Oh, hey...happy Wednesday! I'm a day late because, well, I totally thought yesterday was Monday 😅 School started yesterday, hubby went...

Quite a while ago on my Facebook page, I mentioned a few writing books I like, and The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne was one of them- it was...

Okay, so titles aren't really my thing, and I couldn't think of anything better- and I know, I'm supposed to make blog titles...

Okay, first off, I want to say I LOVE the horse in this week's blog graphic- he reminds me of the horse in the story I ended up writing...

Well, I did it- I finished the "shitty first draft" of Rescue! Not gonna lie, I summarized the last three chapters. This draft had to get...

One of the best, most freeing concepts I've learned since I started writing is “Shitty First Drafts”. I guess it came from Anne Lamott’s...

I just have a short & hopefully sweet post for this week. Last week was tough, but with any luck, this week will be better. I'm...

June is done, and I'm at least a little closer to finishing the first draft of Rescue. It started out as a tough month, with a lot of...

Okay, so it didn’t take me LITERALLY 14 years in front of my computer to write this novel. But it has taken 14 years from my initial idea...

I know what you're probably thinking: "Melissa, you're a writer and you only plan to read five books this summer?!" If you're a mom too,...

I'd like to start off by saying none of the beaches I usually visit look anything like this. There are beautiful white sand beaches along...

Note From Melissa I wrote this a couple weeks ago, trying to get ahead on all things "author platform", with plans to update this post...

I heard the spring peepers peeping in the pond the other night, so that means it's finally spring! Other than the random snowstorm we had...

The calendar says spring, but the view outside my window says winter. Okay, we've had some decent days in the last couple weeks, but...

Well, March is here, and the first day of the month came in as a lamb, but today and tomorrow are pretty lioney. I wonder what that means...

It's that time of year...is it almost spring? Is it still winter? It all depends on the day. Right now, it's twelve degrees, rainy, and...

I'm a day late for Work in Progress Wednesday. I've been struggling a little for the last week with Mom Stuff, and then when I sat down...

Another week, another storm. We had an ice storm Friday- although we were lucky enough to mostly get ice pellets, not much freezing rain....

Well, we've got the first month of the year under our belts, and I'm not quite sure what I think of it yet. LOL. It's been a long time...

Halloween is almost here, and it's crunch time to find a costume for my daughter! I hate buying a costume early, because usually, she...