{"id":28,"date":"2022-04-28T01:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T01:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganmccullough.com\/index.php\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T20:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T20:04:57","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meganmccullough.com\/index.php\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28\" class=\"elementor elementor-28\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38ab3a08 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38ab3a08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aaab7f5\" data-id=\"6aaab7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce127d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4ce127d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hi, I'm Megan!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4166578b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4166578b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body-small\" style=\"font-family: var(--body-small-font-family); margin-bottom: 24px; color: #000000; font-size: var(--fontSizeDesktop,var(--body-small-font-size)); line-height: var(--lineHeightDesktop,var(--body-small-line-height)); -webkit-text-decoration: var(--body-small-text-decoration); caret-color: #000000; white-space: break-spaces;\">I always wanted a superpower, so I picked up a pen and became an author. Living in Florida, the theme park capital of the world, only fuels my love for storytelling. My books, WE COULD BE VILLAINS and WE WILL BE HEROES are now available!<\/p><p class=\"body-small\" style=\"font-family: var(--body-small-font-family); margin-bottom: 24px; color: #000000; font-size: var(--fontSizeDesktop,var(--body-small-font-size)); line-height: var(--lineHeightDesktop,var(--body-small-line-height)); -webkit-text-decoration: var(--body-small-text-decoration); caret-color: #000000; white-space: break-spaces;\">My art journey started different than most. Growing up, I was never the artistic one. My younger sister was basically a child prodigy when it came to art, but I could barely draw a stick figure.<\/p><p class=\"body-small\" style=\"font-family: var(--body-small-font-family); margin-bottom: 24px; color: #000000; font-size: var(--fontSizeDesktop,var(--body-small-font-size)); line-height: var(--lineHeightDesktop,var(--body-small-line-height)); -webkit-text-decoration: var(--body-small-text-decoration); caret-color: #000000; white-space: break-spaces;\">I had so many creative ideas, but couldn&#8217;t make them come out on the page. Then, I became a writer. As I wrote, I wanted to be able to picture what my book would look like on a bookstore shelf, so I started creating mock covers. Take a second and picture the worst self-published cover you can. That was what my first covers looked like.<\/p><p class=\"body-small\" style=\"font-family: var(--body-small-font-family); margin-bottom: 24px; color: #000000; font-size: var(--fontSizeDesktop,var(--body-small-font-size)); line-height: var(--lineHeightDesktop,var(--body-small-line-height)); -webkit-text-decoration: var(--body-small-text-decoration); caret-color: #000000; white-space: break-spaces;\">At the same time, I was also extremely bothered with how ugly many books were (and still are, unfortunately). There was one series in particular that I loved which had some pretty awful covers. They irked me so much that I embarked on a journey to teach myself Photoshop and create new covers just as beautiful as the ones that inspired me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e27b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e27b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">and, reader, I did.*<br><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa84457 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aa84457\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8fa18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8fa18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*after a couple of years, many iterations of said cover, hundreds of YouTube tutorials, a degree, and even more hours practicing.<\/p><p>In December 2021, I graduated from Southeastern University with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Graphic Design. 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