I cannot thank you enough for all your help this fall. That was one of the most stressful, exciting times of my life and I wouldn’t have been able to get through it as well as I did if it wasn’t for you. Thank you so much for all that you have done to help me and my brothers succeed in our careers. Our family will always be grateful for your support to us!

I asked Mary to rework a previous insert I was using for my gifting company. It was like she got inside my head and put the words together exactly the way I was thinking but 100 times better! I know where to go for the next promotional materials. Thank you so much Mary!

Mary, wow!!!!! I just read the article you wrote about our sale of the restaurant business. Thank you for such a fabulous job with the interview information. You’re really good at what you do!!! I’m impressed!!!!

If anyone needs to have their resume updated please check out Mary Wanser! I had no idea how out of date my resume was until I had to unexpectedly look for another job opportunity. She was very honest and helpful.

I have had the privilege of working with Mary for many years and I continue to be amazed by her professionalism, writing skills and ability to capture the thoughts and desires of her clients.  She is a pleasure to work with and I would recommend her above all others in her field.

I have consulted with Mary on several occasions for various writings. Due to Mary’s expertise she completely understood the message I needed for my clients. Her verbiage successfully appealed to my clients.

I highly recommend Mary for her skill in guiding me from vagueness to clarity and confidence.

You’re so thorough in your editing and proofreading, something I can never put a price on because it is precisely the kind of excellence and attention to detail that industry demands.

Dearest Mary,

You are the most thorough copy editor I know. I truly appreciate the time you put into my website and taking all those notes for me.

Thank you Mary!  So grateful for your part in helping me get ready for this new position!

 Thanks, Mary for the terrific feedback. You are obviously a very thoughtful and thorough editor.

I just wanted to say thank you so much for the absolutely wonderful article you wrote about my mother and father. I couldn’t have asked for a more fitting portrayal of their beautiful love story. Again a VERY big THANK YOU!

Just a note of thanks for considering and ultimately writing the story on my parents, Bill & Barbara, for the “The Way We Were” column. Mary, you are a fine writer and brought the story together so nicely. Our family is grateful for the tribute and hopefully your readers enjoyed learning about a few Avondale-Ortega old timers! Thanks again.

You listened to our stories and produced a remarkable article about our lives and family. You were able to put so much emotion into your words making it a wonderful story of our lives. The both of us appreciate so much your writing, it brings a tear to our eyes just reading it. Thank you for all the work you put into the story!

Mary I absolutely loved the article in “The Way We Were.” I have enjoyed being a Celeb. The story was so well written and my friends in  San Marco and the Beaches saw it also. Everyone loves The Resident so it was an honor to be featured. I am already looking forward to future publications.  Thank you.

We now know how it feels to be celebrities. Since being profiled in your article, we have heard from so many of our friends who congratulated us and told us they would save the paper for us. It really was great, how you were able to weave the many years of our life into one interesting short story. We are enjoying hearing from everyone and enjoying their lovely comments. You certainly did a good job and told our story well. Thank you for making us a part of the Resident newspaper and telling ‘how we were” in such a lovely, professional manner.

Mary, I am so impressed with how you presented my life experiences. I have received so many positive comments regarding your article. You are an amazing writer and I am forever indebted to you!

I wanted to thank you so much for the wonderful article you wrote about me in this edition of the Resident News. For the past few days since its publication I have received non stop mentions in person and in social media as well as texts and emails about how great the article is.

You made me look so well in the eyes of our community that for the time being I feel like a local rock star!

Thank you for your exquisite writing, we certainly appreciate very much the work that you do for our community and also kudos to [the publishers] for bringing on board such a wonderful writer like you to their publication.

Sincerely thankful.

I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your article in the Resident about my parents. Your words captured their love story so beautifully! You wove their history into the story and even I felt like I was hearing it for the first time. As a writer myself, I appreciated how you were able to mix the facts with the words of their interview. It’s not an easy task to bring a story to life when you don’t know the people you write about. This is a gift that goes beyond the pen and paper and you have that gift. Thank you for memorializing my incredible parents between these two pages with your words. It is truly an honor to have you author this event!

As a person who loves words and has as much respect for their use as a somewhat provincial Southern boy can have, I must tell you that you are very good. Thanks.

I ordered a Keepsake Book to record some of my family memories as a gift for my daughter. It’s amazing! I absolutely love it. It’s gorgeous. It’s professional. It’s everything I wanted and more, way more than I expected for the cost.

I would encourage anyone who wants to save their memories in pictures and stories to do this. This is something that will be around forever.

The work you did for me, the way you drew out stories from me and then printed them. I can’t tell it in that way to my family. I can’t. But this can. And this will go on for generation after generation. It’s wonderful. I can’t begin to tell you how much it means to have this.

