Melissa Maygrove

It's time for another Promo Friday. Today, I'm featuring two ta lented ladies-- Loni Townsend and Elizabeth Seckman .   Cool!  I get to brag on two friends with one po st. :)   Loni Townsend , who recently released This World Bites , ha s been bitten by the publishing bug for sure . Her short story titled Piper i s part of the just-releas ed anthology Of Mist a nd Magic: Really Slow Motion , AND she has a second short story due out in another anthology in early March. Go , Loni!!! : D

Now Available! YA murder mystery...

This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for February. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are: Gwen Gardner, Dolorah,   Sarah Foster, and M. Pax!   Please stop by their blogs and say thank you . With the exception of publishing my debut, this may be the most insecure I've ever been.

I'm happy-dancing this morning. I get to help announce the release of The Seventh Man by my kind, beautiful, and talented friend Lisa Buie-Collard. Congratulations, Lisa! :D If the cover doesn't make you want to immediately read this book, the blurb will!

I've been acquainted with David Powers King for several years. But for most of that time, we ran in different circles and only crossed cyber-paths occasionally. I've gotten to know David better over the last few months (he's a great guy, by the way), and I'm stoked to announce the much-anticipated release of WOVEN by Michael Jensen and David Powers King, published by Scholastic. Two unlikely allies must journey across a kingdom in the hopes of thwarting death itself. All his life, Nels has wanted to be a knight of the kingdom of Avërand. Tall and strong, and with a knack for helping those in need, the people of his sleepy little village have even taken to calling him the Knight of Cobblestown. But that was before Nels died, murdered outside his home by a mysterious figure. Now the young hero has awoken as a ghost, invisible to all around him save one person—his only hope for understanding what happened to him—the kingdom’s heir, Princess Tyra. At ...

One of my favorite writing friends, Loni Townsend, just released the first novella of The Cera Chronicles series, titled This World Bites ! Loni is uber-taleneted. Her stories are full of humor, emotion, interesting characters, and clever descriptions. If you've been wanting to sample her writing, This World Bites is a great choice.

My kids and my laptop are calling me. It's time to take a break. I'm on hiatus until further notice. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!