Ink Slinger's Spotlight: Meg Jones Wall

Writerly advice from author Meg Jones Wall

In this series, I’m interviewing mystical authors about their writing practices. Meg Jones Wall wrote one of my fave new tarot books, Finding The Fool. I hope you enjoy learning how Meg approaches writing, reviews, and creativity.

1. When did you first realize you wanted to write?

I can’t honestly remember a time when I didn’t want to write — but it did take me a long time to figure out what I felt good writing! When I was growing up, everything I read was either schoolwork, religious studies, or fiction that I read when I could find a spare minute. I didn’t want to write textbooks, and I wasn’t a religious scholar, so the only other thing I knew to try writing was fiction. And while I certainly enjoy it, writing fiction doesn’t come particularly easily to me. I love developing characters and worlds, but I don’t always know what to do with them. (That’s probably why video games and TTRPGs feel so liberating for me — I get to design the stuff I like and leave the plot development to other people!) I gave up on any idea of being a writer and focused on other creative outlets. But when I started reading tarot, it felt so natural to write about it that I couldn’t seem to stop — and I just started writing more and more until it became part of my daily life. Now, I can’t imagine not writing on a daily basis, even if it’s just random observations or notes to myself.