Megan McNamara
@writtenbymegan.bsky.social
Story Maker-Upper 📺 TV Writer: ESE on All American: Homecoming I Staff Writer on LA’s Finest 📚 Kidlit Writer: Member of Storyteller Academy I PB Rising Stars HM 2025 I Blogger of @keepwritingkidlit.bsky.social (she/her)
TODAY IS THE DAY! Happy Book Birthday to @briangehrlein.bsky.social! I hope everyone enjoys this book, which is officially out in the world! Go grab a copy. You won't regret it! #ThisIsNotaSleepyBearBook
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian...
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
TODAY IS THE DAY! Happy Book Birthday to @briangehrlein.bsky.social! I hope everyone enjoys this book, which is officially out in the world! Go grab a copy. You won't regret it! #ThisIsNotaSleepyBearBook
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian...
Prop 50! Mamdani! AND SO MUCH MORE!
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle 😭
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Prop 50! Mamdani! AND SO MUCH MORE!
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After a short break, we are back with another wonderful interview. Don't miss reading all about @drnancydraws.bsky.social because you'll want to say you knew her before she was published! #kidlit
https://www.keepwritingkidlit.com/nancy-stark-lee/
https://www.keepwritingkidlit.com/nancy-stark-lee/
Motivator #5: Nancy Stark Lee
I’ve said I wanted to interview kidlit creatives who I don’t know and I meant it. This week, I’m finally doing just that! Nancy and I have never met (though I did reach out to her at the suggestion of a mutual friend), and I am so excited to learn about her. Not only is […]
www.keepwritingkidlit.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
After a short break, we are back with another wonderful interview. Don't miss reading all about @drnancydraws.bsky.social because you'll want to say you knew her before she was published! #kidlit
https://www.keepwritingkidlit.com/nancy-stark-lee/
https://www.keepwritingkidlit.com/nancy-stark-lee/
This book is coming out in TWO WEEKS! @briangehrlein.bsky.social helped me when I had questions about setting up my blog so I'm happy to return the favor and let everyone know to get this book. Congrats, Brian! #ThisIsNotaSleepyBearBook
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This book is coming out in TWO WEEKS! @briangehrlein.bsky.social helped me when I had questions about setting up my blog so I'm happy to return the favor and let everyone know to get this book. Congrats, Brian! #ThisIsNotaSleepyBearBook
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There's an amazing giveaway on the blog right now -- a non-rhyming manuscript critique from one of our amazing interviewees! Go read the interview and then enter the giveaway! #amwriting #amquerying
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's an amazing giveaway on the blog right now -- a non-rhyming manuscript critique from one of our amazing interviewees! Go read the interview and then enter the giveaway! #amwriting #amquerying
Oh, and the blog has a newsletter! If you subscribe, there is a cute free gift! #kidlit
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August 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh, and the blog has a newsletter! If you subscribe, there is a cute free gift! #kidlit
www.keepwritingkidlit.com/subscribe/
www.keepwritingkidlit.com/subscribe/
I started a blog and it's finally live!
www.keepwritingkidlit.com
Please check it out! It's geared mostly toward the #kidlit community, but I'm hoping there will be value in it for other writers as well!
www.keepwritingkidlit.com
Please check it out! It's geared mostly toward the #kidlit community, but I'm hoping there will be value in it for other writers as well!
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I started a blog and it's finally live!
www.keepwritingkidlit.com
Please check it out! It's geared mostly toward the #kidlit community, but I'm hoping there will be value in it for other writers as well!
www.keepwritingkidlit.com
Please check it out! It's geared mostly toward the #kidlit community, but I'm hoping there will be value in it for other writers as well!
Hey, LA Friends! It's 8/18, which means it's 818 Day -- a day to celebrate the Valley! (Did anyone know this was a thing?) There's an event at Lawless Brewing tonight and I'll be there from 6PM to 8PM, tabling for NoHo Home Alliance, a nonprofit building community solutions to homelessness.
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hey, LA Friends! It's 8/18, which means it's 818 Day -- a day to celebrate the Valley! (Did anyone know this was a thing?) There's an event at Lawless Brewing tonight and I'll be there from 6PM to 8PM, tabling for NoHo Home Alliance, a nonprofit building community solutions to homelessness.
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In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
✨Please share and bookmark!✨
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
I know I haven't been posting on here much, but that's because I've been working on a blog! It's about kidlit writing. I'll hopefully be sharing it soon. Stay tuned!
