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It’s been about a year and a half since my last post and things have definitely changed, for the good and for the bad. We’ll start with the bad. Sorry, but this might be a long one. My Mom, who I mentioned in the last post as having dementia, passed away in January after being … Continue reading The Bad & The Good of Life Updates

Happy Thanksgiving (next week)!! To start, apparently, Bublup, the site which I was storing my graphics, decided to move from free storage to paid, so I closed my account. My graphics page is gone for now. While I understand Bublup’s decision, I’m not going to pay for something that is simply basic storage at this … Continue reading Page Updates, Life & Whatnot.

Happy 2021 everyone! There is so much going on in the world right now and I know it’s been 3 years since I’ve posted anything here, but I thought I’d give an update. In February, everyone from my previous website, both for writing and graphics will be here only. I’m streamlining some of my old … Continue reading Happy 2021!

Until October 19th, I am offering a special promotional discount over at Smashwords. For the first 30 people who purchase Unraveled, using the promotional coupon below, your purchase will be FREE. Yes, FREE! Just go to my Unraveled Smashwords page here. The coupon code is clearly visible under BUY WITH COUPON. Don’t miss this opportunity … Continue reading Special Promotional Offer

It’s finally here! Unraveled is up on Amazon. Here is the link to the book. I will work on getting it up on Smashwords in a few days and also on Paperbook, though the file is being a pain.  I hope you enjoy it and please take time to leave a review and SPREAD THE … Continue reading Unraveled is HERE!

Can I just start off by saying “WHUUUUTTT????” It’s insane just how hard it is to STILL format book files for Kindle and for paperback on Amazon. I thought after so many years of not publishing, they would improve their methods, but no. Not by much. I’m still having to upload/reupload/scream/reupload/cry/reupload/pray/reupload and I’m still not … Continue reading Unraveled Information & Cover

I came here all excited to say that the pre-release book reviews were in and it would only be a few days before I would have the new book out on Kindle. Of course that gets pushed to the side as everyone (including me) is focused on what happened in Las Vegas last night. My … Continue reading A New Week in a New Month

Editing status update: Editor returned proof with notes and revisions. Updating and reviewing her critique. This is the first time I’ve used her and I like her style and her attention to detail. This should take another week or so of polishing before I sent it off for reviews, blogs, etc. Meanwhile, here is a … Continue reading Cover Preview – Unraveled

I sincerely apologize for not having this up yesterday, but you know, RL and all that craziness. Here is a preview. It’s the best I could find without giving anything away. This is a paranormal mystery. Unraveled ©2017 Melissa R. Smith PREVIEW ———————————————- The explosion echoed through the hallway, breaking the mid-morning quiet. It brought everyone from their offices, straight toward the conference room at the end of the long hall. When the door opened, thick white smoke flooded the corridor and caused everyone within range to gasp and cough. What was inside was worse. Piles of dingy, gray dust were on the floor just behind the long, rectangular conference table. The remains of Sanguines. Even more of the powdery substance covered the front…

The book that’s been hanging around me like a crazy bloodsucking noose is DONE! All 101,3026 words! It goes off to an editor for full tearing apart, and in about a month, it will be ready for Amazon. Geez, why all of a sudden am I scared? Because I haven’t published anything since the dinosaurs died and I have no clue if there is anyone left out there that remembers me? Yep. But, I’m gonna publish it and book two is being laid out now – about 35 pages in. Let’s hope that all the delays and re-reads and re-re-re writes makes this book worth something and MAYBE there won’t be that much of a delay with the next one. Another goal – redoing…