So I just had a rather odd (crazy? dreadful? overwhelming?) realization at the Farmers’ Market today that I can – and do – answer most questions about my life with the phrase, “almost twenty years.” How long ago did you meet/move in with/get engaged to your husband? About twenty years ago, coming up on our […]
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I'm a writer. I also bake. And knit. A lot. My novels are available anywhere ebooks/paperbacks/audiobooks are sold online. Find more info on my blog: http://www.madebymeghan.ca
MCD Fall 2018
Posting my fall schedule/upcoming releases, etc so I have it all in one place instead of just occasionally mentioning it whenever I’m asked in various places online. Yes, I’m attempting to be organized!! If you have any spoiler-free questions, let me know in the comments and I will endeavour to answer them and/or add the […]
Writer meltdown #3476
I just wrote a very long, very angsty blog post. Got a bit weepy. Deleted the post. Short version: First drafts are hard. And I have a terrible habit of piling every single, nagging concern/fear/issue I have with my writing/career/future into a difficult-to-drag-around massive-bundle-of-angst. As we all do, I suspect. Michael talked me down. Again. […]
Okay! I’ve just been informed that I can now sell T-shirts on on AMAZON UK and AMAZON GERMANY. (As well as AMAZON USA, as always). The problem is, Merch did NOT migrate my designs for me. Which means I need re-upload each and every design (x2). And well, that is going to take a huge […]
I took a moment this morning to review what I’d written of the Amplifier prequel so far before diving back in, coming up with one overwhelming conclusion: Emma (aka the Amplifier, aka Socks, aka AMP5) is a real bad ass. It isn’t something that she grows into (a la the Dowser) or something she’s never […]
Writing is like vomiting
Interior kitchen. White glossy cabinets. Concrete counters. Approx. 10:30am. A Milk Cafe is running, whirling and heating skim milk destined to be a hot chocolate. Me (measuring out chocolate): I’m just so scattered brained today. Which, for some reason, is always the case the day after a really successful writing session. I mean, obviously, I’ll […]
The muse and me, a conversation.
Me (yesterday afternoon): the third draft of Dowser 9 is done! The muse (late last night): Hmm … what about [insert unresolved minor plot point]. Me: Now is not the time to worry about that. I’m trying to fall asleep. Scott (aka the editor) will flag it if it’s an issue. The muse: it is […]
Dowser 8.5: early reviews
I celebrated the one week anniversary for Graveyards, Visions, and Other Things that Byte (Dowser 8.5) by finishing the third draft of Dowser 9. Then I remembered I usually do so by sharing some early reviews, so I quickly popped around online and collected some pull quotes (see below). Thank you to everyone who has had […]
Living on the west coast of Canada means that I often wake up to find that a few voracious readers (in other timezones) have already consumed a new release while I slept, and Graveyards, Visions, and Other Things that Byte (Dowser 8.5) hasn’t been an exception. I’m so, so glad that so many of you […]
Dowser 8.5: Jasmine: paperback giveaway
GIVEAWAY CLOSED. THE WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED. T-minus TWO days!! To help celebrate the week leading up to the release of Graveyards, Visions, and Other Things that Byte (Dowser 8.5), I’ve put together three giveaways (not including whatever I cobble together for my live reading over on Facebook on release day, August 23 at 4pm […]
