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A mercurial space for fiction and honesty from award-winning author, bona fide super-romantic, and critically-acclaimed mother of two, Meg Oolders.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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A Moving Target and a “Movie” Trailer (opens the original)
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Hi there!Some of you may have received notification this morning of a new publication date for See Dot Smile, but not NEARLY enough of you received that message because not NEARLY enough of you have pre-ordered your copy yet!!! What gives?Sadly, there is nothing I can do to control the weather in publishing, but there is more I MUST do to convince you to order my book. If not for yourself, than for the student/graduate of the John Hughes School of Tee
“10 Ways to Stop Being a D*ck and Start Being a Decent Human Being” (opens the original)
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Kudos to my friend for alerting me to the Brew Your Book Summit, hosted by Kim Galloway, a FREE five day event for writers at all stages of their writing journeys, which I’ve been casually attending this week.<img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://substackcdn.com/i
YGBFKM, Girshly. (opens the original)
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Everyone knows authors spend a disproportionate amount of time refreshing their email inboxes, pining for that long-awaited career opportunity or glimmer of recognition from that wish list publisher or prestigious literary outfit.But most days it’s just the same churn of newsletters, promotions, and auto-renewal reminders poised to siphon what little money they have in their “author savings” into the capitalistic abyss. The good news is, times are changing.The bad news is, that change looks like
My Whole Girl Summer Recap (opens the original)
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The best thing about an internet existence is that any and all outside interest in what you’re doing is so fantastically fickle, it really doesn’t matter what you say or do (or don’t say or don’t do) here because literally NO ONE remembers what you promised yourself two months ago, or what cheeky little social media movement you tried to spearhead, or how big a dent you set out to make in that new novel project by such and such a date. Because no one is thinking about you or your hopes and dream
Pod People🎙️ (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Talk Fiction, the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers.If this aptly titled episode found you, chances are you are as obsessed with alliteration as I am. OR more likely, you have at one time or another thought to yourself-“I wonder if I should start a podcast.”I once thought that to myself. And so did , today’s guest. Not only did we think it to ourselves, but we actually did it to ourselve
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