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How Jobs Taught Me What To Write

Our writer’s code, written into our secret writer club rules, remind us that day jobs stand between us and a published novel. I understand. For years I thought if only and when and someday. And yes, working one, two, three jobs at a time took a big bite out of what would certainly have been…

Come to me, Santa Baby

    Santa. Baby. This year we’re calling it officially on. No more merry-go-round going round. No more couples counseling. I’ve been writing about our tortured love for how many years? It was off. And then back on again. We were coy, acting like friends with benefits. Tree up. Tree down. Big tree. Tiny Tree. No Tree. …

GIVE HOLIDAY READING—GET A BONUS & A CHANCE TO WIN AN ADVANCE COPY OF MY NEW NOVEL: WAISTED

  If you gift family or friends (or yourself!) with any of my novels this holiday season, I’d like to thank you with one of my bonus books and a chance to win an advance reader copy of Waisted. Just let me know, in a comment below (or write me at randy@randysusanmeyers.com) which novel you…

Do-Gooder Holiday Gifts: Gorgeous (Helping) Gifts for Men, Women & Kids

Tis the season for helping! As we give thanks, we donate to the causes that are closest to our hearts—for some, it’s helping to fight injustice, for others rescuing animals, and for some, it’s ensuring the arts flourish.  As the holidays barrel down, many of us plan to give donations in loved one’s names, but…

The Year Google (and Goya) Saved Thanksgiving

  My sister and I may not have grown up rife with traditions–when when Jill and I hung our socks on Christmas Eve, the flat unfilled sight of them the next morning may have reminded us that Santa didn’t always stop for little Jewish girls–but darn it, we had the stuffing handed down from Grandma Millie. If…

Writing Contest: Our (Dis)Comfort with Our Bodies, Our Selves: Women Under Scrutiny

     “When I was 22, I met with some janky manager, and she told me, ‘You’re never going to work at this weight.’ I think I was a size 6 at the time. There is just this weird thing about how we perceive women in this country. I would love to be a part…

WAISTED: Why I Wrote This Novel

  I grew up with the idea that the size of my body was the most important thing in the world—and that my body was always too large. When I look back at pictures, I see me at normal, chubby, and large—but at no time did I ever see myself as anything but too big…

Is He Abusive? Signs of Relationship Danger

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  When I worked with batterers, people always asked why the women stayed.  Why didn’t they ask why the offenders were violent? Is it because it’s easier to blame the victim? Is it because these abusive men scare us as much as they scare their victims, so it’s easier to…

What To Do Before Your Book Launch: A Guidebook

What to expect when you’re expecting your book? What’s going to happen first, and second, and third?  Pre-launch of my debut novel,  the breadth of information I had to learn overwhelmed me—were there an eight-day week into which I could tap. During the 2-24 months between signing a book contract and receiving those freshly pressed […]

Food and Loathing and Hamper Cookies

Everyone hates a fat woman. Or is it that a fat woman thinks everyone hates her? Or does a fat woman simply hate herself? I originally wrote this essay in 2015. Today I received the ‘first pass pages’ for WAISTED, my novel coming out on May 7, 2019. I looked at the first line, Everyone hates a fat […]