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: 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
- What if the creative process that works for everyone else isn't the one that works for you?
- A curated monthly roundup of competitions, grants, residencies, submissions and opportunities for writers, artists and illustrators.
- My attention is on the birds and their patterns
- Five things that brought me joy this week: JOMO | A ziplock back of joy | Lessons from knitting | Surprise snail mail | Living Objet d’Art
- Books read last month: Prophet Song | Dust and Wonder | You Must Remember This | Until the Red Leaves Fall | My Sisters and Other Lovers | Capture | Where Truth Ends | How To Read A City
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Béguinages, single laywomen | A road trip | Knitting all the things | Peach blossoms | Submitting words
- What happens when we stop trying to decide what our creative work is supposed to become?
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Hand making things | More snail mail! | Women lifting women | Peach blossom buds | Daffodils
- Artist Elizabeth Barnett on making space for creativity, the seasons of family life, knitting, journalling and discovering that you don't have to be just one kind of artist.
- Five things that brought me joy this week: House guest | Snail mail | Spring is coming | More warm hands | Time and space to write
- Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim on observation, time, happy accidents and why a garden is never really finished.
- How to understand and work with our inner critic.
- A curated monthly roundup of competitions, grants, residencies, submissions and opportunities for writers, artists and illustrators.
- Five things that brought me joy this week: More good reasons to knit | Family | Wattle season | Warm hands | New place to write
- Author, researcher, women's leader and founder of Women Rising Megan Dalla-Camina on slowing down, trusting your creative instincts and moving beyond the inner critic.
- Five things that brought me joy this week: Fleeting light | A bowl of mandarin goodness | Tartan progress | Making for others | Skin checks
- Author Samantha WL Lee on writing before sunrise, following curiosity into fiction and why simply turning up is often the difference between dreaming about a book and finishing one.