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Author Archives: Marina McCarron

The Simple Joy of 7-Eleven

There’s a 7-Eleven in Florida that is one of my happy places. It looks out onto what I guess could be considered a busy road. It’s wide and has four lanes but I don’t remember many cars. To the left is the beach and to the right is the place where I get my nails …

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Posted byMarina McCarronJanuary 1, 2023January 15, 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on The Simple Joy of 7-Eleven

Paris

Two of the characters in my very first book, The Time Between Us, fall in love at Maxim’s. So on a recent magical three day weekend in Paris, I returned with them in book form to revisit their old haunts. I am sure I felt them around me as I strolled the streets of my …

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Posted byMarina McCarronNovember 25, 2022January 15, 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Paris

To Have and to Publish

I can still remember where I was when I said it. Part prayer, part desperate plea, part hideous, crawling fear that I was wasting my life and would never be happy. I can’t remember the time of year but I know the kitchen of the house where I stood was dark, even though it was …

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Posted byMarina McCarronNovember 3, 2021January 15, 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on To Have and to Publish
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