NOTE: AUTHOR TALK SATURDAY DECEMBER 3, 2022, 10 AM @ THE WILLIAM FOGG LIBRARY IN ELIOT, MAINE
Come Fill Yourself With Story
Join Maine author Mary Lou Bagley—known for her engaging reading style—as she dips and dives into her novels, Other Wise and This Other Way of Knowing and the upcoming third book in the series. Meet protagonist Margaret Meader, gifted with second sight, and the wonderful characters who people her story.
Drawing upon her background as teacher, workshop facilitator, and seasoned actress, Bagley uses excerpts as leaping off points for discussion of the writing process. A Q&A session and a book signing follow. (Free cd—Out of the Dark, a collection of short stories—with each book purchase).
Bring your love of a good story, your comments and questions, and a friend.
“Mary Lou Bagley has an exquisite knack for story-telling using cadence, tone, and timing to elevate the deeper meaning in her words. I am forever riveted, often moved to bodily sensation, sometimes tears, always entertained.”
— Jodi Paloni, author of They Could Live With Themselves, award-winning collection of linked stories set in rural New England, & founder of Maine Coast Writers Retreats.
Sign up for Time To Write, a blog for writers & creatives at: www.maryloubagley.com/blog And visit her Facebook author page and say hello.
Welcome to book two in the series:
And, Introducing the new cover to Other Wise, a novel.
Limited copies still available of the original cover to Other Wise, first in the Margaret Meader series.
Mary Lou Hamilton Bagley – author of Other Wise, a novel and This Other Way Of Knowing – is an experienced educator (former high school teacher of English, Writing Process & Theater Arts and UNH, DCE instructor in Guided Imagery/Relaxation Techniques), an alumna of Molasses Pond Writer’s Conference/Retreats and The Twin Farms Writers Workshops, a seasoned storyteller, and a lifelong writer. Mary Lou is a member of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
Along the way, Mary Lou has published numerous feature articles and worked with private clientele (d.b.a. A Way With Words) specializing in personalized poetry, including illustrated “pet poems.”
Especially attracted to projects which combine her many talents, in 2001 she wrote and performed Collage: zany bits and some serious stuff. A mix of “original songs ‘n stories ‘n such,” this show introduced theatre audiences to her emerging body of artwork. It touched hearts, souls, and funny bones while exploring virgin territory, growing up alto, recycling, and love, losses & lifelines.
In Out of the Dark: a collection of short stories, she takes to the microphone and reads four of her original stories in audio book form.
Presently in print, her short story, “Turnabout” appears in Twin Farms Anthology; and,“Knowing When” was chosen for publication in Summer Stories — a collection of stories by ten Maine authors written in response to a series of paintings (ekphrasis) by Maine artist, Leslie Anderson. Her flash fiction piece can be found online at Slam. She’s recently concluded a series of bi-weekly children’s shorts in stand-alone and serialized form for the Journal Tribune.
Her poems, “Amethyst Hour At the Starlight on West 47th” and “Every Evening,” were featured in ekphrasis shows at the Kittery Art Association in 2013 & 2014. “Beloved,” a product of her participation in a “creation circle” as part of the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Project, was included in the culminating event in November, 2014. And, “Song For My Mother” earned her an invitation to participate in Jerome Meadows’ BLANK PAGE POETRY Words & Shadows: Truths That Arise Remembered project — a performance honoring the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth, NH
In addition, she offers inspiration and gentle nudgings to other writers and creatives with her blog, Time To Write (For notifications of postings, please sign up on the blog page.)
Known for her engaging reading style, Mary Lou is available for readings/book signings, speaking engagements and workshops at libraries, book groups, retreats, conferences, gatherings, etc. Email her for more information.
Follow her on Facebook as Author Mary Lou Bagley.
