HI Everyone,

Happy New Year! I hope this finds you in good health and fine spirits.

My art column with 48 Hills San Francisco kicks off another great roster with artist Annie Duncan, a painter and clay sculptor who transforms everyday objects into larger-than-life symbols of modern life. Read the article here and visit my author page for archived profiles you may have missed. To receive fresh stories right in your in-box, sign up for 48 Hills’ free newsletter.

I’m currently working on Life Lines, Volume II, which is slated for release in early fall 2024. Thank you to everyone who purchased Life Lines, Volume I, your support is very much appreciated. If you enjoyed the book, please leave a review on my Amazon page.

I also have a collaborative project in the works of micro-fiction works accompanied by line drawings that is by turns fun, silly, contemplative, and dark! More on that book as it develops.

As a new year gets underway, keep in touch and let me know what’s inspiring you for the days ahead. Drop me a line, a question, a comment any time.

Here’s to 2024. May we always find the light, shine the light on others, and lead the way out of darkness and towards a collective joy.

Mary

Hi Everyone!

It’s a new season and I have exciting publishing announcements to share with you.

First: From Lila House Press, my debut collection of short stories, Life Lines, Volume I, has just been published and is available now for purchase through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. I’m excited to dive into this space full-on and have been busy writing for several other collections in the works. What I find most interesting about writing short stories is the similarity between this process and the process I engage for creating a painting. They are essentially the same creative experience for me and I’m having a lot of fun!

My second bit of news is of recent magazine publication:

My short story, “Harriet Takes a Ride” is included in the Fall issue of The First Line Literary Journal and is available for purchase at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco (for my local friends) and various bookstores around the country. For a list of booksellers who carry the journal, click here. You can also purchase a copy at the journal’s website. My story is one of eight (out of 350+ submissions) selected.

Thank you for your continued interest and support of my work as a writer!

Cheers,

Mary

Hey everyone!

Is it really nearly mid-August already? What a summer it’s been. So much weather! Some of which has been so devastating for so many across the globe. I hope this finds you in good health and bright spirits and easily navigating all this season has presented thus far.

I have been busy putting together my first collection of short stories, Life Lines, due to publish by early September. This collection is volume one of two, with the second volume earmarked for publication quickly in tandem with the first.

Stay tuned for my launch date! I’m very excited to share my stories with you. Sincere thanks for your continued interest and support in my work. I appreciate you very much! Keep well and safe and always inspired.

Cheers!

Mary

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it yet.” – Mitch Albom

Happy New Year 2023, everyone!

With each new year comes change – an ushering out of the new and the welcoming in of fresh new ideas, adventures and projects. Here is a quick summary of what I have on the docket:

I will continue writing my twice monthly art column for 48 Hills San Francisco. We have a great new roster ahead with fabulous artists, both emerging and deeply established in the community. You can read each fresh installment here:

48 Hills Artist Profile Series – Mary Corbin

After a few years of weekly essays, prose, and philosophical meanderings, I will be winding things down on Medium.com. While I will no longer be showcasing chunkier, regular postings there, I will continue to contribute monthly short poetry via two favorite feature publications on the site – Scuzzbucket and Spiritual Tree, with an occasional essay for Illumination. To source old posts, visit my page. And follow/subscribe to my page to receive NEW posts directly into your inbox. 

All of this is to say that I am clearing out space to pursue my next big writing projects: the compilation and publication of my first collection of short stories and the beginnings of a novel project that is newly underway! Stay tuned for future updates on these endeavors.

What’s on your wish list for 2023? Drop me a line and let me know what you are excited about, inspired by, and aspiring towards for the coming year.

Best to all in 2023!

Mary

“Amidst the worldly comings and goings, observe how endings become beginnings.”  – Lao Tzu         

Hey everyone!

I am excited to announce that my new nonfiction book has finally published and is available for purchase on Amazon.

Happy 2022, everyone!

With the beginning of a new chapter, we all get to reflect, reimagine, and reboot. I have spent the last year focusing on finishing my first nonfiction book and it’s finally ready to go to press!

The book, “SHIFT: A New Paradigm for Women in the Workplace – Stories and Strategies,” will be published at the end of this month and available for purchase on February 1. I’ll keep you posted on details as well as make a few excerpts available on my website soon.

Beginning with my own story, the book includes stories from women of all ages and experience while intermingling historical references and future visions from dynamic individuals and organizations working to improve conditions for women in the workplace.

My hope with this book is to bring fresh inspiration and ideas on how to improve a stagnant model in dire need of change. I’m excited to see this project through to fruition as the seedlings were sown in 2018. Phew!

As I look ahead, I will be returning to writing short stories for Medium.com while organizing them all into thematic collections to publish in book form. Stay tuned for those developments!

I hope 2022 will inspire creativity and excitement in whatever new endeavors you are imagining. May we all enjoy comfort and camaraderie. May we rest easy and feel confident in matters of health and well-being in the days to come and year ahead. Cheers!

Here we are in the dog days of summer already. I hope this note finds you all well and enjoying the season. As we slowly adjust to a new rhythm, I am feeling hopeful and more at ease, though life remains unpredictable, changeable and full of surprises.

One such good surprise for me this month, is the recent signing of a book contract for my nonfiction work-in-progress, SHIFT: Stories and Strategies for a New Paradigm. Golden Dragonfly Press, based in Amherst, MA, will be publishing the book, set for release in late Fall 2021 or Winter 2022. Stay tuned for updates on when and where to purchase the book. For a sneak peek, visit my synopsis page which includes two brief excerpts from the book.

Hello Everyone!

It’s 2021 and I’m off to a fresh new start. If you haven’t checked in recently on my website, be sure to peruse my pages. I’ve added some new content in the past few weeks and months as well as included two new pages:

Poetry – A brand new page that is just getting started on my website to include selections from my And Now Poetry collection.

Published Stories – Here you will find stories published recently in various publications. In January 2021, I was added as Top Fiction Writer for Medium.com and many of my latest stories can also be found there. You can subscribe to my Medium profile page to get notifications of published pieces as they go live, give me a clap or leave a comment.

Here are a few new additions, as quick links, in case you missed them:

Chair – from The Tenants collection

Ahimsa – from the Parables collection

Gray Area – from the Renderings collection

The Box – From the Geometry collection

An Oddly Careful Day in the Life – From The Tenants collection

Stay tuned for new articles as well. I’m currently working on a piece with Bay Area denizen Andrew Miguel Fuller who spent the last year at McMurdo Station, a science and research station in Antarctica. Fuller and I compare notes on the particular brand of extreme isolation he experienced vis-à-vis the rest of the world, as the quickly escalating, global pandemic unfolded. It’s quite interesting!

Thanks again for subscribing to my website. I love and appreciate your support! Wishing you all the best in 2021.

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WELCOME to my website for all my writing, including my professional work as a freelancer for print and online publications, my short stories  – my true passion as a writer! – and a couple of excerpts from a book I have been working on titled Shift.

Within these deep pages of my website you’ll discover all kinds of things about me and my words on a variety of topics of interest.

Please dive in, take your time, enjoy what I have to share with you. Feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line through my Contact Page or via the contact information below. You can also subscribe to my website to receive notifications of new material as it is added. I welcome all feedback, questions, curiosities, story leads and contacts, proposals for professional projects or just your note to say hello!

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”  ―  Anaïs Nin

Contact:

marycorbin@hotmail.com

510.529.5896

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Mary Corbin Art

Mary Corbin Yoga

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