Episode 66: Megan Nolan - Waterford To A Novel World
Artists of New York by Dan Riley
Episode notes
mmegannolan is a novelist and a journalist based in New York City.
(00:00) Trying to move to New York in 2020
(03:18) Waterford roots and a theatrical family
(06:27) Small-town restlessness and artistic ambition
(09:42) Shy, anxious kid who loved to read
(12:56) Early poetry, contests, and taking feelings seriously
(16:10) Formative novels that changed her life
(19:25) Dropping out, Dublin struggles, and following an artist to London
(22:41) Keeping the identity of “writer” alive
(25:55) Learning to call herself a writer
(29:08) Freelance journalism, readings, and media Twitter days ...