What to do with the imagined panel of literary critics, the locker room cool girls and the elephant not just in the middle of the room, but sitting on my computer key board? My making lemonade out of lemons story was universal. People from all walks of life cried, laughed and applauded my story in the darkness of a west side Cabaret because it resonated with them. The idea of writing my book came from audience enthusiasm after I performed the one woman show that shared the book’s themes. Anyone who ever rejected me was back and nastier than ever. The cool girls in the 7th grade locker room were back. I kept seeing a panel of really smart, academic writing types rolling their eyes at me in my mind. That first morning as I sat at my little antique table with my cat lounging on the bed to my right, and the sounds of the city waking up through the opened window to my left, I was stuck. What I can share with you is how I overcame the voices that said, “ Who do you think you are? You don’t know how to write a book! Who taught you anything about writing books? What was the last book you even read, anyway?” Goldberg was trying to teach me back in 1974. I can’t spell to save my life and I sprinkle commas like sugar all over the place, completely ignoring any rules that Mrs. I am the writer who did not know she was a writer. But in her new book, Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick, we learn that there is much more to her story. Millions of viewers have seen Meg Flather on QVC, USA and on The Shopping Channel of Canada as a brand ambassador and skin wellness expert.

Home Shopping Diva by Meg Flather