July 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I know I haven't been posting on here much, but that's because I've been working on a blog! It's about kidlit writing. I'll hopefully be sharing it soon. Stay tuned!
Thanks for sharing, @maggietokudahall.bsky.social! Just donated!
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Thanks for sharing, @maggietokudahall.bsky.social! Just donated!
Abolish ICE.
UPDATE: David Huerta has been released from the hospital but remains in custody.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
June 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Abolish ICE.
What an AMAZING night with the other @pbrisingstars.bsky.social Honorable Mentions! Thank you, @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social and @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social for answering all of our questions (over 3.5 hours!). I am feeling reinvigorated!
June 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What an AMAZING night with the other @pbrisingstars.bsky.social Honorable Mentions! Thank you, @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social and @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social for answering all of our questions (over 3.5 hours!). I am feeling reinvigorated!
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✨pls share✨
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
Donate to URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza, organized by Sandra Proudman
My name is Sandra, I’m an author and literary agent from the US and I … Sandra Proudman needs your support for URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza
www.gofundme.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
✨pls share✨
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
So thrilled to be an Honorable Mention this year! Thank you @juliapierrehammond.bsky.social and @pbrisingstars.bsky.social! ♥️
PRESENTING: the 2025 PB RISING STARS mentees, runners up, and honorable mentions! 🤩🤩🤩
We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.
CONGRATS TO ALL!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.
CONGRATS TO ALL!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
May 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So thrilled to be an Honorable Mention this year! Thank you @juliapierrehammond.bsky.social and @pbrisingstars.bsky.social! ♥️
Did you do your 5Calls today? 👀
April 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Did you do your 5Calls today? 👀
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Netanyahu's illegal war has killed 50,000 Palestinians. Now, Trump wants to force out 2 million more to build a billionaire's playground in Gaza.
That is ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
Next week, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in new arms sales to Israel.
That is ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
Next week, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in new arms sales to Israel.
March 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Netanyahu's illegal war has killed 50,000 Palestinians. Now, Trump wants to force out 2 million more to build a billionaire's playground in Gaza.
That is ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
Next week, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in new arms sales to Israel.
That is ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
Next week, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in new arms sales to Israel.
Feeling this today. Definitely nauseated by the state of the world. Sad for all those suffering.
It is understandable that you
feel unwell,
for you live in sickening times:
the state of the world
will nauseate you,
the fear for the future
will exhaust you,
the spreading viruses
will infect you,
in these sickening times
what would be worrisome
is if you felt fine.
feel unwell,
for you live in sickening times:
the state of the world
will nauseate you,
the fear for the future
will exhaust you,
the spreading viruses
will infect you,
in these sickening times
what would be worrisome
is if you felt fine.
March 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Feeling this today. Definitely nauseated by the state of the world. Sad for all those suffering.
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No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
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Here is the thing naysayers fail to understand: this is practice. Everybody gets together and throws sand in the gears of fascism for one day. Nobody has ever suggested that this is going to be the single day that changes everything. But stuff like this helps ppl organize+ prepare for larger actions
February 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Here is the thing naysayers fail to understand: this is practice. Everybody gets together and throws sand in the gears of fascism for one day. Nobody has ever suggested that this is going to be the single day that changes everything. But stuff like this helps ppl organize+ prepare for larger actions
Let’s do this!
February 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Let’s do this!
"The imagination is the most powerful form of resistance." - RaMell Ross
Tuning into the Writers Guild Awards just in time to hear this amazing speech!
Tuning into the Writers Guild Awards just in time to hear this amazing speech!
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"The imagination is the most powerful form of resistance." - RaMell Ross
Tuning into the Writers Guild Awards just in time to hear this amazing speech!
Tuning into the Writers Guild Awards just in time to hear this amazing speech!
I don't have a lot of interesting writing news right now. (I mean my reps did submit me to Buffy... along with everyone else in Hollywood.) BUT I was quoted in an article written by the wonderful @kellyjobrick.bsky.social and that's fun! Sharing it below!
blog.finaldraft.com/writing-moti...
blog.finaldraft.com/writing-moti...
Writing Motivation: Tips From Pro Screenwriters
Find out 9 motivational tips from professional screenwriters to keep your energy high and navigate the entertainment industry successfully.
blog.finaldraft.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I don't have a lot of interesting writing news right now. (I mean my reps did submit me to Buffy... along with everyone else in Hollywood.) BUT I was quoted in an article written by the wonderful @kellyjobrick.bsky.social and that's fun! Sharing it below!
blog.finaldraft.com/writing-moti...
blog.finaldraft.com/writing-moti...