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, 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...

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...

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...