Megan Preston Meyer, Author, FIREBRAND
Your World of Creativity
Mark Stinson
5.0 • 45 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to "Unlocking Your World of Creativity," the podcast where we explore the journeys of creative practitioners around the globe. Today, we're in Zurich, Switzerland, talking to Megan Preston Meyer, a former insights and analytics manager turned creative storyteller.
In this episode, Megan shares her transition from a data-driven role to becoming a creative storyteller, emphasizing the importance of authentic storytelling in a world inundated with data. Her latest novel, "Firebrand," the first in the Corporate Elements Mysteries, blends elements of mystery with corporate culture, drawing from Megan's own experiences in the corporate world. She discusses her creative process, from the initial 35-minute train commutes to crafting and editing the narrative.
1. Megan's journey from a data-focused career to creative storytelling.
2. The inspiration behind "Firebrand" and its unique blend of mystery and corporate culture.
3. Megan's writing process, including the balance between creating and editing.
4. The unconventional promotion strategies, such as digital billboards, for her self-published book.
Quotes:
1. On the shift from data to storytelling: "The data tells half the story at best. You can't do anything with the results of an analysis until you interpret it."
2. On her creative process: "I wrote in 35-minute chunks on my commute... then sculpted out the actual book during the editing phase."
3. On self-publishing and promotion: "I'm going to have some fun with this. I've always wanted a billboard, and I made it happen."
Megan's story highlights the broad spectrum of creativity and encourages listeners to redefine their notions of creativity, acknowledging its various forms beyond traditional artistic pursuits. Her unique approach to storytelling and promotion provides valuable insights for aspiring creatives.
To stay connected with Megan and learn more about her work, visit her LinkedIn profile or follow her on Twitter and Instagram (@MPrestonMeyer). For details about her book, "Firebrand," and future projects, visit www.alpinechalet.coffee.
Join us next time as we continue our journey, unlocking the diverse world of creativity and learning from the experiences of individuals like Megan.
Megan Preston Meyer is an ex-Insights & Analytics Manager with an MBA (and 0.25 of a Ph.D.) in Operations Management. She spent more than 10 years working in supply chain and analytics; now she focuses on the stories that data doesn’t tell. She's the creator of the SUPPLY JANE & FIFO ADVENTURES, picture books that teach supply chain and operations management concepts to kids, as well as the CORPORATE ELEMENTS MYSTERIES, cozy mysteries for millennials that balance life and work. Megan also helps companies tell their stories authentically. She lives in Switzerland, hikes but doesn't ski, is married, and may or may not have cats.
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| 0:55.0 | With best-selling author and brand innovator, Mark Stinson. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome back, friends, to our podcast, Un unlocking your world of creativity and we go around the world |
| 1:06.7 | talking to creative practitioners about how they get inspired and organize their ideas |
| 1:11.6 | but most of all how they gained the confidence and the |
| 1:14.2 | connections to launch their work out into the world. And today we're stamping our |
| 1:19.0 | creative passport in Zurich Switzerland and our guest is Megan Preston Meyer. |
| 1:24.5 | Megan, welcome to the show. |
| 1:26.2 | Thanks, Mark. I'm really glad to be here. |
| 1:28.2 | That's a fantastic part of the world. And now wait, do I read in your bio that you live in Switzerland, but you don't ski? |
| 1:35.0 | I don't ski. |
| 1:37.0 | Yeah, I have been skiing exactly one time in the past 11 years that I've lived here, |
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