HeyJaredto whom it may concern
Cover letters, personal essays, and desperate pleas from the desk of writer Megan Downey.
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circling back (opens the original)
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Last week, I had a literary humor piece published for the first time in…. 1000 years? And omg I had forgotten what a great rush it is to get an email from an editor saying “It’s up!” and clicking a link to see my byline. That shit is goooooooood!And like, maybe that’s the dopamine I need to be chasing these days. But we are not here to delve into the other things I’ve been chasing, babes! We’re just not doing that here!! Not today!A couple months ago, I reconnected with a writer I
the ones that got away (opens the original)
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One of the joys of getting to know someone new is getting to tell the story of your life in little chapters, rediscovering narratives you long forgot, re-shaping stanzas with new perspective, answering questions that you never would have thought to ask yourself. That is such good shit! Recently, I was talking to a lover about our pasts, and something he asked sent me off remembering the time I was someone’s “the one that got away,” and he came back years later to try and get me. And he succeeded
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