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Melissa M. Frye

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in Fayetteville, Arkansas, The United States

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http://www.melissamfrye.com

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Fiction, Poetry

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December 2008

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Arkansas native, Melissa M. Frye, is a writer and poet who has spent the majority of her adult life studying the writing craft. She started with book reviews for AOL, but her first real writing gig was a weekly movie review column in the local newspaper.

Since then, she’s won the Poet Laureate Award from the Ozark Creative Writers Conference and placed second for the Sharp Award during the PRA Poetry Day celebrations.

Melissa now uses her life experiences to craft realistic fiction novels. Though she loves to laugh, her stories tend to show the darker side of life. What else should one expect from a writer who battles depression?

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Average rating: 4.13 · 8 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Miltonia Butterflies 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

tags: humor, wit

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“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: insanity, love, marriage

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

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“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: books, castle, self

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message 4: by Melissa

Dec 31, 2008 07:55PM

Hi Margaret, I look forward to sharing book recommendations. :)

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message 3: by Margaret

Dec 31, 2008 12:06PM

Hi Missy, thanks for the friend add. Always glad to know more people who like things I like. *grin*

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message 2: by Melissa

Dec 29, 2008 07:04PM

Hi Michelle,

Right now, fantasy is my favorite genre. I like everything though. Biographies, romance, thrillers, mystery and teen fiction all appeal to me; it's my mood that determines what I pick up at any given time.

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message 1: by Michelle

Dec 29, 2008 06:00PM