by mvu | Feb 18, 2017 | Personal Blog Posts
Hey nature-lovers and book-fiends, I just signed up to attempt 104 fun and healthy adventures this year: the 52 Hikes Challenge and the Goodreads 52 books challenge. No idea if I’ll even come close to completing this (especially as I’m writing this on a...
by mvu | Oct 13, 2016 | Personal Blog Posts
I wrote this last night while watching the hours count down and wishing they’d stop. My girl is leaving us today. I knew when I left Germany to live in the U.S., it would probably be the last time I’d ever see her… but now I wish I could fly back over just to say a...
by marissa | Apr 9, 2015 | Personal Blog Posts
Hello, California, and auf wiedersehen, Berlin! So surreal to wake up and know my Europe chapter is over. Eleven years ago, when I was just a shy girl in New Zealand, my wise buddy Graeme told me the best thing I could do for myself was to go buy a plane ticket to...
by marissa | Feb 9, 2015 | Personal Blog Posts
Well, here goes nothing! The final docs for my US immigration visa application are FINALLY in the mail. I’ve done the police checks, vaccinations, and blood tests. My husband and I have given over our love letters, wistful plans, and family photographs....
by marissa | Oct 24, 2014 | About Editing, Personal Blog Posts
Hello, authors! I’m currently scheduling projects for the rest of this year and into early 2015 and still have spaces left, so if you have a manuscript almost ready for professional editing or if you’d like to try a trial edit first, please contact me...
by marissa | Sep 19, 2014 | Books Edited by Marissa, Personal Blog Posts
Well, I can’t let such lovely tweets just float away down the river, can I? I not only work with great authors on great books, they’re all very kind too. 🙂 My editor’s new FB page. Can't imagine publishing without @Marissavu vigilant eye taking a good...
