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Mary W. Jensen

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Mary W. Jensen lives in Utah with her husband and son. Mary is the middle of nine children, and escaped the loudness of reality by immersing herself in books and poetry. From chaos comes creation.

Her poetry has been published in the webzines Moon Drenched Fables and Abyss & Apex. She is also co-author of the poetry book Lifelines published by InkSpotter Publishing. Follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MaryWJensenF...
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Mary’s Five Year Author Journey

Five years ago, Elizabeth and I created Briarbook Lane, our enchanted fairytale getaway online. At the time, I had some poetry published, one poetry collection published by an small press, and some unpublished fiction (a finished novel which had been rejected by agents/publishers, a few short stories, and an embarrassing number of unfinished novels).

My author journey has made great strides these p

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