Southern Fried Chicas

I’ve been blog hopping and many times I’ve had to step back and think about my answer. There seems to be a split in what Author Melissa thinks/feels and what the Reader Melissa thinks/feels. Sometimes the answers can be polar opposite of each other and I do, in fact, feel like two people.
Are authors entitled [...]

I had another post written but then I watched this video from Elizabeth Gilbert. I didn’t read Eat. Pry. Love. but when I get the money I’m definitely picking it up now. She talked about people approaching her and asking “Aren’t you scared you’ll never write anything as succssful?” and how she dealt with those [...]

Some things just become iconic in one’s life. In many ways for my mother it’s Barry White. The only other person who could have mourned his death more are actually family members. Oh, I’m not even going to mention Designing Women i.e. Julia Sugarbaker. Or, dear goodness, under the pain and torture would I expound [...]

The banning of Buffy started slowly in my home. (Oh, you thought it was another b-word?) I never watched the show when it was actually on t.v. My first viewing of Buffy happened in 2008 during NaNo. I needed to know how believable a young teenage girl could be when the weight of saving the [...]

Hi, my name is Melissa Blue and I’m obsessive. Last year, during NaNo, it worked to my advantage. I wrote 50,000 words in 16 days. I waited another week and picked up my winner certificate. I gloated and preened.
Ok. Not exactly in that order. First my brains leaked out of my ears. I slept for [...]