Melissa Maygrove

   This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for May 2021. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Erika Beebe,   PJ Colando,   Tonja Drecker,   Sadira Stone,   and   Cathrina Constantine! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  I owe you all an apology. 

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for April. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:    PK Hrezo,   Pat Garcia, SE White,   Lisa Buie Collard,   and  Diane Burton! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  My insecurity for this month is that my office is not unpacked yet. I love my new house, but I miss writing.

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for February. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Louise - Fundy Blue ,   Jennifer Lane,   Mary Aalgaard,   Patsy Collins at Womagwriter,   and  Nancy Gideon! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  February 3rd question: Blogging is often more than sharing stories. It's often the start of special friendships and relationships. Have you made any friends through the blogosphere? Heck yeah! Although one of my longest-running friendships came first, before the blogging. I met Carrie Butler on a writer's site when I was looking for a CP. Being a marketing major, she drop-kicked me into  nudged me to start blogging right before one of Rachael Harrie's Platform-Building campaigns. That grew my following fast. 

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for January. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Ronel Janse van Vuuren , J Lenni Dorner,   Gwen Gardner , Sandra Cox,   and   Louise - Fundy Blue! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  Aren't you glad it's FINALLY 2021? I am.  Here's hoping for a better year. January 6 question - Being a writer, when you're reading someone else's work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people's books? Oh my. I almost decided to skip this month's optional question. I'm not sure you will want me to answer. My comments might stir up insecurities rather than calm them. Keep in mind that I freelance as an editor. What makes me good at that makes me a picky reader. Melissa's Naughty List

This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for December 2020. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are:  Pat Garcia, Sylvia Ney, Liesbet @ Roaming About Cathrina Constantine, and Natalie Aguirre! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  December question: Are there months or times of the year that you are more productive with your writing than other months, and why? Yes. Most definitely.

This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for November. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are:  Jemi Fraser,   Kim Lajevardi,   L.G Keltner,   Tyrean Martinson,   and   Rachna Chhabria! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  November 4 question:  Albert Camus once said, “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”  Flannery O’Conner said, “I write to discover what I know.” Authors across time and distance have had many reasons to write.  Why do you write what you write?

Can you believe it's been three years since  FULL DARK was published?  I can't.  Since then, the book has earned several 5-star reviews, gotten a face lift (thank you, Carrie Butler!), and has generated over $200 in donations to the Gary Sinise Foundation . Thank you, readers! To celebrate, we've put the ebook on sale for $1.99. If you've been wanting to add it to your TBR, now's the time. Encourage anyone who enjoys creepy, suspenseful stories to grab a copy soon!