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Bio for Mary Harwell Sayler
As an active poet, freelance poetry editor, and highly ecumenical writer in all genres, Mary Sayler continues to research, write, revise, and market her own poems and manuscripts. Her 4 e-books and 25 traditionally published books of fiction and nonfiction include novels for young people, a children’s picture book, inspirational romances, a 7-book series of devotionals, a school library resource book on prescription pain medications, and two life-health encyclopedias, one of which the American Library Association (ALA) honored as a nonfiction academic favorite for the year.
In 2012 Hiraeth Press will release her book of poetry, Living in the Nature Poem.
In addition to those full-length works, Mary has placed around 1,000 to 1,500 nonfiction articles and children’s stories and well over 200 poems in traditional or online magazines, anthologies, journals, and e-zines, some of which can be accessed online by the hotlinks on the right.
In 2010 Mary began In a Christian Writer’s Life blog to discuss writing in general. To focus on poetry, she also began The Poetry Editor Blog and, in 2011, she started posting the prayers in Holy Scripture, one short article at a time, with relevant questions for your private devotions or group discussions in the Bible Prayers blog. In 2012, she added the Bible People blog to help us get to know our biblical heritage.
In 2009 Mary joined the major social networks to connect with poet-writer-peers. On Facebook, “Like” The Poetry Editor page, Bible Prayers Community, and Mary Sayler page too. Invite her to connect on LinkedIn and also join the Poetry Editor group on LinkedIn. On Twitter, follow @MaryHSayler and @ThePoetryEditor.
In 2008 Mary received a professional listing as poet in the Poets & Writers Directory.
In 2007 she began a website to address poetry and to give other poets and writers a way to get professional feedback on their work through a fee-based poetry critique or edit and a writing consult on a children’s picture book or a book proposal for full-length fiction or nonfiction.
In 2004 her poetry home study course on the forms and techniques in traditional poems and free verse became available as the user-friendly book Poetry: Taking Its Course.
In the 2000’s, the FL Chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators), FL Art Museum in Orlando, and Two Friends Publishing featured some of her poetry.
In 1999 Mary began to judge the poetry entered in the international writing contest sponsored each year by Writers-Editors.com. She later began to judge all genres of children’s literature for the contest too.
In 1999 the Atlantic Center For The Arts awarded her an apprenticeship to study with a Pulitzer poetry finalist. She also taught poetry sessions for the Christian Writers Conference in Birmingham, AL that year, too, and became the first poetry judge for the Christian Writers’ Conference in Glorietta, NM.
For 4 years Mary directed the Christian Writers Fellowship International where she edited and produced CWFI’s bimonthly newsletter.
In 1988 Mary led sessions in poetry and fiction writing at the first Christian Writers’ Conference in Titusville, Florida.
Since 1983 Mary has also helped other poets and writers through her poetry study course, fee-based critiques, editorial services, and writing consultations for all genres of writing.
© 2009-2012 Mary Harwell Sayler
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