Blog – Page 157 – Meg Dowell Writes

An Apology to John Green and an “Assignment” for Aspiring Writers

If you follow me on social media, you already know I just finished reading the tenth…

I wrote to a friend a long time ago something like, “I’m not good at writing,…

9,000 words and counting. There are four hours standing between me and the end of Camp…

Last week, I figured out how my trilogy is going to end. As it often happens…

Well, darn it. It looks like you’ve succumbed to your pesky procrastination habit again. It’s April…

I recently applied for a part-time job proofreading academic papers. It would not help me pay…

No matter how experienced you think you are—at anything—there is always something new to learn. I…

There is a mysterious, magical element many writers have yet to discover in this world. Those…

If you know me – and I mean really know me, not just through email and…