Megan Denese Mealor

I currently reside in my graffiti-hearted hometown of Jacksonville, Florida with my husband of 13 years and our 11-year-old son Jesse, who was diagnosed with nonverbal autism at age three--not that he's ever let that stop him for a minute.. I myself have suffered from bipolar disorder most of my life, so mental health and wellness are incredibly vital topics for me and are reflected and interwoven throughout much of my work.

While writing will always be my secret joy which quickens the blood, my most astounding achievement is my angel-hearted son. Jesse is my best friend, naturally, and there is nothing we don't do together, from feeding turtles and manatees at Mandarin Park to lying on the rushing wet sand at Vilano Beach to jumping at the way-too-realistic dinosaur exhibit at the Museum of Science and History. My pipe dream for our family is to one day move to New England--but who knows? Never say never, I guess.

I adore animals and used to work as a kennel technician at Mandarin Animal Hospital and also ran my own pet-sitting and dog-walking business for a few years called The Krazy Kat Lady. I love to loan my time to various animal shelters, especially when I get to act as a kitty cuddler or a doggie walker. I am also the proud cat mommy of three furbabies: Trigger, Lulu, and Hobbes. 

To enrich myself, I am currently learning Spanish, working toward a certification in proficiency. I am also taking a women's self-defense class, experimenting with my photography, working on my garden, haunting thrift stores, re-reading Bronte and Edgar Allan Poe, and studying the metaphysical. Some examples of this particular passion include ghost hunting, courses in psychic mediumship, tarot reading, palm reading, astrology, dream interpretation, crystal healing, auras, and astral projection. While I don't buy into absolutely every aspect of it all, I connect with quite a bit of it and it's both fascinting and fun.

Some of my future upcoming projects include: my fourth full-length poetry collection, A Cat May Look Like a King; an erotic novelette titled My Lady Mercedes; an anthology of fairy tale re-tellings, When Wishing Still Worked; and a collection of short stories entitled The Clever Footwork; and a book of poems based on classic Hollywood starlets, tentatively titled Orthochromatic Angels.