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Follow along for some unhinged ranting about writing, life-ing, and things that I am reading or hyper focusing on at the moment. Could be a book series or Orcas, your guess is as good as mine.

  • This Was So Embarrassing, Y’all.

    This Was So Embarrassing, Y’all.

    And then suddenly something snapped in his baby brain and he turned and charged a pod of tots like a bowling ball headed for the pins…toddlers were airborne and flying.

  • The Competitive Underworld of Preschool Admissions

    The Competitive Underworld of Preschool Admissions

    Eighties parents were like, “Okay kids, you’re going to stay with this lady named, er, Barbara, I think? Anyhow, be back later. Don’t be a cry baby, Jesus christ, she’s not scary, some ladies just like to hold a flaming torch to match their HORNS FROM SATAN.”

  • The Gleeful Daredevil and Unbearable Mom Guilt: Raising a Super Active and Intense Toddler

    The Gleeful Daredevil and Unbearable Mom Guilt: Raising a Super Active and Intense Toddler

    My two year old is intense. He’s almost always smiling and happy and he shows happiness with cackling laughter, leaps, hops, cheerleader level clapping, and squeals of glee between shouts of “this is amazing!”

  • Jesus Christ, Nancy: Parenting and Trolls

    Jesus Christ, Nancy: Parenting and Trolls

    When I found out I was pregnant, I panicked and ran out to buy a billion books on parenting and pregnancy. I’m a reader. A nerd who researches everything. Mostly because I realized a long time ago that I mostly lack common sense and need ideas on how to function as a basic adult in…

  • How To Write A Book (Or Tackle Any Daunting Goal) When You Have Absolutely No Free Time

    How To Write A Book (Or Tackle Any Daunting Goal) When You Have Absolutely No Free Time

    I wrote an Instagram post about my writing process because I’ve been doing some new and scary things (writing fiction for the first time alongside my second memoir), not because I’m an expert because holy shit I’m not (just look at all of the mistakes in this post, by the end you’ll be like holy…

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I’m m.e.evans

M.E. Evans is a journalist and the author of the bestselling feminist memoir, Naked In Italy. She is known for her stinging prose and dark humor. When she’s not holed up and writing you can find her talking about books on her podcast You’re Gonna Be Great! (YGBG!) or writing about books for the bookish lifestyle newsletter, The Main Character Society.

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