On today’s Friday Five, we have the memoirist Meg Weber as our guest.
Her memoir, A Year of Mr. Lucky, is available now on Amazon, Bookshop, or from your favorite e-book retailer.
Read on to learn about the Giveaway! Let’s dive into the interview!
What inspired A Year of Mr. Lucky?
This memoir is about a relationship I was in after my divorce. I was turning 40, had a school aged kid, and lived next door to my ex-partner/co-parent. I met Mr. Lucky on a dating app and we were supposed to have a fun, no-strings attached good time. Instead, I fell hard for him. This book tells the tale of our convoluted, kinky connection, and how I designed my way out of it.
Describe your decision to become a writer.
I’m not sure it’s something I decided, it’s just who I am. My writing life began as keeping a journal in high school and I never stopped using writing to process my world. Taking those words to the next level, turning them into stories for other people to read and enjoy, has been a process involving lots of writing workshops and classes, and many many many hours of re-writing and revision. My first memoir took seven years from the events happening to the book being published. I hope to shorten that timeframe with book two.
What are some of your favorite novels (or your favorite novelists) and why?
Terry Tempest Williams, Roxane Gay, Melissa Febos, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Ariel Gore. These women, each in their own way, have shown me what it means to write your truth and your self on the page, in ways that are compelling, engaging, and essential. I admire their fierce honesty, their unparalleled skill, and their literary citizenship.
Most of my favorites books of theirs are memoir: Refuge and When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams, Hunger by Roxane Gay, Whip Smart and Abandon Me by Melissa Febos, The Chronology of Water and Dora, A Headcase by Lidia Yuknavitch, and The End of Eve and We Were Witches by Ariel Gore.
Who would you cast as the hero and heroine of A Year of Mr. Lucky?
I’d cast Chrissy Metz as me and Anthony Garcia as Mr. Lucky.
How do you balance writing and the rest of life?
It’s a challenge. In addition to being a writer, I am a mental health therapist in private practice, an adjunct professor in a counselor education graduate program, and a clinical supervisor for counseling students. I also am a half time single parent of a teenager. Writing tends to come after all those other roles for me. I squeeze writing and revision into moments I find around the edges of everything else expected of me.
Thank you for joining us today, Meg! Be sure to order your copy of A Year of Lucky on Amazon, Bookshop, or from your favorite e-book retailer.
A Giveaway!
One lucky winner will get a copy of Meg’s memoir, A Year of Mr. Lucky. To enter, comment on this post. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 7th. Contest is open to United States residents only.
About A Year of Mr. Lucky
A portrait of longing so vivid and agonizing that I could not turn away. Rarely does a story of obsession also render in such detail the strength of character and depth of self-knowledge necessary to turn away from the object of one’s obsession and face the self.
“This is a wise, intimate, and profoundly erotic memoir.” -Melissa Febos, author, Abandon Me
About Meg Weber
Meg Weber writes memoir about sex, grief, love, family, therapy, and tangled relationships. Meg’s writing gives voice to the ways her life continues to unfold outside the boundaries prescribed for her. Her writing is featured in The Quotable, MUTHA Magazine, Rabble Lit, and in anthologies by Seal Press, Pact Press, and Sincyr Publishing.
Her debut memoir A Year of Mr. Lucky launched on February 8, 2021. She lives in her hometown of Portland, Oregon with her teenager and their labradoodle named Portland.
You can connect with Meg on Instagram, Twitter, and on her website.
A Giveaway!
One lucky winner will get a copy of Meg’s memoir, A Year of Mr. Lucky. To enter, comment on this post. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 7th. Contest is open to United States residents only.
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