Megan Engelhardt
@madmerrymeg.bsky.social
Writer, Christ follower, cryptid enthusiast, zaftig SAHM to four. She/they.
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Megan Engelhardt
@madmerrymeg.bsky.social
· Jul 18
DID YOU KNOW you can request "The Way We Used to Walk" on Libby? Here's a helpful graphic on how to do it!
In accordance with my genetics and heritage, I am Very Good at farmhouse cooking. Anything finicky, though, ugh.
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In accordance with my genetics and heritage, I am Very Good at farmhouse cooking. Anything finicky, though, ugh.
Love to see my stuff up on Anna's Archive. (sarcasm)
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Love to see my stuff up on Anna's Archive. (sarcasm)
Are there really people who can get a haircut and just go about their day? They don't have to rush home and take a shower to get the hair off?
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Are there really people who can get a haircut and just go about their day? They don't have to rush home and take a shower to get the hair off?
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"I asked Grok, and..."
Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.
Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"I asked Grok, and..."
Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.
Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.
Various members of the family have been down sick all week. K4 just fully got it this morning. Everything smells like Lysol and I am very, very tired of it.
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Various members of the family have been down sick all week. K4 just fully got it this morning. Everything smells like Lysol and I am very, very tired of it.
That side character? He's the romantic lead now.
I’m curious, if you are a professional writer who wrote/writes fan fiction… what did you specialize in?
Mine was crackfic, character study and asexual romance.
Mine was crackfic, character study and asexual romance.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
That side character? He's the romantic lead now.
Oh hey, what's this? A ✨ vague publishing post✨ ?? 👀👀👀👀
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Oh hey, what's this? A ✨ vague publishing post✨ ?? 👀👀👀👀
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
Terrible comedian experience update: MIL indicated that she & everyone else was surprised at the "political junk" (her words) since they knew the comedian from 30 yrs ago when her jokes were about raising kids, etc, and reiterated she'd never knowingly put me in an uncomfortable situation. Love her.
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Terrible comedian experience update: MIL indicated that she & everyone else was surprised at the "political junk" (her words) since they knew the comedian from 30 yrs ago when her jokes were about raising kids, etc, and reiterated she'd never knowingly put me in an uncomfortable situation. Love her.
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Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
K1 is 13, which means he obviously knows more than me about every topic. HOWEVER, I could not let it stand when he tried to tell me about playing the Zerg in StarCraft. Child, I have been OMGzergrushing since well before you were born.
Anyway he found out I know what I'm doing.
Anyway he found out I know what I'm doing.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
K1 is 13, which means he obviously knows more than me about every topic. HOWEVER, I could not let it stand when he tried to tell me about playing the Zerg in StarCraft. Child, I have been OMGzergrushing since well before you were born.
Anyway he found out I know what I'm doing.
Anyway he found out I know what I'm doing.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
Great read by a great writer
New essay! "Portrayals of Disability in The Wheel of Time, Sony Pictures/Amazon Studios" by Mari Ness! buff.ly/Gh0Fp97
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Great read by a great writer
Congratulations to Jonathan Bailey for winning Sexiest Man Alive fight, and condolences to the loved ones of the previous winner.
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Congratulations to Jonathan Bailey for winning Sexiest Man Alive fight, and condolences to the loved ones of the previous winner.
Went with my MIL, SIL, and aunt-in-law to see a Christian comedian. The first part was boomer jokes ("men are so dumb") mixed with MAGA greatest hits ("Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve"). Thankfully I'd brought a notebook and got some writing done during the second part.
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Went with my MIL, SIL, and aunt-in-law to see a Christian comedian. The first part was boomer jokes ("men are so dumb") mixed with MAGA greatest hits ("Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve"). Thankfully I'd brought a notebook and got some writing done during the second part.
Half of the fam did a Hadestown family costume and while I look middling as Persephone (because I look middling in everything) my youngest son was a killer Orpheus and my husband was an absolute hottie of a Hades.
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Half of the fam did a Hadestown family costume and while I look middling as Persephone (because I look middling in everything) my youngest son was a killer Orpheus and my husband was an absolute hottie of a Hades.
If you guys are looking for a cheapish spooky read, "The Way We Used to Walk" is only $2.99 on Kindle today! Featuring monsters and loss and adulting -- all sorts of scary things!
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The Way We Used to Walk
The Way We Used to Walk - Kindle edition by Engelhardt, Megan, Beall, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Way We Used to Walk.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you guys are looking for a cheapish spooky read, "The Way We Used to Walk" is only $2.99 on Kindle today! Featuring monsters and loss and adulting -- all sorts of scary things!
tinyurl.com/yvc8ujrj
tinyurl.com/yvc8ujrj
Went to the first grader's Halloween parade. SO many Rumis. SO MANY.
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Went to the first grader's Halloween parade. SO many Rumis. SO MANY.
Today I broke 38k on The Something of Sea and Whatever, my current WIP. (Title still being workshopped.) I'm very pleased with how it's all coming together.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today I broke 38k on The Something of Sea and Whatever, my current WIP. (Title still being workshopped.) I'm very pleased with how it's all coming together.
What is this, 2020 again??
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What is this, 2020 again??
Derry Girls remains class.
October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Derry Girls remains class.
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
WIP accountability post:
Book from a dream (title something about Iron and Sea, maybe?) is sitting pretty at 34162. I have some big holes to write ahead of me but they're slowly getting filled with lace.
Book from a dream (title something about Iron and Sea, maybe?) is sitting pretty at 34162. I have some big holes to write ahead of me but they're slowly getting filled with lace.
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
WIP accountability post:
Book from a dream (title something about Iron and Sea, maybe?) is sitting pretty at 34162. I have some big holes to write ahead of me but they're slowly getting filled with lace.
Book from a dream (title something about Iron and Sea, maybe?) is sitting pretty at 34162. I have some big holes to write ahead of me but they're slowly getting filled with lace.
"The bed sanked."
Doing some award-winning writing here today.
Doing some award-winning writing here today.
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"The bed sanked."
Doing some award-winning writing here today.
Doing some award-winning writing here today.
I talked a writing puzzle out with my husband and then thanked him. He said "Honestly, I kind of tuned out. I heard 'I wrote myself into a problem' and then a bunch of mumbling and 'oh, never mind, I solved it'. So...you're welcome?"
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I talked a writing puzzle out with my husband and then thanked him. He said "Honestly, I kind of tuned out. I heard 'I wrote myself into a problem' and then a bunch of mumbling and 'oh, never mind, I solved it'. So...you're welcome?"