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Author Archives: paganmeghan
Time to Judge a Book by its Cover
There is no part of getting my work published that isn’t exciting, but lately two things have really brought it home for me. I got a package in the mail that I assumed was just another thing I had ordered … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cleverness, Uncategorized
Tagged angela dawe, audiobook, CD, cover art, ekphrasis, etta, facebook live, meg elison, published, subtlety, the book of etta
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Burning the Man
I opened the stage at Burning Man 2016 with this story. The crowd there liked it, and I hope you do too. It started off as a joke. People used say that it was the best week to get brunch, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Cleverness, Ego, Kill it with fire, San Francisco, Uncategorized
Tagged Burning Man, Castro, default, Marin, Mission, moop, nevada, san francisco, Sausalito
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Cover Reveal!
To be fair, I loved the original cover for Midwife. My first publisher, Sybaritic Press, let me design it myself and my good friend Devin Cooper shot the photograph and laid out the title. The story of how it came … Continue reading
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Reimagining Film Futures
One of the best things about living in the Bay Area is that people who make different kinds of art often get the chance to make it together. Last week, I got to read something I wrote to accompany a … Continue reading
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Wiscon 40
I’m at Wiscon! For those of you who don’t know, Wiscon is a yearly feminist science fiction convention. I’m enjoying Madison very much. I went out for cheese curds and bratwurst and now I need to lie down for a … Continue reading
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Beauty Tips from the Apocalypse
Posted in Cleverness, Fashion, Feminism, You know what I hate?
Tagged apocalypse, beauty tips, feminism, on fleek, satire, survival, warlord
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S E Q U E L
https://twitter.com/megelison/status/695073716284207104 I have been sitting on some good news for a while now and it took a lot of effort not to explode and just TELL EVERYONE all the time. But I made it. The deal is done. The sequel … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Cleverness, Ego, Uncategorized
Tagged 47north, book of etta, daughters, feminist, gender, lecturing, midwife, neal stephenson, news, publish, seanan mcguire, sequel, the book of the unnamed midwife, writing
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Starhawk’s of City of Refuge: the Fading Magic of Nostalgia
This year, Starhawk’s “City of Refuge” was the gift I bought myself. I backed the Kickstarter and couldn’t wait for it to show up. Getting the third book in this series brought a lot of things full circle for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Pagan, Remembrance, San Francisco, Uncategorized
Tagged beacon, bees, bird, chips, city, city of refuge, ecofeminism, ecotopian, fantasy, fifth sacred thing, future, hero, high fidelity, madrone, melissa, nostalgia, portland, powell's city of books, review, san francisco, southlands, starhawk, utopian, walking to mercury, weirdos, witch, witchcraft
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Guest post: Ten Principles in Search of a Story
Meg’s note: This post was written by my husband, John Elison, who has no blog of his own. He likes to tell long stories, and I like to hear them. Hope you do, too. The Man first burned in ‘86 … Continue reading
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Tagged black rock city, buckshot, burners, Burning Man, decommodify, desert, driving, dude, dust, easter eggs, fauxhawks, gift, John Elison, longread, male gaze, nevada, nipple tent, petrissage, POC, poobah, radical, salt lake city, self-reliance, shred, Simply B, snipe, Sorne, spanking, steampunk octopus, story, tapotement, ten principles, trite, Zak and What Army
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9 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Burning Man
I’ve spent a lot of words here trying to define an experience that is ultimately indefinable. It’s something different for everyone, and you will likely have different wishes after your first burn.
It was the best and worst vacation I’ve ever had. Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Love, Remembrance, San Francisco
Tagged 2C-I, 60s, acne wash, advice, american gods, arrested, bentonite, bike, black rock city, bullshit, burner, Burning Man, carving fork, Chanting, clay, conviial, dark, desperate, dirty, DMT, Dr. Bronner's, dream, dust, enlightened, Frank Capra, goodbye, guide, hair, how do I get playa dust out of my hair, ineffable, John Candy, lisa frank, man burn, marijuana, mescaline, mushrooms, no-poo, performances, pershing county, personal, peyote, playa, rock star, temple burn, tequila sunrise, tiring, virgin, whippets
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Books and Cleverness 