My husband read the book and was very impressed with the way it’s presented—the way you brought the stories and the pictures together. I can’t imagine anyone not wanting to preserve a part of their family history in this way. I am so, so grateful.

I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful article Mary wrote about me and my volunteer work in the community. We had a great talk over the phone, I sent her some pics and notes . . . I was very pleased with the article and I believe it captured my life and my vocation very well. I have had numerous phone calls from out-of-town to my preacher calling to say how much they enjoyed. Too many times we don’t thank those that have done outstanding work and Mary fit the bill. My sincere thanks to you, Mary.

The article [The Way We Were article in Resident Community News, San Marco edition, July 2021] was great and have had so many friends and acquaintances come up to me about it. You did a great job!

Mary, I just wanted you to know how pleased I was with the end result. You got it all down, and in an excellent manner. One of the friends has known me about 40 years, and she was excited about how well it captured the “me” she knows.

Thank you for letting me do the interview for the Resident. It was delightful to have had our conversation, and I am very pleased with the result.

Mary’s personalized poetry is like “Hallmark on steroids!”

Just a word of thanks for the nice article you wrote about me and Larry. We have received many compliments on the story, with several comments on how nicely written it was. So thanks again. [“The Way We Were” Resident Community News, August 2021]

Thank you for an excellent article! We’re hearing from friends we haven’t seen in a long time. Even our kids said they learned stuff about us they didn’t know.

I wanted to thank you for the amazing write up of my daughter in the May Resident. We’ve gotten so many compliments especially via Twitter and Instagram.

What a nice article Mary Wanser wrote for our family.  Before we received the December Resident, friends were calling and saying nice things about it.  

We cut the article out of the newspaper and wrote a story how about how this came about.  The article was put in an acid free, see-through plastic jacket and then the story that goes with the article was placed in a folder for safe keeping.

Thought you would like to know how the story that you wrote about [our] family will be preserved for years to come.

A big thank you for writing about us. 

Working with you helped me gain so much confidence as a writer + has shaped me to be a lifelong learner!

Mary’s focus on positive affirmations and technical teaching helped make the test feel more doable! My [SAT] verbal section was in the 79th percentile the first time I took the test and it jumped up to the 92nd percentile after having worked with Mary.

Mary is hands-down the absolute best person to go to for anything “writing-related.” Her knowledge and command of the English language is superior to any writing specialist or university professor I’ve previously worked with. If you need help with your college application essays particularly, I guarantee you will not find anyone who offers better services and will do a better job in assisting you throughout the process than Mary Wanser!

Knowledgeable and Helpful Tutor
We talked about lots of good strategies that will help me to be more time efficient on the SAT. After we set our goals, we went over the general test and tips for question answering. We also did some practices on past SAT problems. Mary is a very nice person and her test tactics are helpful.

Excellent ACT Tutor – Miss Mary did an excellent job preparing me for the ACT. She is very knowledgeable about the ACT and taught me very helpful strategies for the test. I will continue to work with Miss Mary for the SAT.

I am very glad that I can write something about Mary. I spent with Mary two months of my stay in Florida. My goal was to improve my communication skills and better understand native speakers. Mary recognized exactly what I need and how to help me with my goal. During our meeting we talked about all sorts of topics. I deepened my vocabulary for many, many new words. We were also working together on grammar and I have to say that Mary was able to explain to me everything perfectly clearly and logically for me (better than Czech teachers). Mary was perfectly prepared for our sessions with new materials, tests, vocabulary and many other things. It was a great pleasure for me to spend my time with her. The time with her was worthwhile for me and definitely was worth every single penny! On the end I would like to say that Mary is not only perfect teacher, she is also great person! I hope that we will continue together also in the future online or maybe again in person :-). Mary, thank you very much for everything! I will miss you!

Mary did an excellent job of preparing my student for her ACT and I would highly recommend her to anyone that needs additional academic support. It was a big relief to find someone with her knowledge, patience, and ability to encourage. She is also easy to reach, and was always on time.

[My son] is done with ACT. He got 33 and is waiting to get into the college of his choice this summer.

Mary is a fantastic tutor. She provides structure, leadership and encouragement. She continues to impress us. I love the homework assignments she gives to my daughter . . . Thanks Mary! Happy to report [my daughter] did improve her SAT scores! She was accepted at [school], her top choice!

Great writing tutor! I contacted Mary because I wanted some help on my college essays before I submit them. She was quick in her response and patient during tutoring sessions. She helped improve my essay structure, word choice, and syntax. She paid a great deal of attention to details. I already submitted most of my applications, and I felt very confident in the writing portion of them! To sum it up, Mary is the go-to person when you need help in writing!

Success with Miss Mary – Miss Mary tutored me in English and SSAT preparation for 2 months, 2 times a week this past fall. She taught me to review my work before going to the next question or assignment, revise my essay construction, and other things to help me succeed in school. I am so thankful to her because I was recently accepted to prep school in the northeast. She is a great teacher and tutor. Thank you Miss Mary!

