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Melissa Newman

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Melissa Newman is an award-winning journalist and writer, having spent 20 years in the newspaper industry rising to the ranks of editor and publisher. She has called Southeastern Kentucky home all her life and truly embraces the title of southern writer, bestowed upon her by loyal readers. As a journalist, Melissa has written hundreds of feature stories about people and places in Southeastern Kentucky and elsewhere; covered several murders from the crime scene investigation to the courtroom sentencing; penned government corruption news; and has been instrumental in nudging local and state government to take action through her editorials and news columns. During her time in the newspaper industry, Melissa won many journalism awards, seized t ...more

Summer release for Growing Up Wilder

As I near the completion of my third novel, Growing Up Wilder, I’d like to invite you to jump into the creative process with me by developing a character and a story line for one of my chapters.

Growing Up Wilder is full of Everett Wilder’s many women who influence the lives of his impressionable daughters Marlena and Dancy. As a single father in the 70s, Everett finds himself in the company of wom Read more of this blog post »
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Published on March 20, 2012 12:56
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“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
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