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Mary Menacho Novelist

Mary Menacho
Mary Menacho
San Jose
Member since: Jul, 2008
Last login: 08/29/2009
Last update : 06/30/2009
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  • Novelist Mary Menacho wants to provoke fierce enjoyment in her readers – the kind of unadulterated pleasure a good read evokes. Mary lives in San Jose, CA surrounded by an amazing family, great books, and beautiful places to walk and think.

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  • Kicks-Like-Fawn

    June 30, 2009

    • Kicks-Like-Fawn, a Latgawa woman, is a fictional character. She lives from 1827 to 1856 in what is now the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. Kicks-Like didn’t set out to illuminate the events that resulted in the near (but not actual!) extinction of the Latgawa people. She only wanted to tell her story. And I want to help her. Why me? I’m not Latgawa, not Native American. My family has lived ...
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  • Kicks-Like-Fawn

    June 30, 2009

    • Kicks-Like-Fawn, a Latgawa woman, is a fictional character. She lives from 1827 to 1856 in what is now the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. Kicks-Like didn’t set out to illuminate the events that resulted in the near (but not actual!) extinction of the Latgawa people. She only wanted to tell her story. And I want to help her. Why me? I’m not Latgawa, not Native American. My family has lived ...
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  • Read on and on...

    June 26, 2009

    • You've galloped on horseback, haven't you? Remember that sensation of horse muscle under you - the gathering strides as the trot dissolves into the flow of the gallop? Air loops through your hair; hoof rhythms define, it seems, your own heartbeat. Reading an excellent book is like galloping on horseback over open terrain. I write because I crave that heady experience. I write to satisfy myself as ...
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  • A Bored Lover's Counting Song

    December 15, 2008

    • Please read my poem at http://www.redroom.com/member/mmenachoSnap your fingers to it. Jump rope to it. Chant it as you jog along. Sometimes the mind and heart find comfort with simple forms.Tell me what you think!
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  • Too Close: A Short Short

    December 13, 2008

    • You've turned forty. So what? Determined to keep life as it has been in your thirties, you step out of the coffee shop into the bright morning. Someone is following you.Read this 350 word short short at http://www.redroom.com/member/mmenachoLet me know what you think, please.Thanks in advance for reading.  
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Comments I've Written

  • Congratulations!

    Great accomplishment! May you sell a million books! Mary Menacho

  • Pick A Scab on Him

    Sounds like, in the last novel, you found a way to get under the grumpy guy's skin and know him from the inside out. Find your way into this guy's heart.  Surely his mother loved him. Once.

  • Thanks for the Affirmation!

    Doing all that writing was a kick. So strange that you can turn on the "zone" and just let the words flow. Of course I haven't had the courage to read what I wrote yet.

  • Different Forms

    Resting from the intensity of the NaNo approach is a great idea. Good for you launching another novel. I'm working on some short story revisions for this month, then back to the NaNo novel. 

  • Fellow Battler

    Valerie,

    Thank you. We are and have been good supports, guides, and inspiration for each other. Onward!

    Mary Menacho

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