​Welcome to my own quiet corner of the digital world! Here, you'll find an assortment of creative projects including short stories, essays, and fine art which I've been crafting since 2009. This website is a personal way to share my thoughts and ideas with anyone willing to listen. It's not geared towards attaining global recognition or accumulating an army of followers. Instead, this website allows me to gather the dozens of ideas and half-written stories which have been living on a million scraps of loose paper and transport them to a sleek, organized home that is safe from tea stains, crinkling, and clutter. ​

J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey once explained that one of the reasons Tolkien was so successful was because he wrote for his own pleasure and not for someone else's approval. I adopted that philosophy a long time ago but never possessed a strong enough determination to follow through on any writing project I started...until now. What began as an idea in 2014 has become a reality in 2021, and am proud to present Stories I Waited Too Long to Tell.

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So, have a look around. And if you're feeling inspired, share with a friend. 
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Happy Reading!
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 - Megan M. McDermott