It Took Me Ten Years to Write Musical Awakening — Here's the Timeline 📖💖🎶

Musical Awakening didn't start as a novel.

It started as a letter I never sent.

14 Years of Blogging — To Whom It May Concern 💖

On July 27, 2012, I published my first blog post on The Nerdy Girlie.

I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew I had things to share and nowhere to share them.

Fourteen years later I'm sitting here with a stack of 30 signed copies of my debut novel on my kitchen counter, heading to San Diego Comic Con in less than two weeks, and I genuinely cannot believe the road that got me here.

So let's talk about it.

SDCC Photo Hunt 2026: We're Back Baby! 📸🚀

Happy San Diego Comic Con week! After a 10-year hiatus, the SDCC Photo Hunt is BACK BABY! 📸🎉

From 2013–2016, hundreds of you played along as we explored San Diego Comic-Con one photo at a time. Looking back at those photos now feels like opening a time capsule, so it only felt right to bring it back for SDCC 2026 after ten years!

 

Here's how to play:
📸 Snap as many photos from the list as you can throughout Comic-Con.
📲 Share them on Instagram using #SDCCPhotoHunt26.
🏷️ Tag @meganelvrum so I can see your adventures!

Whether you're attending for the first time, a returning veteran, or — like me — coming back after a decade away, I would love to see Comic Con through your eyes!

✨ Bonus challenge: Can you find Musical Awakening somewhere at the convention? (Hint... you just might. 😉📖)

Who's heading to Comic Con this year? Let me know in the comments! I'll see you nerds there on Friday 7/24! I'll be walking the floor all day!👾

PS. check out pasts years: 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016