This 26-year-old writer from Maryland enjoys the chaos of figuring out where she belongs in the world. It’s a big one — and I intend to see all of it!
A graduate of the University of Maryland with a B.A. in English Language and Literature, I’m an editor and columnist for three local newspapers in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. My personal column reaches more than 50,000
readers in Southern Maryland.
To know me is to know I love exclamation points — and I don’t care if you think that’s, well . . . pedestrian. Even bright, bookish nerds like me can say “y’all” (or it’s popular local variation, “all y’all”), include “!!!” in emails and occasionally rock an emoticon. I don’t think it makes me any less of a cultured, frizzy-haired dynamo.
I never, ever leave home without a book. Or two.
I can majorly geek out over “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” and my iPhone-based obsession with Words With Friends has come dangerously close to derailing relationships.
The travel bug bit me in childhood, and I spend most of my paychecks on getting away. I’ve visited nine countries and most of the United States. London is the city of my heart.
On a random weekend, I can be found wandering the D.C. area with my camera and boyfriend. I bought my first Canon DSLR Rebel T1i in October 2010 and have had a fabulous time figuring out what the “P” and “A” settings mean. My photography is usually on display on Wordless Wednesdays. I also love crocheting, drinking pumpkin spice lattes, baking fattening and frosted things, and spending time with Spencer and my awesome family.
Need to get in touch? There are many ways to reach me, and email is best!
———————
New ’round these parts?
When I quit my job as a Borders bookseller in 2008, I wanted a way to keep up with the book world — and continue to share my views on the crazy, amazing and awful books I read. This blog was born — and if you’re interested in the story of write meg!, check out this post. See also my book reviews archive, including the ones I adored and the ones so awful I couldn’t finish them.
If you’re here for the gushy personal stuff, you might be interested in when I met my boyfriend, Spencer, who is the greatest guy I know. Maybe you’d like to know how we met or what I’ve learned over the course of my illustrious dating history. That’s cool. I’ll tell you all about it.
Or perhaps you’re just here for the cupcakes? I have a recipe archive of those delectables I’ve shared (and consumed) over the years. The Key lime cupcakes are probably my favorite, and bee tee dubs? That’s my most popular post of all time. It received almost 5,000 hits the day it published from all you Betty Crocker and Key lime fans out there.
———————
A few accolades
In 2010 and 2011, write meg! was shortlisted for “Best Written Book Blog” and “Best Eclectic Book Blog” during Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and I served as a 2010-11 fiction judge for the Indie Lit Awards. In May 2011, I was a panelist at the Book Blogger Convention in New York City.
