Mary Paul

ex professor, mom of two small kids, lost my job and decided to Just Do Things

use that free will 🎉

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

Ok so as you might know I'm writing a dark academia romantasy novel:

"She needed a weapon. She got a soulmate. Same difference, probably."

A desperate student summons history's most dangerous wizard to find her missing mother — and accidentally binds her soul to his. Oops.

Comp Shelf: Ninth House, A Deadly Education, Fourth Wing

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[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@favwontmiss Millennials in 2026:
• Age: 40
• Net worth: three fiddy and a half finished manuscript
• Kids: 2 (2 and 7)
• House: married a Gen X
• Sleep: at least there’s that
• Anxiety: ✨zoloft✨

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@jiexikakaa @aliemiraran That’s not at all true

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@MattKaramazov It’s annoying but there are still audiobooks! And there are lots of really interesting podcasts too.

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@macjshiggins Art director here- that is definitely a set.

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@ninamoress Give her alllll the love. Holly black is awesome!

[dj patil @dpatil]

On honeypots - in my 1st counter-intel training, the briefer looked at all of us and said, “you’re not 10’s. If you’re approached by a 10, remember that you’re not a 10”. Message received.

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

No lie detected

[CodeMiko @codemiko]

I’m ngl if a Chinese spy comes to me and he looks like this Im giving all my secrets

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@Meeo7bg Hullo!

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@JirehRaah13508 Sure?

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

Was very happy to have dinner at the NY yacht club with our sailing team this week. Cheers to a great season!

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@Meeo7bg Hi! I’m writing!

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@cowboybecsbop Woooow yeah need those

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@stephjlucas_ Heyyy me too! I followed you

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@glvazquez @charlesornstein @deldeib In the article it mentions they had

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@Meeo7bg Hullo! I’m about halfway through my first novel, dark academic romantasy. Hoping to finish the draft up this season!

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@Bethyo Congratulations! I’m at 45k and started in May. Hoping to finish up before new years.

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

Been on a classic horror kick, realizing there’s so much I’ve never seen. This week we’ve had: Dracula, Frankenstein, & King Kong (all the 1930s versions.) Dracula was by far the best of these three. Legosi was magnetic. King Kong is soooooo silly, but Faye Wray is lovely.

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@JustinRedfern9 Hey, I’ve heard 10k is the big indie number to hit! I salute you!

[Mary Paul @mpauldesigns]

@alliewritesalot Here for this!