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
- A postcard from Europe where we've settled into Mönchengladbach, got lost in the woods and discovered a brotherhood. A weekly postcard from my 2026 European working holiday
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Mother Hen | Community Gardens | Kindness | Sunshine and green spaces | Air balloon
- What self doubt is really doing and how to work with it
- Bestselling novelist Graeme Simsion, and psychiatrist and author Anne Buist on writing together, why pantsing is a choice not an identity and the mash-up method that gave us 'The Rosie Project'
- A postcard from Europe where we've settle into the German town M is working from, and travelled to Amsterdam for a long weekend. A weekly postcard from my 2026 European working holiday.
- Books read, bookish events attended + what I watched. Books: | | | | |
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Why make art | Tulips | Kindness | A grey heron | Amsterdam library
- on teeth, time and things that feel (even when they shouldn't)
- Watch now (46 mins) | Writer Emma Hardy on her debut literary memoir Periodic Bitch, the structure that held it all together and why knowing whether you're a holder or a sharer might be the most useful thing a writer
- A postcard from Europe where we settle into the German town M is working from, have lunch in the Netherlands and visit a village in Belgium. A weekly postcard from my 2026 European working holiday.
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Travel | Knitting on planes | A fleeting moment | A great egret | Book launch with a truck load of authors and serious wine
- Beloved Australian novelist Toni Jordan on training your mind like a puppy, keeping two books on your desk at all times and why falling in love with the process is the only thing that matters
- Five things that brought me joy this week: A wholesome thread on jars | Autumn colour | A gathering of my people | Off the needles | Free public transport month
- The fourth roundup of 2026 upcoming writing opportunities and competitions
- Painter Stacey McCall on finding her authentic muse in the objects of home, the DIY Paris residency that changed everything, and why a good sketchbook is the best creative advice she can give.
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Walks with a friend | Time | Rain | A dog in a gingham pinny | Snail mail
- How to work with your biological rhythms, not against them
- Creative couple Dave Bowers & Alice Garner on living a fully creative life together, finding inspiration everywhere & why being in the world you want to be part of is the best advice they can give
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Colourful blooms | A fawn called Cheryl | Kindness in surprising places | 25 years of J | Bonsai
- Books read, bookish events attended + what I watched: Because I’m Not Myself | Frogsong | Departure(s)| Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls | Love, Death & Other Scenes | Heart the Lover