Burn House Publishing asked Megan Allen:

How do your life and beliefs inform your work as a writer?

Megan Allen I’ve never wanted to write purely for the sake of writing. I’ve wanted my work to say something, mean something, have an influence on the way someone thinks. I love challenging social norms, pointing out the flaws and hypocrisies in the way we function as a society. I’ve recently moved to LA and for the first few weeks have been using a cardboard box as a coffee table. And I’ve been eager to replace it with a real coffee table. But the problem is that the box is totally functional, I have another ten lined up in the garage in the event of a spill, and in a different state of mind, it would seem absolutely absurd to spend money on a table to replace a free one that works just fine. We are told that certain things are right and others are wrong, and questioning this training (a gentle word for brainwashing) is important to me. That being said, I have fallen from my high horse and am, as we speak, setting my coffee down on a conspicuously wooden table.

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