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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · Dec 4

Huge thanks to @hankgreen.bsky.social for taking the time to answer some of my burning questions 🔥 vloggerbeat.com/hank-green-i...

Hank Green's advice to Kickstarter creators: 'Make sure you're ready'

When seeking advice on the internet, content creators often look to past success stories and prolific influencers for inspiration. Kickstarter has long been a p

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 16h

It’s not very often that your interview gets to be the cover story 📚

Good day for evil Siths. And happy journalists.

Thank you, @adamchristopher.me, and everyone else who made this happen. You have no idea how much I needed this today.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 16h

Keep fighting the good fight, as they say 🔥

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 17h

Admittedly, book reviews are still the most challenging writing projects for me. A good book review is really hard to write. I’ve read many, and written few.

But I’m proud of this one. It helped to have Cavan’s brilliant work as a starting point.

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 1d

My (spoiler-free) Jaws of Jakku review is up now on @starwarslitpod.bsky.social 📚

Listen: spotify.link/xU3Vk8bFsXb

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 19h

Sometimes, you just have to go play in the worlds you’re making up, all by yourself. megdowell.com/2025/10/14/t...

The Freedom of Writing for No One

There are dozens of benefits to writing for no one, but all of them combined will, without a doubt, make you a better writer in the long-term.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 21h

Good lineup of books you’ve got there 🔥

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Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Books Podcast @starwarslitpod.bsky.social · 23h

Rey is back!! @cavan.bsky.social has written another wonderful Star Wars story 🩷

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NTIL S4E11: The Jaws of Jakku - a Spoiler-Free Review | Now This Is Lit

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Tom @darthinternous.bsky.social · 1d

Random fun fact of the day - women are the reason #StarWars #publishing exists. And the reason it has been so successful that it could endure as it has for so many decades.

(I'm an expert on this stuff)

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 23h

YESSSSSS 🎉🎉🎉

Arezou-Deetoo @arezouamin.bsky.social · 1d

I woke up a published author this morning 🥹

The Aroosi Arrangement is out NOW on Kindle and in paperback!

arezouamin.com/order-books/

A purple background with the text "out now in KU and paperback" and featuring the cover of The Aroosi Arrangement, which has two people dressed nicely against the toronto skyline.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 1d

My (spoiler-free) Jaws of Jakku review is up now on @starwarslitpod.bsky.social 📚

Listen: spotify.link/xU3Vk8bFsXb

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 2d

Hear our thoughts on the new Star Wars book announcements from this weekend 📚😎

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NYCC Star Wars Publishing Reveals: Our Most Anticipated New Releases | Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 2d

And we all must suffer it as a rite of passage at least once 🫠

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Forgot to hit record

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 2d

Yessssss

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 3d

My review of The Jaws of Jakku is live for $1 members 📚 www.patreon.com/posts/140912...

NTIL S4E11: The Jaws of Jakku - a Spoiler-Free Review | Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 3d

Anytime my friend!

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 3d

This took me over an hour to put together & I’d really appreciate you giving it some love 🫠

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 3d

FULL LUCASFILM PUBLISHING PANEL RECAP: open.substack.com/pub/starwars...

NYCC Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: All the Details (and Images) You May Have Missed

A recap of the 2025 NYCC Lucasfilm Publishing panel.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 3d

FULL LUCASFILM PUBLISHING PANEL RECAP: open.substack.com/pub/starwars...

NYCC Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: All the Details (and Images) You May Have Missed

A recap of the 2025 NYCC Lucasfilm Publishing panel.

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 4d

Just finished up my recap of the Lucasfilm Publishing panel for tomorrow 👀

Make sure you’re subscribed to my newsletter so you get the recap right after the panel ends! It’ll have good images you can actually see clearly!

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 5d

My Star Wars books newsletter is out! 📚

- New books/comics out this week

- Recap of my amazing chat with @mikechenwriter.bsky.social

- Brief preview of @cavan.bsky.social’s new Audible Original story (review coming soon)

Enjoy!

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Returning to Jakku (and Mustafar)

From Revenge of the Sith to The Jaws of Jakku, it's an exciting time for Star Wars book fans.

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Tom @darthinternous.bsky.social · 5d

Surprise! The #StarWars #RevengeoftheSith Deluxe Edition is on sale early at #NYCC   

And author Matt Stover will be here to sign it this weekend #Booth3021. Buy a book and get a ticket to the signing.

Sat 530pm
Sun 1045am

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 5d

Halfway done 🫠

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 5d

My website has been updated to include my cover story in next week’s Star Wars Insider issue 😎 megdowell.com

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 6d

I was on @megdowell.com's podcast to discuss the Revenge of the Sith novelization and how that ties back into how I used a very specific Twitter moment to help put me in front of the Star Wars editorial team.

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6dAH...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 6d

Honestly, these episodes just keep growing progressively weirder each month and I’m not even sorry www.patreon.com/posts/139132...

The Nameless Show #22 | Now This Is Lit: A Star Wars Podcast

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Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 7d

HEY!! Mike Chen is so cool for coming onto my silly little show…give this a listen 📚

Meg Dowell @megdowell.com · 8d

I’m beyond grateful that @mikechenwriter.bsky.social was able to join me on @starwarslitpod.bsky.social this week to talk about our mutual love of the ROTS novelization 🔥 episode is out now!!

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6dAH...