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2 weeks ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
You may have noticed my writing here has slowed down a bit - or maybe not, is this languishing in your spam folder? Who can say? I've been writing Authorstrator since 2022 and when I started, it was kind of *shrug* see what happens. And I have loved writing this newsletter and connecting with readers and creatives and getting to know them, connecting with artists, and discovering amazing writers. The internet has changed in that time - the social media landscape, search, slop.
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1 month ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
It’s a late edition of my monthly feature - the Authorstrator Listy List! I usually schedule these for mid-month but its been a busy one and I haven’t had a chance to get this to you til now.
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1 month ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
Shello! I hope you are having a fintastic mermay so far. (There is nothing I love so much as a mermaid pun). Mine is busy busy busy but I have managed to fit in time to work away on getting the first pages of the Beckon story done. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Beckon is the story I shared last week, the one I’ve been collecting bits and pieces for over the last few years.
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1 month ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
Jumpin’ jellyfish! I almost forgot today’s newsletter - and in the month of MerMay no less! That’s not to say I forgot about Mermay, because I 100% did not. Even while organizing multiple kid birthday parties and family events and getting to all the sports, I have plans to again attempt a short comic like last year.
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2 months ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
I’m super busy as the deadline for my current book draws nearer by the minute so I haven’t had as much time to devote to this week’s newsletter as I’d like. But! I still had time to do some illustrations - little things to just wind down at the end of the work day - and thought it’s been a while since I’ve done a step-by-step!So here’s a short walk through of one of the illustrations I managed to get done this week.
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2 months ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
Welcome back for another chapter of Unicorn Death Drive!If you missed chapter 1, you can find it here!If you are encountering Unicorn Death Drive for the first time, thanks for stopping in. And prepare yourself for action-packed pages of man-eating unicorns!Here we go!Nat kicked as hard as she could, sending the woman in the yellow jacket leaping backwards. But the man with her -- he was much bigger. A hulking mass of dude-brawn stuffed into a smiley face t-shirt.
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2 months ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
It’s that time again- Listy List Time! And April’s is a doozy! I’ve been collecting a ton of great stuff and I hope there’s something in here that gets you excited. If you’re new here, the Authorstrator Listy List is a roundup of what I think are the most interesting bits and bobs I collect for all the lists I keep in my notebooks over the course of the month! My TBR, my watch list, my list of arty things I want to try out.
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2 months ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
Happy Friday!It’s been a while since my last serial was posted on Authorstrator and I’m excited to share this crazy story with readers at long last. I promised Unicorn Death Drive a while ago, sorry for the delay but its here now and ready for your weekenc, complete with chapter doodles!So, understanding Unicorn Death Drive means understanding where it started, Zombie Shark Highway.
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2 months ago | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
The world is teeming with ravenous greed monsters and I don't know about you but I am exhausted. Who owes what at what rate and to and from where. Tit for tat. Pay for play. Subscribe forever. Your mortal soul for one shiny dollar. This is life. Gross. Gross ugly greed monsters setting the world quaking beneath our feet. Or maybe it’s always been like this. The monsters are just at our doorstep now. And as I write my little stories while the greed monsters rage, I have to wonder at the absurdity of it all.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
authorstrator.substack.com | Meaghan McIsaac
Meta Al gobbled up my books. Just like it did Jodi's. Just like it did Simon’s. Just like it did other writer friends who sent their screenshots to me in a rage one afternoon, just like it did....probably everyone's.
