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Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. (Look, Ma! We’re in video!) This week, we join Ella as she faces the tailgating horde of meandering gossip zombies and falls again…into two separate visions. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we discover what happened to Ella after her fall and face the wrath of a protective fae. As always, thank you for reading! If you want to see how ridiculous we are during these recording sessions, we're now in video! You can find us on YouTube (coming soon!) and on Substack! We'll be adding more channels in the future! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, join us for our very first official Cocktail Catchup Hour. If you’d like the recipe for the Bourbonberry Bliss (my own creation!), check out the transcripts for this episode, which will be on substack in a different post, going up at the same time as the episode! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella at her rock climbing competition, where no vision has prepared her for what’s in store. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella and Jason in the art classroom for some questionable first aid before heading back out to Field Day for the KAT tournament. Look at this amazing Owl Painting from Megan! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella and Jason as they compete for first and second place in the challenge course, during which an old wound reopens. Interested in the Lonely Island music video Chris mentioned? Click the following: As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella at the starting line for the Field Day challenge course. And we share a story about how Megan misplaced a necklace on the Fiddler on the Roof national tour…only to find it in a very odd location. New to the podcast? Check out Season 1: Episode 1 here! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella on the battlegrounds/football field as the Field Day competitions begin. But there’s trouble brewing beneath the bleachers. New to the podcast? Check out Season 1: Episode 1 here! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella as she emerges from her Noah vision into a potentially much worse reality. Visit my Facebook Page to see the progress on my cosplay so far! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, Ella leaves the vault and makes her way back to Kate’s with Jason and Paige. On their way back to school for Field Day, Jason and Ella are greeted by a panicked Noah, and Ella falls into an old vision from a new perspective. Be sure to check out the Miami Book Fair by clicking this link: https://www.miamibookfair.com/ As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella in the vault with Caleb and Violet. Having finally secured a few moments alone with her aitherion friends, Ella unveils that Osten, the witch who held her captive, knew more than he should about her past, and that the one who kidnapped her may still be in Laureldale. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella as she puts plan Dumbass Move, Ella into play. Will she be able to escape her human shackles and reunite with her aitherion accomplices? As promised, here is a link to the Spoon Theory story mentioned in this week’s podcast (you can find this referenced on all sorts of medical sites, but I wanted you to have the original story), as well as links to the R. L. Stine story on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. A special hello to our new Dragon Con friends! If you don’t love spoilers and would like to start the Laureldale Series from the beginning, follow this link to listen to Sketchbook of a Wayward Seer Chapter One: Chapter 1 Megan O'Russell · August 8, 2024 Read full story This week, we join Ella and Jason for an early-morning baking session, complete with bread pudding, fresh-made coffee, and all the T. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we listen in as Ella has a hard conversation with Evan before heading to her Principal Harrison-ordered therapy session, which…goes about as well as you’d think. We also go off-script to discuss tweens reading Fourth Wing. 😬 As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9) See you at Dragon Con!

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we head to Principal Harrison’s office. But first, Ella shares with us the nightmares that haunted her childhood, and why one of the monsters in the night is far worse than the others. And then we do a deep dive into the drama of Once Upon a Con, which Megan attended as an author and panelist. 😬 As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9) See you next week at Dragon Con!

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we join Ella as she prioritizes her to-do list, including how to keep Paige from being expelled, what to do about Hailey and Evan’s BFD, and how to deal with the looming problem of Field Day. And, Ella reunites with a broken friend in a less-than-ideal place. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest novel, Sketchbook of a Wayward Seer, one episode at a time. In this episode, we read chapter two! We also discuss choosing a voice for your narrator, aetherions vs. other supernaturals, and swearing* in YA novels. Here are the pictures of the bookshelves mentioned in this week’s episode. The first is from Obidos, Portugal! The second is…our modest version. :) To check out the beer of the week, click here! *Note: There is adult language in this episode. Because of the nature of this book and podcast, we will not be editing or *bleeping* any of the swears out. Thanks for listening! Get full access to Page by Page Podcast Substack at meganorussell.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we head back to Laureldale High School. Ella races to her locker in hopes of finding a particular werewolf and fae but instead finds a folded piece of paper and an accompanying vision. New to Page by Page? Click here to go to chapter one of Sketchbook of a Wayward Seer. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, Ella heads back to the Blackwood house, Paige and Jason in tow. Join us as we explore the time gap between Ella’s kidnapping and the food truck fest…and discover that Ella’s friends are wisening up. Oh! And here’s a photo of that amazing travel bookstore! As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)

Welcome to Page by Page: Writing the Book in Real Time. Readers and writers alike are invited to take a look behind the veil as YA author Megan O’Russell creates her newest series, Laureldale, one episode at a time. This week, we revisit a familiar scene from a slightly different point of view. We also take a (brief) break from our usual shenanigans to discuss running a business with your romantic partner and the challenges it can present. As always, thank you for reading! P.S. Want to join the ARC team? Click here and sign up for access to all paid content for free, no strings attached! (https://forms.gle/GuPVQZExGpBM1Txc9)