Author: Ari

I often question my sanity. Occasionally, it replies. At the age of 8, Ari Meghlen wanted to be a pirate. Because who doesn't look great in baggy pantaloons and an eyepatch. However, lacking any access to a ship this dream was relegated along with so many others: Professional ninja, best friend to a dragon, Paleontologist. Yet Ari found that, in stories, she could be anything she wanted and so a great love affair started with the written word. Her first story was about a monster under the bed and she hasn't stopped writing since. She does occasionally find time to leave her writing cave and indulge in other hobbies such as drawing, blogging, making things, shooting arrows, watching movies, playing badly at cards. Let's get down to brass tacks... Ari write's mostly Preternatural Urban fantasy, more Traditional fantasy and a some sci-fi. Meaning she spends almost no time in reality. Though she does visit on occasion.
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November Goals 2023

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October was a bit of a write-off due to getting a jury summons. In Northern Ireland, apparently you are in jury service for 4 weeks (not on a jury, just summoned in case they NEED a jury). While I wasn't needed every day (if there's no cases on), here was enough days we all got called in and had to sit around waiting in case we were called. Thankfully, I wasn't called to be in a jury but it still sucked up a lot of time.

My Top 5 Creepy Movies

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I thought I'd do something a little different. Since it's October and almost Halloween, I thought I'd share my top 5 Creepy Movies (currently). Now, I don't actually watch many horror movies and I am not interested in gore movies or extremely gruesome ones. These ones are some of the few I can watch (in daylight only :D) that I enjoyed the storyline and weren't so scary that I'd never sleep again.

Ep 187 | The Merry Writer Podcast

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I'd just like to thank Rachel for being an absolute star and editing this episode for me. We each edit the episodes that we lead but with the stress of during jury service and being low-key under the weather, I have just been struggling to keep up and Rachel was quick to offer to help me.  Big thanks! With that said, let's get to today's episode where Rachel and I are talking about "story ideas" as we ask and answer the question: “Do You Need Truly Unique Story Ideas?”