Give a warm welcome to Maria DeBlassie, author of Everyday Enchantments Musings on Ordinary Magic and Daily Conjurings, just released October 26, 2018. Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cauldron. Take your choice of a bat wing Chocolate Chip or Pumpkin, or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about Maria DeBlassie and Everyday Enchantments What defines you as an author? As a person? Are they one in the same? To me, being a writer and a woman are one in the same. We are all stories, in one way or another. We are all magic. We are all made up of conversations with the Universe and the dreams we dream. My pen and paper are an extension of this magic, committing each story to memory, so we can look back and see our profound capacity for conjuring our own bliss. As an author and person, I’m always looking for the silver lining, the hidden enchantment, and synchronous messages that come our way. Life is full of beauty, if only we take the time to look for it. For me, writing helps me do that.2. What inspired this particular story? Everyday Enchantments was inspired by my journey back to a happy, healthy, whole self. I was at a place in my life where I could finally explore what it meant to live, and not just survive. I’d finished school, gotten a job, and was finally setting down roots. Continue Reading →