Meg McNulty

When I was nine, I was told off for using the word zephyr in a story. 

I was told off because my teacher didn't believe a child of nine should be using zephyr.  It meant, she said, that I couldn't have written the story myself. 

Clearly, she didn't appreciate I was a precocious literary genius.  Unfortunately, neither did I. Because despite my super duper nine year old's vocabulary (and Reader, I did do my own homework, thank you very much) I didn't get my arse in gear to write a book until nearly twenty years after that. 

Damn.  

Still, not time wasted. 

In 2010 I set myself a goal. I was going to write a novel within the next five years, or bust. It didn't have to be good. It didn't have to be published. It just had to be finished.

In 2011 I wrote my first full length historical romance, Merely Players.  In 2012 I completed its sequel Boundless as the Sea.  I've started, and failed to finish, many more novels and written dozens of flash fiction stories.  My latest work in progress is a contemporary paranormal, Banshee.  I've nailed two NaNoWriMos. I have ideas spewing out of my head like commuters on the 8.30am from Finsbury Park. 

It always pays to have a deadline, I think. 

It transpires that writing is more addictive than crack cocaine. Sign me up to Storyteller's Anonymous, my friend, because My Name Is Meg and I'm a Writer. Am I any good at it? I dunno, ask someone else. 

If you like writing, you'll like this blog. 

If you like classics, and especially Greek Myth, you'll like this blog and I'll like you.  If you happen to have studied Classics because you were totally obsessed with Clash of the Titans (the original), let's hang out because, damn, you're cool. 

If you like historical romance we're destined to be friends.  Especially if Georgette Heyer played a significant role in your formative years. And Eva Ibbotson. And Stella Riley.  These day, warm admiration of Elizabeth Hoyt, Jo Bourne, Amanda Quick and Laura Kinsale would reveal you to be A Person Of Discernment. Fact. 

If you started your fantasy reading with Anne McCaffrey, Susan Cooper or Alan Garner, that'll do too.  You rock. Bonus points for having watched Labyrinth more than three times. 

If you like Georgette Heyer AND Clash of the Titans, maybe have a secret passion for the Silver Surfer and have played multiple variations of the What Character Would You Be In A Song Of Fire And Ice quiz more than once,we should probably start a commune, blood of my blood, because we are As One.  The Marvel Encyclopedia is on my bedside table, right alongside A Dictionary of Historical Slang. Geekdom rules.

In Game of Thrones, I'm Robb Stark or Tyrion Lannister, depending on the quiz. One of the Good Guys, right? What more does anyone need to know? 

If you want to hear some flash fiction read in my finest Mancunian, have a listen over at Soundcloud.  If you want to see some performed, check out my youtube channel. If you fancy trying your hand at flash fiction, check out my compilation of contests. 

And if you want to lose several days of your life in a black hole of visual beauty, come hang out on pinterest. 

Warning: it is addictive. 

You can find me on Twitter as @charitygirlblog.  Stop by and say hi!