Patient, understanding, and knowledgeable – My daughter had Mary for helping her in reading , vocabulary and writing. I noticed a tremendous amount of improvement in about 6 classes. She is good at making my daughter understand in her own pace and always encouraging and giving tasks to complete before the next class.

Amazing Tutor for ATI TEAS 6 English Section! Mary is here for you. She will examine your needs and make suggestions for your learning. I wanted to start right away but when she explained why taking a step by step process is critical, I then understood and was grateful! After one session, I am able to be more confident and apply my critical thinking skills so my scores are improving already. I have more sessions lined up and I cannot wait!

Knowledgeable and patient. Mary has been wonderful for my daughter. She is everything she advertises. I would totally recommend her to anyone looking for help on the SAT. Her teachings cross over to daily comprehension and different subjects as well.

Mary was one of the most patient people I’ve worked with. Mary was very patient and taught me about how to understand what the TEAS questions may be asking me. She brought me back to the basics and helped me through some of my anxiety while studying.

Thank you so much for your help with my [college application] essays. As of today, I have been accepted to [two universities]. I hope many more acceptance letters are on the way. Without your help, my essays would not be as good as they were when I first wrote them. Thank you so much and God bless!

Knowledgeable and very patient tutor. Mary has taught me about independent and dependent clauses. She has also taught me the rules of commas, semicolons, and colons. She makes all the lessons very understandable, and she is really good at explaining concepts.

Working with Miss Mary has gone beyond the scope of the SAT. Her lessons have helped expand my English vocabulary and improve my writing skills. Thank you Miss Mary!

This is all it takes! I’ve let my son interface with Mary (English) and a different gent for math, not injecting myself. I overheard my son remarking (unsolicited) how good his tutors were. Comforting thing for a father to overhear.

Amazing and very patient. In my first session with Mary she explain to me in details what I’m doing wrong and how to improve in those areas. What I like most about her is her patiences, just the first session and I’m understanding better of how to do really well on my TEAS. I would highly recommend her. Can’t wait for my next session with her.

Knowledgeable and patient. Mary is working with my son with reading and writing. She’s very patient and gives him instructions he can understand. Thank you for all of your help so far; he really enjoys his tutoring sessions.

Excellent tutor! Mary is knowledgeable and helpful . . . I am looking forward to my next lesson.

Knowledgeable tutor. Mary taught me new ways to learn the vocabulary skills. She showed me some websites and mobile apps for learning my vocab easier and understandable. So far has been good and learning new things.

Mary was very knowledgeable and helped my son a great deal with a paper he is working on.

Very professional, knowledgeable and patient. I am very confident that with Mary’s help my son will improve his SAT score. She is a very knowledgeable, organized and pleasant tutor!

Very intelligent and respectful. Gave me insight of what to come in the test and gave me strategies to find hints or clues within the passage and she told me what this test is really about and how to really view it with confidence.

Very nice and patient. Mary taught me to read the questions first and then read the text. She has some great tips. She also told me to answer all of the questions and not leave any of them blank on the ACT because I have a 25% chance of getting the ones I’m stumped on correct.

Great Tutor. 1st lesson and my daughter is excited to learn and looks forward to her next lesson already! Miss Mary is very patient and interacts well with my daughter.

Big thank you to Mary. I have to say that Mary is an excellent teacher. She is very patient, original etc. She is able to work with not easy kids. I really appreciate that she was teaching our daughter and would her recommend to everyone. She is adorable.

[My son] was accepted into RIT, his first choice college and early decision school, and also received the Presidents Merit scholarship. 

Very patient and inspiring tutor. With Ms. Mary’s help, I was able to bring my GPA up from a 2.8 to a 3.3 in just a short amount of time. She has been very patient with my bad habits and working through them. I have grown as a writer and a student. I look forward to every session!!

Mary is a phenomenal tutor. Professional, thorough, and very effective. I have worked with Mary on multiple occasions now. She is always there for you, even in a short notice. Mary helped me work on my nursing college essay and shortly after, I was accepted to the program.

Great and patient teacher. Mary helped me and my daughter (10 years old) with writing and grammar. She is an amazing teacher, very knowledgeable and patient. We all really enjoyed our class with her.

I very much appreciate your help and guidance on my applications. I love working with you! Be sure that I will keep in touch. 

Fabulous PowerPoint Tutor – Did a fabulous job helping me organize both the outline and the content of an upcoming presentation I have to make. Knows her stuff!

My son is extremely happy with his session! His English program is quite challenging. He said we should have found her months ago!! He cannot wait for his next session!! Very knowledgeable and helpful.

I’ve already received a few college acceptance letters, and I’m happy with the results! I really enjoyed working with you during the process of writing my personal statement, and I’m sure it made a difference in my application.