Meg has a Substack Musings with Meg where she talks about books, writing and muses about life. Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform for independent writers, journalists and content creators. Meg uses Substack as a way to engage with readers a little more closely.
There are six sections to her newsletters:
- Musings – musings about life as a writer and mum
- Five things – a short newsletter with five things that have caught Meg’s eye
- Postcards from Europe – news posts from Meg’s time travelling through Europe in June and July 2025
- Book Chat – short posts about books Meg has been reading
- Writing Opportunities, Competitions and Prompts – these posts are for paid subscribers only
- Mindset Insights – these posts are for paid subscribers only
Latest Musings with Meg Substack posts
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Old lady moth | Garden haircuts | Regrowth | Mindful drawing | Big swim
- A curated monthly roundup of competitions, grants, residencies, submissions and opportunities for writers, artists and illustrators.
- Books read this month: Lucy by the Sea | Mad Mabel | Oh, William! | Paradise Pact | The General Hospital | Only Sound Remains | John of John | New You, New Life | Into the Weeds
- Five things that brought me joy this week: A finished knitting project | Seeing a dear friend launch her book | Bumping into friends at the gym | Headily scented roses | A gathering
- What a warm-water pool, five years of dreaming and a wandering mind can teach us about creative work
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Chickens being ridiculous | Counting birds | Rewilding | Sisterly art date | A stick for bees
- What happens when we stop pushing and give our minds room to wander
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Turned off Google AI search | Laurie Anderson’s 3 rules to live by | Cracks in the concrete | Birds preening | Dates with friends & sisters
- A curated monthly roundup of competitions, grants, residencies, submissions and opportunities for writers, artists and illustrators.
- A list of places that have rolling submissions for writing, residencies and
- Making things in the time you have, finding stories in everyday life and not waiting for permission to begin
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Orchid blooms | A bird up to mischief | An enormous dragonfly | Mail! | Literary events
- Five things that brought me joy this week: The Thing that scares can also lift | A weekend in the country with friends | | |
- Books read this month: The French Art of Not Giving a Shit | One of these days we're going to die | My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein | How to do the Work | First Name, Second Name
- What happens when we stop trying to write like everyone else and find the conditions that help us do our best work?
- An invitation for you to join me at a free online event this Sunday
- When did we forget how to live, eat and sleep, or stop trusting ourselves to know what we need? Can we learn to listen to our own instincts again?
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Family | A child’s milestone | A cheeky flower | Inky delight | A cacophony of currawongs
- Why perfectionism can stop us creating and what we can do about it
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Friends who call at exactly the right moment | A child’s birthday | Art and friends | The vest is getting closer | Flashbacks