Author Archives: Meg

Impostor Syndrome

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Meg

I have such awful impostor syndrome that when a colleague described my bio to students, telling them that one of their teachers had worked on casual games and MMOs, and this person brought so much industry experience to help them … Continue reading →

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MakerFaire NC

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Meg

I have a new summer job, which is full-time teaching at Youth Digital Studios in Durham, so I’m getting up earlier and earlier to come in, and staying at work later and later to get ready and take notes on … Continue reading →

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iPlay Gamer June Issue

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Meg

I have three pieces in the June issue of iPlay Gamer Magazine!  This one is a snarky review of the new Fast & Furious game spinoff of the new Fast & Furious movie spinoff, and the magazine also includes my reviews of … Continue reading →

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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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