Melissa MacVicar's Blog
July 14, 2017
Fire and Fishing on Nantucket
Wednesday July 12, 2017. We didn’t catch anything but still had a blast!
July 2, 2017
Book Signing Today
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I had a blast signing books at Mitchell’s this morning (see my new banner above). Then I went to the beach and had my first swim of the season. Here is a teaser I made for my One Broken Day blog tour coming up in a few weeks. Happy Summer to all!
June 7, 2017
Starswept Cover Reveal
It’s cover reveal day for Starswept by Mary Fan! This sweeping YA sci-fi romance will be released on August 29 by Snowy Wings Publishing. The cover features photography by Roberto Falck, with graphic design by Streetlight Graphics.
Title: Starswept
Author: Mary Fan
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Some melodies reach across the stars.
In 2157, the Adryil—an advanced race of telepathic humanoids—contacted Earth. A century later, 15-year-old violist Iris Lei cons...
June 2, 2017
One Broken Day Blog Tour this Summer
I am excited to announce that YA Bound Book Tours is running a blog tour for One Broken Day this summer. Please sign up below if you are interested in taking part in the tour. BLOG Tour One Broken Day
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May 19, 2017
Review Copies Available
Sage’s Blog Tours is running a review promotion for me. Please click the picture and check it out if you are inclined to review on Amazon.
May 18, 2017
Release Day! The story behind the story.
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I began writing this book a very long time ago—December 2012 to be exact. I don’t usually keep track of dates this closely. I have quite a few stories I have started and stopped, left in word files on my old laptop. Most will never to see the light of day. When I tell my students that I write for enjoyment and sometimes nothing ever happens with it or worse yet, it gets deleted, they are horrified. Why would I do all that WORK for NOTHING!? But that is a story for another post. This post...May 13, 2017
April 8, 2017
Kindle Scout Campaign
My Kindle Scout campaign for One Broken Day is active! Please nominate me if you can. One Broken Day
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February 15, 2017
One Broken Day Cover Reveal
[image error]I am pleased to announce that I will be releasing a new young adult novel in 2017. ONE BROKEN DAY has had many iterations and has been a true labor of love for me since 2014. Happily, I am in the final stages of editing it for publication. When it’s ready, I will be submitting it to an Amazon program called Kindle Scout. More details to come on that later, but for now, please enjoy the awesome cover art by Streetlight Graphics.
April 23, 2016
Our Collective Carpe Diem-Prince Style
Me circa 1992
Confession: I haven’t intentionally listened to a Prince song in years and I don’t think I ever bought one of his albums. When I was a teenager, I thought Prince was a bit too glam rock for me. Don’t get me wrong, I loved his songs. They were wild and quirky and full of amazing lyrics that spoke to me. I just don’t want to portray myself as his biggest fan ever. I was not. When I heard he died on Thursday, I was not overly shocked or even that sad. Everyone dies, right? Rock sta...
