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1KHO 712: Write It Anyway | Melissa Ferguson, Meet Me in the Margins

1KHO 712: Write It Anyway | Melissa Ferguson, Meet Me in the Margins

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast · 1000 Hours Outside

February 16, 20261h 1m

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Show Notes

Melissa Ferguson is back for her second appearance—and she’s very pregnant, wildly funny, and living proof that dreams don’t arrive on your schedule. In this conversation with host Ginny Yurich, Melissa pulls back the curtain on the book world: why publishing wants you to “stay in your lane,” how rejection and slow progress can still lead to a long-tail payoff, what writers really need to watch for in agents and contracts, and why the pressure to market everywhere can crush the very work you’re trying to create. Along the way, she shares the surreal joy of watching her beloved rom-com Meet Me in the Margins move toward the screen (with her credited as Executive Producer) and what it’s like to juggle farm life, homeschooling, deadlines, and a baby on the way—while still choosing relationships, rest, and meaning over the endless chase for more.

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