{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Mary McFarland Books","home_page_url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com","description":"Mary McFarland Books","author":{"name":"Mary McFarland Books"},"items":[{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/shadow-work-friday-map-your-healing-like-a-fictional-heroine","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/skullyfleeingoldhotel.png\"/><p>Childhood wounds lie buried deep within our unconscious </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/shadow-work-friday-map-your-healing-like-a-fictional-heroine","title":"Shadow-Work Friday: Map Your Healing Like a Fictional Heroine","summary":"Childhood wounds lie buried deep within our unconscious ","date_modified":"2026-02-13T17:32:38Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/shadow-work-friday-reclaim-your-story-from-childhood-wounds","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/Feb052026.jpg\"/><p>It's Shadow Work Friday: Ready, Thriller Lovers?</p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/shadow-work-friday-reclaim-your-story-from-childhood-wounds","title":"Shadow-Work Friday: Reclaim Your Story from Childhood Wounds","summary":"It's Shadow Work Friday: Ready, Thriller Lovers?","date_modified":"2026-02-06T19:10:19Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/why-writers-lie-really-berries-and-blood---jan-14-2026","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/HOWWRITERSTHINKBERRIESANDBLOOD.jpg\"/><p>We Writers Are Sensational Liars, but I mean that in a good way, so let's discuss the types of liars and then compare . . . </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/why-writers-lie-really-berries-and-blood---jan-14-2026","title":"Why Writers Lie (Really): Berries and Blood - Jan. 14 2026","summary":"We Writers Are Sensational Liars, but I mean that in a good way, so let's discuss the types of liars and then compare . . . ","date_modified":"2026-01-14T12:32:52Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/so-much-depends-on-a-red-wheelbarrow---and-apples-9302025","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/somuchdepends.jpg\"/><p>IF YOU KNOW YOUR POETRY, then you know \"So much depends on a red wheelbarrow\" is the opening line of William Carlos Williams' poem, \"The Red Wheelbarrow.\"  </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/so-much-depends-on-a-red-wheelbarrow---and-apples-9302025","title":"So Much Depends on a Red Wheelbarrow - and Apples (9/30/2025)","summary":"IF YOU KNOW YOUR POETRY, then you know \"So much depends on a red wheelbarrow\" is the opening line of William Carlos Williams' poem, \"The Red Wheelbarrow.\"  ","date_modified":"2025-09-30T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/quiet-willful-women-we-do-not-go-gentle","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/BlogPostApril2023.png\"/><p>Do You Know Any?</p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/quiet-willful-women-we-do-not-go-gentle","title":"Quiet Willful Women: We Do Not Go Gentle!","summary":"Do You Know Any?","date_modified":"2023-05-08T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/the-dogs-of-chernobyl-a-new-left-behind-thriller","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/BLOGPOSTMAR62023%20(1).png\"/><p>Has Radiation Altered the Genetics of the Dogs Living Near Chernobyl? Made them \"Things of Evil?\"  Or World Saviors? </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/the-dogs-of-chernobyl-a-new-left-behind-thriller","title":"The Dog's of Chernobyl: A New \"Left Behind\" Thriller?","summary":"Has Radiation Altered the Genetics of the Dogs Living Near Chernobyl? Made them \"Things of Evil?\"  Or World Saviors? ","date_modified":"2023-03-06T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/writing-from-my-gut-not-backing-down","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/neverbackdown.png\"/><p>Thank You to All Who Supported My Book Launch on 2/02/23! </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/writing-from-my-gut-not-backing-down","title":"Writing From My Gut: Not Backing Down","summary":"Thank You to All Who Supported My Book Launch on 2/02/23! ","date_modified":"2023-02-20T11:43:01Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/change-what-you-dont-like-change-your-attitude-2623","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/ifyoudontlikesomethingchangeit.png\"/><p>Maya Angelou said we must change what we don't like, and if we can't we must change our attitude.</p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/change-what-you-dont-like-change-your-attitude-2623","title":"Change What You Don't Like: Change Your Attitude (2/6/23)","summary":"Maya Angelou said we must change what we don't like, and if we can't we must change our attitude.","date_modified":"2023-02-06T13:18:10Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/i-am-broken-all-to-hell-12323","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/useyourartblogpostjan23.png\"/><p>Lovely friends, family, readers, and author tribe, let's get right to it.  I've lost my two best friends, my brothers, Travis and Manny, in the past 6 months.  I am broken all to hell.</p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/i-am-broken-all-to-hell-12323","title":"I Am Broken All to Hell! 1/23/23","summary":"Lovely friends, family, readers, and author tribe, let's get right to it.  I've lost my two best friends, my brothers, Travis and Manny, in the past 6 months.  I am broken all to hell.","date_modified":"2023-01-23T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/cutting-off-my-ear-like-van-gogh-1823","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/f6a9d2b5-3e7c-4b26-bf75-c51a1f9c0938/BLOGPOSTJAN32023.png\"/><p>You don't want me to cut off my ear, I know.  So listen up (pun intended).  I'm launching my thriller, \"Van Gogh Syndrome,\" on 02/02/2023, and I'd love to see you on Facebook between 6:00 and 7:00 P.M. for my launch. </p>","url":"https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-the-wounded-shadow/f/cutting-off-my-ear-like-van-gogh-1823","title":"Cutting Off My Ear Like Van Gogh! 1/8/23","summary":"You don't want me to cut off my ear, I know.  So listen up (pun intended).  I'm launching my thriller, \"Van Gogh Syndrome,\" on 02/02/2023, and I'd love to see you on Facebook between 6:00 and 7:00 P.M. for my launch. ","date_modified":"2023-01-09T13:11:35Z"}]}