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Megan Boley
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Why I Won’t Be Traditionally Publishing My Book

My science fiction-thriller book comes out fall 2023 — I’ve wanted to be a published author my entire life. I remember the first book I ever wrote. I was in third grade. I wrote it on those soft, yellow composition pages that were made from recycled paper or something. I don’t know, they had a weird texture. I stapled…

Self Published Author

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Why I Won’t Be Traditionally Publishing My Book
Why I Won’t Be Traditionally Publishing My Book
Self Published Author

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Who I Am and What I’m Up To

Allow me to introduce myself — Hola. I’m Megan. I’ve been writing on Medium since 2019, and I’ve seen a not so bad level of success at it. I publish twice a week and I typically write about dating/relationships or some kind of mental health or personal development topic. …

Self

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Who I Am and What I’m Up To
Who I Am and What I’m Up To
Self

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Apr 10

When Your Anxious Brain Won’t Let You Rest

Tips for taking a break and putting things into perspective — I just finished writing an 87,000 word first draft of a book in less than a month. That’s the fastest I’ve ever written anything, ever. It’s an amazing feat of focus and diligence for me. I should be happy, proud, relieved. Instead, I feel empty. Dissatisfied. I’m looking around, wondering…

Anxiety

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When Your Anxious Brain Won’t Let You Rest
When Your Anxious Brain Won’t Let You Rest
Anxiety

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Mental Musings

·Feb 13

*You* Are Your Niche

Demystifying how to market yourself when you hate talking about yourself — As an introvert, talking about myself is the last thing I want to do. Marketing myself? Absolutely not. But, I have to. …

Marketing Strategies

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*You* Are Your Niche
*You* Are Your Niche
Marketing Strategies

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Mental Musings

·Jun 5, 2022

I Took a 6-Month Break From Writing and I Feel Better Than Ever

How to pursue your passion without burning out — Eight months ago, I quit my job. It was a cushy job. I had great pay and benefits. I liked my boss. Everything was great. On the surface. Underneath that perfect, shiny veneer, I was miserable. I was miserable because I felt like I wasn’t doing what I was supposed…

Work

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I Took a 6-Month Break From Writing and I Feel Better Than Ever
I Took a 6-Month Break From Writing and I Feel Better Than Ever
Work

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Feb 3, 2022

Stop Waiting to Live Your Life

Seize the present and make it work — “When I lose ten pounds, then I’ll be happy.” “When I get that job I want, then things will really start to turn around for me.” “If I only had more money, things would be a lot easier and I could have everything I want.” These are all things I’ve…

Life

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Stop Waiting to Live Your Life
Stop Waiting to Live Your Life
Life

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Love and Other Things

·Jan 29, 2022

Own Your Feelings and Feel Good While Doing It

Your feelings and needs are your responsibility. — “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Actually, no one can make you feel anything without your consent. Your feelings are yours and therefore they are your responsibility. Here’s how to own your feelings and feel good while doing it. What you allow is what will continue Someone can only make…

Self

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Own Your Feelings and Feel Good While Doing It
Own Your Feelings and Feel Good While Doing It
Self

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Mental Musings

·Jan 14, 2022

Your Happiness Is Your Responsibility

It’s all about shifting your mindset to be more resilient — It’s easy to feel like we’re stuck. Stuck in a rut, stuck in a situation, stuck in a relationship, stuck being single. Just stuck. When we’re in the trenches of day-to-day life and the walls are closing in, it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel…

Happiness

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Your Happiness Is Your Responsibility
Your Happiness Is Your Responsibility
Happiness

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Love and Other Things

·Jan 8, 2022

How to Ask for What You Want

Tips for how to better communicate your needs — I’m sitting on a hilltop overlooking the city skyline with my date as we talk about nothing and everything. It’s our first date and things are going well. A chilly breeze wafts by and I shiver. “Can you just — ” I take his arm and put it around me…

Self

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How to Ask for What You Want
How to Ask for What You Want
Self

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Love and Other Things

·Jan 2, 2022

Are You Hurting Your Own Feelings?

Don’t hold onto a person when the signs say they aren’t interested — Something I learned from my therapist is that it’s very possible to hurt your own feelings. To misinterpret a situation, or to hold onto something — like a relationship or love interest — when all the signs are clearly pointing to the fact that the other person isn’t interested. What it means Let’s…

Love

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Are You Hurting Your Own Feelings?
Are You Hurting Your Own Feelings?
Love

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