14 Years of Blogging — To Whom It May Concern 💖

On July 27, 2012, I published my first blog post on The Nerdy Girlie.

I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew I had things to share and nowhere to share them.

Fourteen years later I'm sitting here with a stack of 30 signed copies of my debut novel on my kitchen counter, heading to San Diego Comic Con in less than two weeks, and I genuinely cannot believe the road that got me here.

So let's talk about it.

SDCC Photo Hunt 2026: We're Back Baby! 📸🚀

Happy San Diego Comic Con week! After a 10-year hiatus, the SDCC Photo Hunt is BACK BABY! 📸🎉

From 2013–2016, hundreds of you played along as we explored San Diego Comic-Con one photo at a time. Looking back at those photos now feels like opening a time capsule, so it only felt right to bring it back for SDCC 2026 after ten years!

 

Here's how to play:
📸 Snap as many photos from the list as you can throughout Comic-Con.
📲 Share them on Instagram using #SDCCPhotoHunt26.
🏷️ Tag @meganelvrum so I can see your adventures!

Whether you're attending for the first time, a returning veteran, or — like me — coming back after a decade away, I would love to see Comic Con through your eyes!

✨ Bonus challenge: Can you find Musical Awakening somewhere at the convention? (Hint... you just might. 😉📖)

Who's heading to Comic Con this year? Let me know in the comments! I'll see you nerds there on Friday 7/24! I'll be walking the floor all day!👾

PS. check out pasts years: 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

The Book Review That Shook Me To The Core 📖😱

I have been writing on this blog since 2012.

Fourteen years of blog posts, concert recaps, dating stories, coffee shop confessions, Five Fandom Friday lists, and late night tweets about music that meant so much to me. Fourteen years of putting words out into the world and hoping someone somewhere felt less alone because of them.

What I didn't always know was who was reading.