Melissa Maygrove

H. R. Sinclair was kind enough to mention my new release on her blog. Please visit and   show her some blog love . :)

I'm just popping onto the blog to announce...  * cue fireworks & streamers *   Battered Pride  is published!   This enemies-to-lovers romance is available on Amazon  in paperback, e-book, and via Kindle Unlimited. Elizabeth Seckman gave my new book a shoutout today.  Please visit and show her some blog love . :)

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for October 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Nancy Gideon,   Jennifer Lane, Jacqui Murray  & Natalie Aguirre! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 I've got news! But first, this month's question... Ghost stories fit right in during this month. What's your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends chills up your spine. I don't read or watch much scary stuff, because I don't enjoy being scared. If a movie is dark with things jumping out and startling me, I'll shut it off. In 1979, there was a movie titled When a Stranger Calls that creeped anyone of babysitting age the heck out. This was in the days of landlines, when many phones were still rotary dial. It's not a ghost story, but I'd have to list it as my scariest. In keeping with the Halloween theme... This month is the 7th anniversary of FULL DARK: A Benefit Anthology ! This collecti

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for September 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:    Beth Camp, Jean Davis, Yvonne Ventresca,  &  PJ Colando! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 I originally planned to post links to some of my past blog posts on the craft for IWSG, but after reading this month's question, I decided to do both. September's question:  Since it's back to school time, let's talk English class. What's a writing rule you learned in school that messed you up as a writer? Hm... 'Sentence fragments are not acceptable.' Other than that and generally writing in a more formal, flowery way, English class didn't hurt my writing. It gave me skills that have allowed me to write professionally and freelance as an editor. The way English class - and school in general - harmed me most was forcing me to read boring stuff for assignments. It turned me off to reading for decades. I didn't bec

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for August 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Feather Stone, Kim Lajevardi,   Diedre Knight, C. Lee McKenzie,   and Sarah - The Faux Fountain Pen! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 Because AI has become such a divisive topic - to a level that authors' careers are being harmed over the mere suspicion of its use - I have decided to skip this month's question.  I haven't been the victim of any attacks that I'm aware of, and I don't use AI to make my covers or write my books, but Id rather err on the side of not making myself a target. On a brighter note, going part time at my job has paid off. 😊 I finished the first draft of the next book in my western series. Now the editing begins. Fun, fun. Not. (Actually, it is kind of fun to see the whole thing finally come together.) I'm reviving my Street Team . If you or anyone you know is interested in joining, please  fill ou

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for July 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  JS Pailly, Rebecca Douglass,   Pat Garcia, Louise-Fundy Blue,   & Natalie Aguirre! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 I waited until the last minute to write this post, hoping I might have a release date for my next book to shout about. Unfortunately I don't. But I have made progress on it since going part time last month. I like July's question. I'm excited to see what others use and recommend! July 3 question - What are your favorite writing processors (e.g. Word, Scrivener, yWriter, Dabble), apps, software, and tools? Why do you recommend them? And which one is your all time favorite that you cannot live without and use daily or at least whenever you write? I'm old school. I still use Word for most everything.  I make a document with images of my MCs and main supporting characters, including basic info about each person.  Ne