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Posts by Meg Dowell

Nobody ever mentions the “eating Nutella with ritz crackers on a Monday” stage of grief

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Not sure what your definition of organized chaos is, but this is mine…

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It's Maul, Y'all! #2 | Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast Get more from Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast on Patreon

Maul, put a real shirt on, yeeeesh

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New Star Wars Film Novelization Covers Are Here! And they're just as pretty as the last batch!

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

Links to pre-order the new prequel trilogy paperbacks inside!

Plus hello, @cavan.bsky.social has a new Star War out soon! starwarslitpod.substack.com/p/new-star-w...

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Today’s just one of those days I wish I could still hug him and then ask him if he’s watched the new Maul show yet

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Is Starting Really the Hardest Part? You can begin. You just have to trick your brain into thinking it’s going to be easier than it seems.

Maybe! Maybe not! megdowell.com/2026/04/15/i...

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Obviously this was made specifically for me

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Socially Distanced: Maul - Shadow Lord Premiere with The Space Swifties + Major MCU X-Men News Disney+'s new Star Wars series Maul: Shadow Lord and the news of the MCU X-Men film getting new writers are on tap.

@megdowell.com & @dmondom.bsky.social of @spaceswiftiespod.bsky.social join @billbodkin.bsky.social & @reznorschic.bsky.social to discuss MAUL: Shadow Lord and the MCU's X-Men film.

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Discussing Legacy of the Force, But We Haven't Read It Yet This is what happens when you pick a random book to podcast about.

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

Introducing our special summer podcast miniseries, hyping up Boba Fett and Maul, and more! starwarslitpod.substack.com/p/discussing...

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Every Small Win Matters You know that advice you often hear about breaking big tasks into small pieces? It turns out it applies to writing, too — and it actually works.

Every single one! megdowell.com/2026/04/08/e...

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It's Maul, Y'all! #1 | Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast Get more from Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast on Patreon

It’s here!! Episode 1 of our Maul: Shadow Lord after-show is out now. 😎 www.patreon.com/posts/155085...

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New podcast episode!

This week’s bonus episode is a preview of our Maul: Shadow Lord after-show!

Maul is baaaack open.spotify.com/episode/2MqR...

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My short story “Commute” is in the inaugural issue of Sterncastle Magazine! Go give it a read! 🐙

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Tired: coming back after everyone thought you were dead

Wired: having five deaths

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a woman in a fur coat is holding a yellow clock in front of her face that shows the time as 11:55 Alt: Taylor Swift holding up a clock set to midnight.

Happy April! @alexmarcus.bsky.social returns to the show for a very special draft episode!

Apple: tinyurl.com/3tc56rnu
Spotify: tinyurl.com/3xf2pn3e
Amazon: tinyurl.com/y6emdbhf

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Upcoming Star Wars Book Releases This April All the Star Wars books and comics coming out this month (and more).

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

New NTIL stickers are here!!! Plus all the Mando & Grogu books releasing soon and some book database updates! starwarslitpod.substack.com/p/star-wars-...

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To All the Stories You’ll Never Finish Writing If we never learn to celebrate our small steps of progress, we won’t ever be able to appreciate our victories — big or small.

You’re doing better than you think. megdowell.com/2026/04/01/t...

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It's Maul, Y'all! A new Star Wars show? Y'all know what that means...

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

…the names of our Patreon shows just keep getting more and more unhinged. Just the way I like it starwarslitpod.substack.com/p/its-maul-y...

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Writers: You Can Only Control So Much There are tons of things we can’t control as writers. Miraculously, this has taught me to be a lot more comfortable with uncertainty.

It’s rough out here megdowell.com/2026/03/25/w...

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🤣🤣🤣 STOP

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The Mandalorian and Grogu comes out a week after my dad would have turned 66.

My dad, who saw Star Wars in 1977, not once, but 11 times. Who I was going to convince to go to Celebration in 2027. Who always said I became a bigger fan than him.

I want to see it. But it’s going to be so, so hard.

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New interview! 📚

My chat with @mikechenwriter.bsky.social is finally here!

Apologies for the weird audio situation on my end with this one. I’m getting my PC looked at this week 🫠

Enjoy anyway!! open.spotify.com/episode/3opX...

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Fun fact: 5 years ago, 70% of my day job was writing headlines. Isn’t that wild?

Anyway—

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Also if I finish book 7 too soon we might have a problem and by we, I mean me

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“They will not break me”

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It’s their time to shine!

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The Audio Gods Strike Back (and a New Grievous Book) General Grievous in graphic novel form is just as cool as it sounds.

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

All the Jedi Apprentice books have officially been added to our free database 💪🏻 also, new Grievous content dropped. starwarslitpod.substack.com/p/the-audio-...

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Questions to Ask Yourself When You Don’t ‘Feel Like’ Writing Here are a few questions you can ask yourself in these moments you know you should write, but just can’t get yourself to actually do it.

Hey, we’ve all been there.

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Solitary — The Argyle Literary Magazine by Davor Mondom “Whether by neglect or design, the strangers left him behind. If he wanted to, D2867 could look through his window slit and watch his fellow inmates being taken away.”

I have a new story out in the latest issue of @theargylelitmag.bsky.social — go give it a read!

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