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Michelle Gilliam

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I'm a nurse when I'm not writing and with my family.

I have a cat and a dog. The dog is sleeping next to me, the 15 yo cat is running up and down the stairs like a kitten or meowing for more food.

I love to hear stories from friends, patients, or even from an author. I read voraciously and never have time to put them all on Goodreads. If I couldn't finish one, I don't review it. If I did and hated it, I keep it to myself. If I kind of liked it or loved it, you'll hear about it.

I like Romance but I want something else going on in the story. Mystery or suspense, but usually not murder.
I don't read Sci Fi -- I watch it on big screens.

I'm in one book club and one writing critique.

I'm currently writing two more novels, one is 95% completed a
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Michelle Gilliam Writer's block is simply not focusing. If you submerge yourself into the scene, the world, or the mind of your character, you see what happens next. S…moreWriter's block is simply not focusing. If you submerge yourself into the scene, the world, or the mind of your character, you see what happens next. So being blocked is just being distracted. And most writers are good a tuning out everything around them. When I watch a movie, you could talk to me and I wouldn't hear you- I'm submersed :)(less)
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I received a Reader’s Favorite 5 star review for ROMAN RESCUE, Who Will Save The Hero?


It has been so exciting to hear someone put into words what they loved about the book. But not just anyone, a judge. Check it out:


Roman Rescue by Michelle Gilliam is an exciting, suspenseful thriller novel set in Italy. Fear has always been a major part of Maggie’s life and to combat it she runs, literally and

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Published on January 07, 2017 18:14
Richard Peck
“[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.”
Richard Peck

Toni Morrison
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
Toni Morrison

Oscar Wilde
“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

J.K. Rowling
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde

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