Happy Holidays!
how time flies
This will be a quick note, as I am just finishing up the last few projects I have before I will close my computer for the rest of 2025 (metaphorically, I will still meticulously track my finances and set up my schedule for the next year).
It’s been over two months since the last substack, what I would charitably call a mad gasp towards the release of Mary Sue. And since then, I’ve been really pleased with the response, and so incredibly proud of the work we’ve all done on the project. (Just wait, 2026 is going to see even more exciting stuff for Mary Sue!)
Within those two months, I took a two-week vacation to Turkey and Bulgaria, found myself in five cities, four countries, and three continents within the span of thirty days, tried to keep my head above water as I worked on a number of unannounced projects, saw friends (but not nearly enough ), failed miserably at texting people, made deadlines, secured my UK visa, all in time to collapse in France for the holidays.
And before I close my laptop (metaphorically), I wanted to send out well wishes to you all, and thank you for making 2025 so meaningful. I am always so struck by how it is people who make life worth living. I have been surrounded by so many wonderful people this year - professionally and personally. And as the year comes to a close, I find myself grateful to live in this time, and to know each and every one of you.
My guiding light when it comes to doing what I do is that, at the end of the day, I want my stories to tell people they are loved. That the world is better because they are in it. I usually use metaphors, but in my last gasp of writing before 2026, let me tell you plainly — I am glad you exist. You make life better. And no matter what 2026 will be, I hope you know that you are not alone.
You are loved,
Meghan