{"id":224,"date":"2026-01-17T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marywrites.com\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:59:57","slug":"about-mary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marywrites.com\/?page_id=224","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary A. Jones is the owner of Mary Writes. After gaining a BA in Creative Writing from Full Sail University, she wrote for a local newspaper in Ohio. Since then, she was a freelancer, writing for businesses and online publications. 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