Hi Meg and welcome to BBJ. Meg’s
been writing from an early age, and has been published since 2013, with 13 tales
to date, and is an American living in good old England, which no doubt equates
to missing out on sunshine and fresh air, having to get used to rubbish weather
and our obsession with talking about the weather. Having to put up with weird
Britishisms and quirks. Having to drive on the opposite side of the road.
Trying to figure out what we mean by
chips (French – oh the irony! - fries),
biscuits (cookies), crisps (chips), jam (jelly), scones (biscuits),
flats (apartments), dummy (idiot and also pacifier!), etc., etc. And eat overpriced, pretty rubbishy food
(and yes, I’m a Brit, so I am ‘extracting the Michael’, as they say, though
there’s more than a small grain of truth in how our food doesn’t measure up 😞). She
terms herself a geek and a film buff and loves puppies. But, as ever at Bayou
Book Junkie, we want the TMI stuff, which is why we’re opening up the floor to
her.
BBJ:
Hi Meg and welcome. Since your official bio is a little…sketchy?... A deliberate
touch of La Femme Mysterieuse, perhaps?...we’d love to find out all about you
and what makes you tick😉
MEG: Hi Rita and
thanks for having me! I’ve never thought of it as sketchy on the details, so I
might need some elaboration lol. Honestly, I’m one of those people who can
write an essay on something like apples in five seconds, but give me an “about
me” thing to do and five hours later I’m still sitting there staring at a blank
screen. I’ll give it a go. I’m a big Marvel fan – I’ve got a WIP Marvel leg
sleeve going – and I’m hockey obsessed. My main source of income comes from
walking/watching dogs and I spend 90% of my free time reading fanfiction. I’m
an introvert through and through. I’m never really sure what people want to
know.
BBJ:
So, you’re currently studying for an M.A. in Publishing in the UK. How does
life over here compare to life in the US? Is it pretty much what I touched on
above? And, where are you based when you’re back home? Are you homesick?
MEG: I get asked
this a lot, and I’ve got to say there were two things comparison wise that I
found harder to deal with: the food (which you touched on) and the
supermarkets. I missed stores like Walmart and Target where everything could be
found in one place, Tesco and Asda just weren’t the same. And the food was…
different, yeah. I was used to a lot more in the way of flavour and options.
I’m from Florida, so I honestly think that made living in England easier. Sure
it’s cold, but the weather had nothing on Florida monsoons. I was actually
surprised by how little it rained, and it was cool to finally get to see
seasons. Most everything was expected, though. British TV doesn’t tell you
everything, but I watch enough of it and knew enough people living there to have
a general gist.
