I’ve moved!

Hi Friends! I’ve neglected to tell you all that I’ve moved all my writing stuff (including this blog) to my author website: meaganmacvie.com. I’ve already posted about the new site and the challenges of publishing my upcoming novel, The Ocean in My Ears. This move was necessary because I was drowning. I couldn’t maintain all … Continue reading →

In Search of the Perfect Card for Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood’s themes of survival, images of the body, and the implicit questions about what it means to be female reached inside me and shook me. Slowly, on the cusp of twenty years old, I began to wake from a dark, oblivious sleep. Continue reading →

Agonizing Toward Publication

I was all dreamy over Ooligan Press after pitching my book at the 2016 Write to Publish Conference. Then this happened… Ooligan’s amazing Acquisitions Editors, Molly and Bess, emailed in March that they were excited about Conspiring to be Meri and wanted to pitch the novel to their executive committee. I had no idea what that meant, but … Continue reading →

How Disney’s Magic Kingdom is like Publishing

I try not to make a habit of wanting things, especially the desire-in-my-loins-can’t-sleep-until-I-have-it kind of want. Because wanting something THAT bad creates the possibility of profound disappointment, and like most humans, I’m averse to being let down. Take my recent trip to Florida. I kept my expectations for Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter in check—that portion of the vacation was … Continue reading →

MELT: An Interview with Selene Castrovilla

I’m seriously so excited for Selene Castrovilla’s new YA novel, Melt, to come out next month (November 6). If only I could fly to NY for the launch party…or maybe if I had a pair of ruby slippers? Back in February, I met Selene at the AWP conference in Seattle. She was this smart, sassy … Continue reading →

Jimmy James Blood: An Interview with Missy Anne

Hello again, pretty blog people! The other day I met up with independent author Missy Anne Peterson at a local hotspot where they serve a mean tofu and egg English muffin sandwich and asked her questions about her debut novel, Jimmy James Blood, a dark story about a rough group of teenagers growing up in a twisted rural … Continue reading →

So yeah, I’ve been writing this book…

Not that I need an excuse to blow shit off, but blogging (re: my lack of) has taken a back seat to this whole novel-writing thingy. I go to sleep thinking about my Other World and my People. I wake up all itchy to know what’s happening with them. Kinda like when I was in … Continue reading →

What I remember about summer camp: Sleeping in a covered wagon, kissing boys, and buying candy at the camp store.

When I was a kid we lived near a Bible Camp where I went to camp most summers. Aside from kissing boys and buying candy and falling in “kid love,” my most vivid memory is sleeping in a covered wagon at a camp called “Wagon Train.” Instead of cabins, we slept in cramped rows of … Continue reading →