Author Archives: Meg

Amy Shearn’s ‘The Mermaid of Brooklyn’

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Meg

The advert on this book — “sometimes all you need in life is a fabulous pair of shoes” — signaled sassy airport chick lit to me, and so I put off reading the book until I was in the right kind of … Continue reading →

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Animazement Conversation

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Meg

Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading →

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Skinny Bitch In Love

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Meg

Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.

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Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Meg

When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading →

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Amazing Birds

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Meg

I recently finished some backstories and narrative work for the upcoming Amazing Birds Sea Surfers game from Burnin’ Ape. This was a really fun contract for me, working with good people and getting to play with really cute bird characters! … Continue reading →

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Animazement

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Meg

Obligatory press pass photo! I got to go cover Animazement with Faith, one of my editors at Geek, and it was great to meet an internet friend in person. We also compared stories about random copywriting jobs. Weigh in, friends: … Continue reading →

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That Time I Had To Talk To Strangers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Meg

I recently interviewed Emily Farquharson of the International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club for Geek Insider, as well as Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel for Hardcore Droid, and Sky Horse Interactive’s Dave Stafford for Indie Game Mag. Even though I got … Continue reading →

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Wish Bear Goes For A Ride!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Meg

Working on a new piece for Geek, in which I get to play with a model Delorean! Like any good journalist, this is what I did: Edit: Here’s the final article, with even more pictures of toys driving the DeLorean.

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Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Meg

I recently reviewed Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’ over on Yahoo: The strength of Anne Michaud’s Girls & Monsters comes from blending dark and disturbing monsters with relatable, honest teenage moments. The first story of Girls & Monsters involves a … Continue reading →

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That Time Amy Poehler Told My Sister She’ll Cure Cancer

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Meg

My sister Bethie, a grad student at Columbia and the teller of my favorite joke ever, asked Amy Poehler if she’s going to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s. Here is the gif set going around Tumblr today: My sister is so … Continue reading →

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