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Greetings! I've been on the road in August, heading to the UK to visit friends of the NMN Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner, and then visiting friends...

AMCmageddon Wrap-Up! A Special Report from Margaret's Nearly Monthly News

July 29, 2024

So, I recently got an email from AMC Theaters with the headline: "Take advantage of your A-List benefits!" Oh man. Been there. Done that. And now I’m writing...

New Story, Series Incoming; It's the July Nearly Monthly News!

July 12, 2024

Hello! It’s July and Margaret's Nearly Monthly News has officially hit the big time with triple-digit subscriber numbers, whoo hoo! Welcome newcomers, and...

Margaret's June Nearly Monthly News!

June 17, 2024

Hello! We're halfway through June, which means I'm three weeks and nine films into my #AMCmageddon quest to watch fifteen movies in theaters over thirty one...

Margaret's May Nearly Monthly News!

May 27, 2024

Happy May! It's Memorial Day weekend here in the US, when we remember our fallen servicemembers with cemetery visits, cookouts, and all-day mattress sales....

Margaret's April Nearly Monthly News!

April 30, 2024

It's April and spring is springing here in Southern California! Probably because I've been juggling multiple deadlines this month, I've also been crafting....

Margaret's March Nearly Monthly News!

March 31, 2024

The Nearly Monthly News Marches on with the last edition we'll see before the next total solar eclipse passes over the United States. What does that mean for...

Margaret's February Nearly Monthly News!

February 29, 2024

Happy February! The shortest month is a little longer this year, but that's no excuse for a lengthy intro. On to the news! From My Desk In keeping with our...

Margaret's January Nearly Monthly News!

January 31, 2024

It's January! The new year has begun, the rains have come to Southern California, and as of this writing, I am both gainfully employed and doing my best to...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - December 2023

December 31, 2023

I nearly called this edition of the newsletter: "Margaret's Nearly Monthly Annual Wrap Up," but decided to err on the side of grammatical caution. Looking...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - Nov 2023

November 27, 2023

Hello, and welcome to the November Nearly monthly news. Let's kick off with one last labor update because: The SAG-AFTRA strike has ended! So happy for my...

September/October - Margaret's Nearly Monthly News

October 13, 2023

So... September got away from me, and since October isn't looking any less eventful, I'm going to see if I can get this update out before there's even more...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News: July/Aug Edition!

August 5, 2023

It's Barbenheimer's world, and we just live in it. I saw Barbie first, in a theater full of people of all genders dressed in their pink best, and Oppenheimer...

Margaret's June Nearly Monthly News!

June 30, 2023

Hey there, hope your summer is off to a great start! As I write this, the WGA is still on strike, and I have a feeling I'll be reporting the same at the...

Margaret's May 2023 Nearly Monthly News

May 31, 2023

Thank you Jennifer Jacob, friend of the NMN, who heeded the call in the last newsletter and sent lovely photos of some May flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic...

Having a Moment for Margaret's April 2023 Nearly Monthly News

April 28, 2023

It's April! Sometimes people ask me why I didn't stick with multiplatform/interactive storytelling after The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Welcome to Sanditon....

Margaret's March Nearly Monthly News (2023 Edition)

March 30, 2023

Welcome new subscribers! I was all set to open this month's newsletter by talking about how rainy it's been in Los Angeles lately, but then I checked the...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - Feb 2023

February 28, 2023

Hello all, and welcome new subscribers! Glad to have you here during this rainy Los Angeles winter. No blizzards at this altitude, but let's just say my...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - January 2023

January 31, 2023

January has been a quiet month here at the Nearly Monthly News. As Hollywood still reels from the aftershocks of the WB/Discovery merger and braces for WGA...

Happy New Year from Margaret's Nearly Monthly News (Dec 2022)

December 31, 2022

December again, and time for the Nearly Monthly News annual wrap up! But first of all, thank you for subscribing and for your support. I started this...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - Nov 2022

November 29, 2022

Oh November: my birthday month! Also the month of Thanksgiving, National Novel Writing, and of asking each other: "Is Twitter dead yet?" Twitter, either a...

Nearly Monthly News: The October 2022 Spooky Edition!

October 31, 2022

Welcome to October's spooooky Nearly Monthly News! When I was a kid, I loved Halloween. This is true in spite of the fact that I was very good at coming up...

Nearly Monthly News - September 2022

September 29, 2022

Where did September go? This month's news is sliding in at the last minute in part because last month's did (and that sort of scheduling tends to become a...

Margaret's August Nearly Monthly News!

August 30, 2022

AHHHHHH! Anyone else need a good primal scream this month? Not sure about where you are, but chez Nearly Monthly News, August has been a month. Starting with...

July 2022 Nearly Monthly News

July 28, 2022

Happy July! For me, this had been a summer of nostalgia. I spent several weeks visiting a friend from college and her family in a city I used to live in, I...

June's Nearly Monthly News

June 17, 2022

Welcome to June! Summer is here in Los Angeles (does it ever really leave?), and I'm balancing deadlines against the feeling I still get—despite not having...

Margaret's Nearly Monthly News - May 2022

May 23, 2022

Happy May, and welcome to the 6th edition of the Nearly Monthly news. I've been doing this for half a year? Inconceivable! This month marked my first visit...

Nearly Not April Nearly Monthly News

April 26, 2022

Hello! It's April (barely). I'll admit, if not for Twitter, I probably would have missed the fact that this particular April marks the 10th Anniversary of...

The Nearly Monthly News Marches On!

March 14, 2022

Pfew! The year marches on and it's time for another newsletter. Happy Pi Day! This month, in addition to Pi(e) day, GM's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Purim,...

February: What's Going On?

February 14, 2022

"Do not rely on February . . . The sun in this month begets a headache like an angel slapping you in the face." ―Anne Sexton Happy February! However yours is...

Where did January go?

January 26, 2022

New year, new month, new newsletter. Hello again! I hope you had a good holiday, whatever you celebrate this time of the year. For a hot minute in December,...

Hello and Welcome!

December 21, 2021

So, remember that time you visited margaretdunlap.com, reached out through the contact link, and beside the checkbox that said, "If I ever started a...