MaryAnn Cortez
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MaryAnn Cortez
@maryann123.bsky.social
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Author, illustrator SCBWI 12x12 Storyteller Academy Recipient of RMC SCBWI 2023 BELIEVE grant Represented by Anjanette Barr
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The bunnies are digging, and the squirrels are collecting.
Our mornings have just enough of a chill in the air to make me want to collect leaves and make carmel corn. Here are a few photos from my morning walk. What sings of 🍂 are you seeing?
#Fallfeels
#writingdays
#morningwalks
It's that time of year again, football and my super easy and delish monkey bread. I always go home with an empty plate.
#monkeybread
#footballfood
#quickandeasy
#fallfood
Happy September!
May the new month bring you new opportunities to bloom.
Every now and then I still get a craving for a Jack Taco. It's one of my guilty pleasures. What do you think? Yay or Nay?
What's one of your fast food cravings?
#fastfood
#junkfood
#guiltypleasure
#jackinthebox
Our book club selection for July was VERITY by Colleen Hoover. I seriously think I'm a little traumatized after reading it. Excellent writing, so much suspense, and gut-wrenching scenes. But yeah, traumatized.
#Bookclubpick
#summerread
#suspense
#reader
#booknerd
Sad to say, our summer concert nights are coming to an end. We enjoy live music. What is the name of your favorite local band? Ours is called Thumpin Band from the Denver area.
#bringonfall
#summerconcert
#musiclovers
I love it when I catch a beautiful sunset on the way home. These pictures don't even come close, but it isn't nice to be moved by everyday occurrences?
So true, I've also been skipping my walks because of the heat, and they always help, so I guess I'd better get up and out earlier. I need them.
I did! But they also know how spacy I can be sometimes. I still can't believe missed it, though.
Ours is in person, lots of fun. I'm usually the one that writes up the questions for discussion, but I totally blanked last month. Oh well, our group is very laid back and forgiving.
After months of feeling creatively bankrupt, I'm back at it. I am slowly making progress. Those dry times are tough, but I always believe I'll eventually find my way back. Who can relate?
Ha ha! I feverishly finished my book groups' last pick and then... forgot and missed the meeting. Bookish problems, am I right?
It looks adorable. I'm going to see if my library has it.
Love this. it feels so serene.
It's been decades since I've sewn anything for myself. Back in the day, patterns used to run large. This one? Womp-womp runs small. Back to the fabric store.
#creative
#sewingproblems
#creativeproblems
#chubbygirlproblems
#shouldawouldacoulda
We have had a few beautiful days here in Colorado. This #collage piece was inspired by the work of #illustratior Leo Lionni. I love the simplicity of his #illustrations and his storytelling in #picturebooks.

#happymarch
#collage
#kidlitwriter
#kidlitillustration
#happythoughts
Your Abuelas can look so different, yet both fill your heart with ❤️.
#dailyart
#abuela
#sketchbook
Oh, I've made this mistake too many times.
Just another #dailydoodle but isn't she lovely? Started as a loose lines pencil sketch, she wanted to more physical so out came the painted papers. I think she was inspired by my mom, who has been gone 48 years.
#cutandpaste
#collagecommunity
#dailyartwork
#collage
#collageartwork
#minicollage
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