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Melanie J. Fishbane

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Toronto, Canada

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Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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MELANIE J. FISHBANE holds an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an M.A. in History from Concordia University. With over seventeen years’ experience in children's publishing, she lectures internationally on children's literature and L.M. Montgomery, who she has been obsessed with since she first read Anne of Green Gables in Grade Six. A freelance writer and social media consultant, Melanie teaches English at Humber College. Melanie also loves writing essays and her first one, "My Pen Shall Heal, Not Hurt": Writing as Therapy in L.M. Montgomery's Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted," is included in L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years 1911-1942. Melanie lives in ...more

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Melanie J. Fishbane Good question. I have a few favourites, but the ones that comes immediately to mind is Anne and Gilbert because they each had to grow in someway to be…moreGood question. I have a few favourites, but the ones that comes immediately to mind is Anne and Gilbert because they each had to grow in someway to be together. I've written a lot about this in my work on the Perfect Man Archetype. The other one is Laura and Almanzo Wilder, although technically they were real people that exist. That is because he values her and they are equal partners, building a life together.(less)

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Who are your inspirations in writing?

Melanie J. Fishbane Hi Abigail,

Thanks for your question.

My inspirations in writing are some of the classics, like, Laura Ingalls Wilder, L.M. Montgomery, but also I ado…moreHi Abigail,

Thanks for your question.

My inspirations in writing are some of the classics, like, Laura Ingalls Wilder, L.M. Montgomery, but also I adore Libba Bray and Sarah Dessen--I'm excited to see that Bray has a new book out this month...can't wait!

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― Melanie J. Fishbane, Maud

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Melanie’s Quotes

“The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

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“It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation. ”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

tags: quotidian

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“When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, "What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?"
"They are the days of a long time ago, Laura," Pa said. "Go to sleep, now."
But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa's fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods,…
She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

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“True friends are always together in spirit.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: friends, friendship, together, together-in-spirit, true-friends

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“The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside