Magical Spaceships and Female Agency: author talk with Meredith Lyons

March 2026

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In this month’s newsletter, scroll down to find:

• How to Make a Dragon
• Slowburn’s hottest location
• Podcast: Author Nook with Meredith Lyons
• Captain’s Log: Snowy Wonderland
• Review Corner

How to Make a Dragon

This month I had the absolute pleasure of presenting a writing workshop at the Banff Public Library to an incredible group of 6-12 year olds focused on how to write a dragon. We had so much fun, and I was honestly blown away with the imagination of these authors-in-training!

If you would like a copy of the dragon-creation workbook I created for this workshop, here you go! All I ask is that if you end up using it, jump over to my contact page and let me know how it goes (pictures are especially appreciated).

If you would like me to run a workshop at your local school or library, please jump over to my Contact page and send me a message – make sure you include your email address!

Slowburn’s Hot Location

Slow Burn Books moved to a hot new location – and bigger really is better!

Visiting bookstores and seeing your baby in the wild is always an absolute treat, and last weekend I was finally able to visit my girls at the new-and-improved Slow Burn Books!

It is such a pretty bookstore full of staff who are truly passionate about passion (and other forms of love stories!). If you’re in Calgary, AB – take the time to check out this amazing indie bookstore.

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Author Nook

Welcome to my Author Nook, a monthly podcast I created where I chat with authors about their upcoming releases and we nerd out over their literary brain children. Find it on Spotify here, and Youtube here.

As you know, I release episodes once a month with no set date so the best way to stay in the loop is to follow and subscribe on either Youtube or Spotify. Also, if you want to read ahead, next month we’re chatting about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

This month I got to sit down again with the wonderful Meredith Lyons to chat about her novel A Dagger of Lightning before the sequel, A Horn of Onyx comes out. We chat about how to write magic in space, how to create a whole new world, the importance of reclaiming female agency, and that no matter how bad things get, we can always do the next right thing.

If you’d like to check out my first chat with her and Helen Power: Meddling Phantoms and Not-so-friendly Ghosts, you can find that here.

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Captain’s Log

Snow-wonderland

A weekend spent in a snowed-in-lakeside cabin was just what the doctor ordered to make me like this white stuff again. What a dream it was, and so quiet out in the woods. The snow lays a blanket over the world and all the busy dizzy chitter chatter stops. Just a delight. Plus, we had a log fire in our room which made it especially cozy in the evenings.

Review Corner

Reviews are so helpful in getting word of Contest of Queens, Queen’s Catacombs , and Queendom Come out there. If you have time, and if you’ve read the book, I would be eternally grateful if you could leave a star rating and/or a written review on Goodreads or Amazon.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who have left a star rating or review!

x live magically

featured image: https://wolvesandwizards.bandcamp.com/track/space-unicorn