Mary, I'm thrilled to be upgrading to a paid subscription to your lovely work. You are my first new paid subscription in a long time and the very first since I turned on my own paid subscriptions to allow me to show my support to my fellow writers. Your writing always delights and intrigues, and I'm proud to have you as a true Substack friend." —Jeffrey Streeter, English Republic of Letters

"I absolutely treasure your voice..." —Alisa Kennedy Jones, Gotham Girl and The Empress

"You really share some inspiring information and resources for those of us first-time novelists who are confused by ‘the rules.’” — jtolbertjr

"Thank you for sharing your creative writing lessons." — Czerny

“Mary is one of the finest first-person essayists on Substack. Moving, intelligent and open.” — Elizabeth Bobrick, This Won’t End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy

“Watch how her brain works....” — Eleanor Anstruther, The Literary Obsessive

“A thought provoking look into what it means to pine for connection and love.” — Adam Lujan, Last Exit to Tucson

"Read first and last install of Re making and loved it. " — Michael Jay

"chapter 12 was my first. I will go back to 1 to understand how you got here. no matter how you did, the journey is present with pain, love and sensuality. you exude them all. i feel i have experienced them all with you." (on Who by Fire) — Jeffrey O’Toole

“Thank you for writing what you do in the way that you do. I have really enjoyed reading you posts as a subscriber these past few weeks and I look forward to exploring more of your writing as a paid subscriber. The most recent piece/memoir chapter, focused on the memories of your open heart approach to love was especially beautiful for me to read (and resonates in many ways as well). Carry on… :)" — Veronica

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