The After

Mpepper/ August 19, 2025/ Think Pieces

I asked a god once… Well, I’ve asked this god a lot of things, and he (there’s something masculine about the presence) does his best to answer, but even he doesn’t know everything. Anyway, I asked him once about the nature of being a spirit in a material body, which is something he isn’t but supposes he could be if

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Reserving My Compassion

Mpepper/ July 7, 2025/ Uncategorized

You know, I grew up in the Texas Hill Country. “Tubing” on the Guadalupe River was a common outing for teens, and I was baptised in the San Gabriel. I still have many friends in that area, and I can feel sorrow for what has happened with these floods. Many of the people are good people, doing the best they

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Learning to Live with It

Mpepper/ July 6, 2025/ Think Pieces

I’ve struggled all my life with being an outsider. Overlooked, unseen. Any crumb of praise or attention from a teacher was a godsend. Most of the time, though, I was just one of dozens, if not hundreds, that each teacher saw on a regular basis. Even as an only child, I was often forgotten. Left sitting outside the dark Girl

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Coming Soon… ish

Mpepper/ June 20, 2025/ Announcements

Back in 2016, the first book in my planned Changers trilogy was published by Evernight Teen (under the name M Pepper Langlinais). Sadly, I wasn’t able to finish the trilogy at that time, and I eventually had the rights to the book returned to me after the contract ended. Now I’m happy to announce that Manifesting Destiny will be republished

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The Switchgrass Crown Ebook FREE for a Limited Time!

Mpepper/ May 25, 2025/ Announcements

Just through Tuesday, May 27, you can download TSC free on Amazon! Set at an elite lakeside resort, it’s perfect for summer vacation. 📚 For fans of The Raven Boys, BBC’s Merlin 🤫 Secret Society 🛶 Elite lake resort setting 🏳️‍🌈 Asexual MC and gender-questioning LI Learn more here: https://www.theswitchgrasscrown.com/ Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Switchgrass-Crown-Amanda-Innes-ebook/dp/B0B3WDY23S

Fanfic Video Essays

Mpepper/ May 20, 2025/ Think Pieces

A while back, I began to notice a specific kind of YouTube cinema coverage. These videos begin as a “review” of some film but then become the YouTuber’s “fan fix-it.” Like, what they really want to do is rewrite the movie, but they’re too lazy (or untalented?) to sit and actually write anything, so they make a video telling everyone

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My Dinner Party

Mpepper/ May 13, 2025/ Think Pieces

Over on Bluesky, I’ve been participating in a “game” (trend?) of posting—once per day for 20 days—the fictional characters I would invite to a dinner party. I’ve made some rules for myself in this, such as not choosing any of my own original characters and not allowing more than one character from a fictional world (with one key exception). And

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Why Dumpster’s Low Approval Ratings Don’t Matter (and also why they do)

Mpepper/ May 9, 2025/ Think Pieces

It has been pretty popular lately for Democrats/Liberals/Progressives/General Dumpster Haters to crow about his tanking approval ratings. And I am as happy as anyone to see them continue to fall. But I don’t think they’re as important as most people believe (or hope), or at least, not for the reasons some might think. The majority of commentary that I’ve seen

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Notable? Not.

Mpepper/ May 2, 2025/ Think Pieces

A few weeks ago, I received an unsolicited email from someone offering to make me a Wikipedia page. However, based on his description of why he thought I deserved to have a Wiki, this person seemed to think I was some combination of a chef and humanitarian. In short, he either had the wrong person or was fishing (phishing?), so

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John Mulaney Revisited

Mpepper/ April 23, 2025/ Reviews

Ever since my last post about John Mulaney’s live show, the show has improved. I won’t take direct credit, but I’m glad to see someone took the advice of having fewer callers. BUT. He just mocked and hung up on Dr. Jack Horner, and that’s not okay. And I’m pretty sure Chuck Tingle is on the line right now? HOW

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