Testimonials
Mary, YOU are great! I am so impressed that you are able to follow my thought patterns and understand what I am trying to say. You have helped me think more about self promotion, have helped me with the writing of my biography and artist statement . . . but even more important, while I was traveling you encouraged me (long distance, by telephone), to go ahead and take the next step and boldly approach an East Coast gallery that we had identified. They accepted my work and now have sold a number of my paintings. I would have backed down at the last moment without your coaching. You have a way of building me up to think more positively about my work and myself! Thank you so very much.
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Jeanette Le Grue (artist), Tomales, CA
Mary Edwards is an excellent coach. She helped me achieve my goals by working with me to distill my ideas into practical processes. Instead of five stars for excellence, I give Mary five P's:
Prepared—Mary does her homework.
Patient—Mary is a great listener who works with you at your speed.
Professional—Mary is always communicative, organized, and to the point.
Productive—Mary keeps you and the process on track.
Positive—Mary is always a friendly person who focuses on strengths.
~ Stan Gibbs (artist), San Rafael, CA
Working with Mary has given me a needed boost at this point in my art career. She helped me approach galleries, apply for residencies, and upgrade all the written materials on my website. Her guidance has been most helpful to me in looking at various aspects of my career objectively, and then taking steps to present myself and my work.
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Anne Subercaseaux (artist & SECA Art Award finalist), San Francisco, CA
Working with Mary Edwards is like finding a ray of sunshine through fog. As an artist, it has been difficult for me to think in terms of office structures, licenses, and how to just launch my business. With Mary's help, I and my team have been able to make a concise business plan, sound decisions, and work productively towards our ultimate goal with assurance that we will succeed. She's organized, patient, and well versed in people skills. She's the reason we can work successfully for ourselves, and it's with this high regard that I recommend you make an appointment with her today. Mary Edwards is the best!
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Cameron Duncan, small business owner, Sausalito, CA
I reached a turning point in my growing and successful practice as a developmental editor when I realized that I was working without a viable business plan, and consequently without clear goals and income projections. I turned to Mary Edwards as my coach. In three months she guided me to describe my expertise, identify my prospects, analyze and systematize my work process, and create a highly focused business plan with measurable results. This, in a nutshell, is the business side of what I accomplished. But there is another factor. Based on our coaching sessions, Mary elicited from me a statement of purpose that had eluded me: "I train writers to become authors." Perhaps another coach would have helped me create a good business plan, but it is this simple, elegant phrase that fuels my imagination and keeps me going.
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Ann Matranga, small business owner, Los Angeles, CA
