Taking Life Not Too Seriously

The author finds a bottomless well of humorous subject matter as she journals and color sketches with dry wit about life’s flips, flops, and foibles in very short, slice of life stories. Every page presents a new chuckle over an embarrassing goof-up, an unexpected twist, an inventive idea that doesn’t work, or one of those moments we all have and want to pretend never happened. As if dealing with a life a half bubble off center isn’t challenging enough, a mischievous little mouse named Hugh sneaks in to add his take to spur Maggie on with his own brand of sarcasm.
This fun and funny book will catch you off guard as you laugh and say, “Something like that happened to me, too!” Read it when you need a laugh, give it as a gift...it’s a good book to remind all of us that we are allowed to give ourselves a break and, at times, should try "Taking Life Not Too Seriously."

Maggie Clark is a humorist who started writing as soon as she could hold a pen. As a child, she tried to frustrate her first grade teacher into teaching her cursive, and she published many a book of pencil-written poems bound with a well-placed staple or two. Now she and her alter ego, Hugo Mouse, are starting a new series of Taking Life Not Too Seriously books. The first is a funny book full of very short, slice of life stories journaled by her and Hugh Mouse and illustrated with her own charmingly humorous color drawings sure to make you smile.

Maggie grew up in a family-operated small-town newspaper business, the Duplin Times, in Kenansville, North Carolina, and wrote a weekly column for the paper during her high school years. Later, but years ago, as a newspaper columnist at the Green Lake Reporter in Wisconsin, she gained an enthusiastic audience in her vignettes about everyday life. After returning to the South, she continued writing her whimsical stories, even while working as an award-winning professional fine artist.

Upcoming books in Maggie’s Not Too Seriously series will give readers stories about painting, housekeeping, cats, dogs, care giving, grandparenting, relocating, traveling, golden years dating, and great grandpa’s tales. “Author Maggie Clark has done a wonderful job of creating an alter ego character named Hugh Mouse. He is sharped tongue, witty, smart, observer of human nature. A delightful read and a character you want to get to know.” Leigh Ballance, author of The Secret of Gum Swamp “Maggie Clark's Hugh Mouse Stories offer both humor and sneaky truths about life. With her quick wit and twists peppered here and there, Clark has a relatable and charming character in Hugh.” Suzanne Crain Miller, Author of Queen, The Selections, and Wage