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About Me
About Me
Hi, I'm Megan! I am a writer and editor located in the Twin Cities. As a professional technical writer, I have spent years honing my structural and editorial skills. This website exists to keep me in touch with my passion for creative writing. My focus is fiction, both speculative and realistic.
The best thing about making art is building connections with other creative people, so please reach out!
Check out my work on the Portfolio page or see where my stories have been published before on the Featured Works page. I love hearing from other writers and readers, so please send feedback and business inquiries on the Contact Me page.
Updates
Updates
Currently Reading: "Half His Age" by Jennette McCurdy
Currently Reading: "Half His Age" by Jennette McCurdy
Currently Writing: Submission for Persephone Literary Magazine
Currently Writing: Submission for Persephone Literary Magazine
Whoa, something is actually happening worth updating. More info coming soon!
Whoa, something is actually happening worth updating. More info coming soon!
29 January 2022
Currently Reading: "Dark Matter" by Michelle Paver
Currently Reading: "Dark Matter" by Michelle Paver
Currently Writing: Submissions for The Manuscript Challenge | Forest and Fawn
Currently Writing: Submissions for The Manuscript Challenge | Forest and Fawn
2 December 2025
Currently Reading: "The (Other) You" by Joyce Carol Oates
Currently Reading: "The (Other) You" by Joyce Carol Oates
Currently Writing: Submission for The Next Big Story Prize | The Novelry
Currently Writing: Submission for The Next Big Story Prize | The Novelry
23 July 2025
Inspirational Words
Inspirational Words
A writer should do whatever she wants. If she wants to make money, she should do it. If she wants to spend a year in the woods confronting herself and nature, she should do that. Do whatever teaches you the most about yourself and your work. Go where you are least comfortable. You might find new shit to eat there.
-Ottessa Moshfegh (via The Masters Review)
Currently Reading: Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Currently Reading: Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Currently Writing: Submission for The Winter Street Contest | StreetLit
Currently Writing: Submission for The Winter Street Contest | StreetLit
26 September 2023
Currently Writing: Submission for Short Story 2023| The Moth
Currently Writing: Submission for Short Story 2023| The Moth
Currently Reading: "Homesick for Another World" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Reading: "Homesick for Another World" by Ottessa Moshfegh
22 June 2023
Currently Reading: "Eileen" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Reading: "Eileen" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Writing: Reedsy Prompt #160
Currently Writing: Reedsy Prompt #160
A return to Reedsy! I haven't entered a prompt contest since last fall, but I had some extra time today while road-tripping.
A return to Reedsy! I haven't entered a prompt contest since last fall, but I had some extra time today while road-tripping.
26 August 2022
Currently Reading: "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
Currently Reading: "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
Currently Writing: Editing Critiqued Works
Currently Writing: Editing Critiqued Works
15 August 2022
Currently Reading: "Lapvona" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Reading: "Lapvona" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Writing: Collaborative Exercises
Currently Writing: Collaborative Exercises
Been doing some creative exercises with internet friends for the first time in forever!
Been doing some creative exercises with internet friends for the first time in forever!
4 August 2022
Inspirational Words
Inspirational Words
If you can write one short story a week—it doesn't matter what the quality is to start, but at least you're practicing, and at the end of the year you have 52 short stories, and I defy you to write 52 bad ones. Can't be done.
-Ray Bradbury
Currently Reading: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
Currently Reading: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
Currently Writing: Small Paid Project
Currently Writing: Small Paid Project
8 June 2022
Currently Reading: "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Reading: "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" by Ottessa Moshfegh
Currently Writing: Fractured Lit's "Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize" Submission
Currently Writing: Fractured Lit's "Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize" Submission
Flash Fiction is hard! Why didn't anyone tell me how kneecapping a 1000-word limit is?
Flash Fiction is hard! Why didn't anyone tell me how kneecapping a 1000-word limit is?
13 April 2022
Inspirational Words
Inspirational Words
Let go of the idea that somehow you can outsmart a first draft. Because I never met anybody who can.
-Leigh Bardugo
Currently Reading: "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
Currently Reading: "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
Currently Writing: Competition Submission
Currently Writing: Competition Submission
I hope to soon add something new to the "Short Stories" page on this website.
I hope to soon add something new to the "Short Stories" page on this website.
27 March 2022
Inspirational Words
Inspirational Words
You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.
-Jodi Picoult.
Currently Reading: "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Currently Reading: "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Currently Writing: Short Story Starters
Currently Writing: Short Story Starters
I'm setting up some story starters I can return to throughout the year. "Dream Weaver" originated from a story I started in January 2021 and didn't return to until October.
I'm setting up some story starters I can return to throughout the year. "Dream Weaver" originated from a story I started in January 2021 and didn't return to until October.
5 January 2022
Currently Reading: "The Victorian Supernatural" by Nicola Brown, Carolyn Burdett, and Pamela Thurschwell
Currently Reading: "The Victorian Supernatural" by Nicola Brown, Carolyn Burdett, and Pamela Thurschwell
Let's be writing buddies! Find my NaNoWriMo profile at EatBooksWriting, and let's get through this together.
Let's be writing buddies! Find my NaNoWriMo profile at EatBooksWriting, and let's get through this together.
1 November 2021
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