Melanie Rodriguez's Blog

Hello all! I know I don't really update much on here and I make all these promises to try do so and fail rather often. But here is the true update on what I call the Life of Mel:



The past couple of years, I've been stuck working on CHAMPIONS OF ARRYGN. Stuck is a blah word, but it's the best one to describe what's been going on. When I made the decision to cut the book in half, I started on some great progress and then hit some walls...long periods of time walls, to be exact. Same thing has ha...

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My Review:

This was a FANTASTIC prequel of the Kingdom series. I am one who prefers the time taken to build a story, to learn of the past, how things came to be, and this tale delivered! Granted, there were moments that jumped too fast for my taste, but I do understand the reasons why for it. I personally wouldn't have minded this novel to be longer either to accommodate it. Either way, I very much enjoyed this and now I can enjoy the others in this series more now t...

My Rating: 4 stars

My Review:

I enjoyed this novel! I found it to be a fresh twist on vampires and witches, especially on their lore. I am particularly curious on the psychic link Tricia Copeland created between a trio of characters, and have thoroughly enjoyed the idea of an “unholy” trinity, as it were. Copeland’s niche of a character’s inner power, their intuitive nature and the power it can hold for others, plays wonderfully here and I am excited to read the next installment of the series.

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Hello everyone! It's been too long, I know. I believe the last time I wrote, I explained that I'm juggling about three jobs now. Yes, I still am. Am I having fun though? Yeah, pretty much! AND I've been back to being my crafty self, so yay there! Enjoy the picture you see before you on my Acerola wig progress! Thank you FM Anime for selling the wig and thank you freeze spray for doing what you do best...

SO. Author news first! I finished WITCH'S HEART for the For Melissa Anthology that will be...

Hello, all! Sorry for being away for a while. I've been balancing three jobs now, but two of them work beautifully enough that I can get a lot of writing work done! Yay for that!

During a little mini vacation I had, I finished the initial draft of WITCH'S HEART. I've since had one reader give me some notes and I've done my own edits (I finished the last part a couple of days ago!). Once I transfer both sets of edits, I'll let a couple of other trusted readers of mine give me some notes, do a f...

Hey all! How is everyone? I'm suffering from Con withdrawals; I wish the next one wasn't so far away and I'm trying to get B and I to be able to go to one special one before this year ends. Let's see what the cosplay gods have in store for us!

Speaking of cosplay, I finally revised my list and have posted it on my Kitsune Ravenwing Cosplay page via Facebook. Go check it out and let me know what you think! While I only plan on one new one next year so that the new ones I got this year can get m...

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? Me, I'm still floating off of con happenings and finally settling on a title for my anthology piece. If you know me, titles are not always something that comes to me. Sometimes it really does take until the whole draft is complete to settle on one. Time crunches, however, are not so kind so I went with my gut in the end and chose WITCH'S HEART. I think it's suiting the direction I'm going with the tale far better than the initial idea of WITCH'S RITE.

Con t...

Hello! How has everyone been? Sorry for not having a blog entry last week - it has been rather busy on my end (in a good way though!). Well, the only blah moment this past week has been my computer acting up, but otherwise yes, things are going pretty well.

I should start with the For Melissa Anthology piece first! I did start with a little chapter just to see how the characters would speak to me and I at least have some sort of premise now compared to before where I only had what the two main...

The world needs a little more Acerola around.

I might be spamming her for a while until Sabaku Con happens next month. I always thought I would do a gijinka ("humanized" Pokemon) as my first Pokemon cosplay, but nope! I play Pokemon Moon/Ultra Moon (the latter is more enjoyable in my honest opinion) and then this little lady snags my interest. She's too cute and an awesome character in general. Acerola is also infamous for doing a little swish movement as she speaks and it is exactly what I do...

Hey everyone! How's everyone doing? I've been adjusting to what will finally be a permanent part-time status at the retail job, woo! I've taken advantage of the time by sneaking in the writing, reading and even a gym grind. I know I said it last time, but I am crazy proud of keeping up the gym trips. I miss my sports days, but I think I'll be even stronger than I was then by the time my year mark going to the gym arrives.

That also means more warrior cosplays. *_* A friend called me "Lady Lega...