About Me
Maribeth Slovasky
Changing the world one story at a time.
I’ve been dreaming up stories for as long as I can remember. Whether sharing ghost stories in the neighbor’s backyard, writing about my adventures as a mermaid, or bravely expelling the scary monsters from my bedroom closet, my mind sees an ordinary day and imagines the delicious what-ifs. While fiction is simply fun to write, it can be a lonely road that rarely finds its way to conversation and the chance to share the love!
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Expressing Your Success, my writing business, is where I get to focus on my real passion: changing the world one story at a time. Writing other people's memoirs, sharing their climb from a sometimes dark, often scary place to their triumphs and successes, helps them heal, and everyone who reads their story remembers that there is hope; always.
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As much as I love to write, without the hours spent interviewing and talking to people, words would be as dull as a grocery list or the movie times at the Cineplex. The story, the tale that evokes the emotion intended, comes from time spent listening and appreciating the discussion. That results in the revelation that becomes the specific words meant for a single soul. I love writing those stories!
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While learning keeps me fueled, teaching offers the chance to share knowledge and provide methods to preserve information. Whether working individually or with groups, my approach is understanding how and why others learn, and then teaching them that process. That enables everyone to be successful.
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The beauty of words that have been sculpted into an organized and meaningful array is that they remain intact forever. The gift is for future generations to know and learn from your message. If you would like to discuss my services, please fill out the contact form below. Be joyful!
Services
WRITING
I write memoirs, sharing stories of tragedy to triumph. The process begins with approximately 10 hours of interviews, followed by my writing a first draft. Then the magic happens. As we get to know each other through ongoing interviews and everyday discussions, you'll see yourself expressed through my words. As the writing unfolds, we'll decide whether self-publishing, traditional publishing, or maybe something else is your best option. This process takes approximately six to 18 months.
In all my years of freelance writing, I have written blogs, proposals, resumes, website profiles, and more. I have found that the idea of presenting yourself with words that express why you are the best, along with your business card, gives you an edge in this competitive, global market.
If you would like to discuss "a presentation of yourself" and how to get the most from your business card, I would love to meet with you and have you answer questions based on your personal successes. I assure you that the finished document will give you the slight edge you need to succeed.
​*Writing fee is $120 per hour and includes a free consultation. I will write a proposal explaining my process, estimated hours of work, and a timeline for completion. Fees for interviewing, researching, and editing are $100 per hour.
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**Memoir writing includes my name as a contributing author on the book cover. I will be a ghostwriter for a more substantial fee, which will be decided upon before we begin the interviewing and writing.
Satisfaction is guaranteed with a final product that exceeds your expectations.​
Please send me an email through my website. The link is below.
Books & Audiobooks
DUTY. HONOR. CORRECTIONS.
MY PRISON: My Past & My Life
by Chuck Williams
with Maribeth Slovasky
“Correctional officers are just like police officers in any community. But for correctional officers, everyone they work with is a convicted felon. They never get to rescue a cat from a tree.” —Dina Tyler, Arkansas Department of Corrections. For Chuck Williams, the danger he faced for more than 22 years as a prison guard was one reason the job was so enticing. He loved the thrill, the seediness, the unknown of each day. After all, he is a recovering alcoholic and gambler who survived a suicide attempt. What he didn’t anticipate was the side effects of a career that required 100% vigilance for more than one hundred inmates every minute of his day, with the only weapon he possessed: brute strength. Family, friends, even the Air Force didn’t provide the sense of belonging Chuck craved.
A maximum security prison did. Being on the unlocked side of the bars created more problems than he anticipated; nevertheless, Chuck found connections to colleagues that gave him the confidence to succeed. And his relationship with many convicts also proved beneficial as he used unconventional yet effective methods to keep order in a crazy place. Chuck shares scary, dangerous, humorous, and surprising anecdotes of the life of a correctional officer and gives you a realistic picture of what happens behind the walls of a maximum security prison. The real story here, though, is the personal prison he endured for years. How did he survive? How can you survive? Life is a journey, and Chuck’s story will inspire you to keep moving forward every day no matter what.
Available in eBook and paperback.
Has your interested been piqued? If it has, feel free to click the button to go and shop for any of these fine books found on Amazon. Every one of them have such significance and value personally, I hope you enjoy and in turn share my enthusiasm for them.
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