Office Hours: What next?

Tell me what you want more of, and ask me anything! (Plus: A live workshop?)

Thanks to all for the thoughtful responses to my last post on writing without a routine! As the summer winds down and I start sketching out my fall posting schedule, I’d love to hear from you.

Consider this an invitation to office hours: Send me your questions, and I’ll answer them (to the best of my ability) in the next post I do. What questions do you have about writing, craft, or balancing the work with everything else? No question too big or small, and I love questions of craft but also of how to fit writing into a complex life.

What would you like to see next? Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Are there topics you wish I’d dive into—memoir vs. fiction, editing strategies, dealing with self‑doubt, AI and creativity, more poetry? More on pedagogy? Or things like navigating freelance finances, applying for teaching / editing jobs? Is there a craft challenge you’re wrestling with that we could unpack together?

If you have time and enjoy my posts, I would value your input on what you’d like to see more of here—whether deep‑dive cultural essays, annotated drafts, live craft discussions, interviews, resources, behind‑the‑scenes glimpses on editing and magazines, or something else entirely. Weekly reading / residency / life recommendations?

Your feedback will help me shape a line‑up that, I hope, could feel both useful and alive. Here are some things I’ve been hoping to do more of: close readings; posts on structure (chapters, etc); navigating the messy middle of an essay or memoir or piece of prose; and more. I would be happy to do more AMAs and office hours in the chat or here, and to try a live zoom workshop (there would be a fee) about, say, something like navigating that messy middle (where I am right now with my new book!)

So, live workshop: Yea, nay?

Feel free to reply directly to this post or drop a note in the comments. I’ll collect your questions and suggestions over the next week or so and answer as many as I can in an upcoming piece. Paid subscribers will get first dibs on the Q&A, but all questions are welcome.

Thanks, as always, for reading and for helping me build a newsletter that feels like an exchange and a space for thinking on our feet, together!

Warmly,
Meghan