Yep! I stopped wasting time heading to the library while she’s in art. I just hunker down in the car.

I feel you. I keep telling myself that it will get better. And this year was better than last year, which was better than the year before. I get better at finding time. I just need to find more energy to keep going now. :)

Oh, there are days when I'm like, "I have time, and I'm still awake!" Then I sit down and end up staring at a screen for thirty minutes with nothing because I can't focus anymore. I've come around to accepting it as part of my balance. Some days it works, some it doesn't.

I just looked that up and put it on my TBR!

I got back into writing after I had my daughter. I needed something for myself and wanted to show her that art and literature and creativity matter and are important. Now that she's 10, I feel like it's even more important that I keep showing her that I make time for it.

I like to stay where I feel comfortable. When I write short stories, I sometimes step outside my comfort zone, but I need to feel like I know what I'm doing when writing bigger works. Actually, I spent so many years with short stories, maybe that's actually my comfort zone? 🤷

I ask myself this daily. I teach middle school ELA, so I focus on getting writing done on weekends, with spurts here and there during the week. It gets difficult when grades are due.

I might be taking a writing hiatus as I am starting a grad school program next week...

S-- Stop overthinking everything and maybe just give him a chance. R--Stop smirking so much; it's annoying me.

I'm Meghan, and I write MG and YA. I'm working on a YA fantasy. I'm not really sure what movie/show comps to give it. Everything I think of only really touches on small parts and not enough to really be a comp. I'm also not far enough in to really have an answer yet.

Congrats and I would definitely read anything that's related to The Witcher!

Oh, the space heater! I forgot about that. It's definitely a necessity.

I need my laptop. I like to have some tea and maybe something to snack on (Red Vines, M&Ms), but those aren't as necessary. Right now I'm using Scrivener, but I also like to have access to my Google Drive for times when I jot down ideas on the go.

I get it! I've never taken a writing retreat. I just write when I have the chance. It's hard to leave during the school year, and then in the summer, I'm carting my daughter around to all of her things. Oh, and I live in the middle of the country, nowhere near a beach...

I have a comfy chair in my office. Sometimes I end up sitting on the floor in front of it and using the footrest as a desk. There's a desk in there as well, but I gravitate towards the more loungy spaces.

I like the idea of a small cabin in the wilderness, but I would freak myself out if I didn't have people there. And if someone else was there, I'd talk too much and get nothing finished. 🤷

Wine is a definite!

I'd be okay with this because the breaks would be good for me. Go for a long walk in the morning, write, take a dip in the ocean after lunch, hit up the coffee shop and write, eat while looking out at the ocean, write, and go to sleep.

I'm Meghan, and I write MG and YA. My dream writing retreat would be at a small beach house in a warm locale. I would like a coffee shop nearby for a change of scenery and a hefty supply of snacks!

Right now, I would be looking for YA or adult fantasy with a wild, earthy feel. Not really cottage core but darker. For example: Wilder Girls by Rory Power, The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, anything Erin A. Craig.

Three months ago, it was anything Romantasy and cute contempt romance.

I like both. Overall, I want to care about the characters enough to stick with them through whatever it is they are experiencing.

Or we might feel at home. :)

I have multiple docs titled "Ideas" or "New Beginnings" or something else vague. It doesn't feel very organized. I also have other random ideas in various Scrivener projects, in my Notes app, and emailed to myself. Nothing consistent. :)

I'm Meghan. I write YA & MG. My goal for the spring is to keep finding time to write. I have a story I'm working on that's YA fantasy. Since I manage about 4000 words a week if I'm lucky, I'm looking forward to summer in order to get some real writing accomplished!

Usually it’s the end. I can’t settle on how exactly things should wrap up. It always feels awkward. Maybe I just don’t want it to end?

I’m more focused on the story itself, but if the sentence structures or grammar are extremely off, I can’t focus. I just read a book that I was really into story wise but was so distracted by grammar. I finished but didn’t want to read the next one.

I’m Meghan and I write middle grade and YA. Right now I’m reading Zodiac Academy, Why We Can’t Sleep, and listening to House of Flame & Shadow. Oh plus the book we’re studying in my ELA classes.

I’ve been working on this lately—trying to find things throughout my week that inspire me. Mostly I’ve been focused on images or moments from every day life. Sometimes just being around something I feel is beautiful makes me want to create beautiful things as well.

No real rituals, but I’m convinced that I write better when I have a pack of red vines…. 😆

Hi! I’m Meghan, mom of one and writer of YA and MG. I love (and sometimes abhor) how stories will take a turn of their own that you weren’t expecting until you arrive at that point and it just makes sense—how did you ever not know this? 😁

This is why I can't outline an entire book and then write. Everything I've already loosely figured out will not work if I go that way, and I'm afraid to take this plunge.

I'd have a harder time abandoning an outline I worked forever on than one that's only barely there.