My Food-Themed Microfiction, "Sunday Dinner," Published Today! 🍋

Super excited that my flash story, “Sunday Dinner,” was featured today at 50 Give or Take. Story No. 582! Woot! Subscribe (it’s free and fun) to give it a read and to get wonderful microfiction delivered to your inbox each day for reading and writing inspiration.

I also enjoyed writing a new one-sentence bio to keep it fresh and accompany my story: “Melanie Faith is a night-owl writer and editor who often moves through the daytime world with her camera and heart-shaped, leopard-print sunglasses.” 😎

Have some 50-word stories or wanna write one? Submissions currently open (details below):

Fifty Give or Take

To microfiction in its storytelling power! #smallbutmighty

Photo courtesy of Marina Grynykha on Unsplash.

It's Book Birthday Time! 🤩

Welcome to the world, From Promising to Published! Super excited for this book birthday, so I’m burning the midnight oil to ring in publication day. 🎇📔

Get your copy at Vine Leaves Press, Amazon, or my Etsy shop for signed copies.

Fabulous cover by Jessica Bell at Jessica Bell Design.

Project Reveal! 🎊

I’ve been collaborating with uber-talented Jessie Carty on this very fun interactive learning game with a creative writing theme, and the project is all set for writers, teachers, creative folks, and learners to enjoy.

Ta-da!

I highly recommend Jessie for taking a concept and developing it into an imaginative and meaningful project that combines her fabulous tech skills with content in an engaging way. Whether you’re in writing, education, or both, if you’re interested in developing an idea in a new direction for online media, Jessie Carty has got so much to offer to make your project shine! Contact her via LinkedIn or Facebook.

Next Week! 🎊

Just one more week until this little beauty has a book birthday! Can’t wait.🎊📔 From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider's Guide to the Publication Process!

Happy National Poetry Month! 🎉

Happy National Poetry Month! Excited to take part in @_jessicabates "buy nothing Poetry Month snail mail challenge." #buynothingpoetrymonthsnailmail

To poetry and sharing this April!

One Week Until My Next Book Birthday & Signed Copies Available! 🎉

Just one week to go until this beauty drops. Woot! I had to break out the red lipstick today to celebrate.

Order today at Amazon: clickety-click!

Signed copies also available at WritePathProductions, my Etsy shop. Ta-da!

More details about the book:

Ever wanted to write a nonfiction reference book? Curious about how to organize and develop your topic into an inviting, easy-to-use manuscript? Look no further!

Packed with tips, this book will walk you through insights into planning, writing, editing, pre-publication, and marketing your reference book, from pre-writing to post-publication.

To sweeten the day even more, my box of copies arrived from my awesome publisher, Vine Leaves Press, and I got to hold my first printed copies of my May-releasing book, From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider’s Guide to the Publication Process. Pre-order now open for this charming new addition to my book family.

A double delight, so I had to share. 😊📚 #authorlife

One Month to Go! 🎊

Just one more month until my next book birthday @vine_leaves_press! Woot! 🎂🎯 Pre-order your copy of Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells at Amazon.

Upcoming Writing Class: Food Writing! 🍓

Who doesn’t love food?! 🥕🥔🥑

But what, exactly, is food writing?

It includes a diverse multitude of writing projects and styles to savor, including (but not limited to):

*fiction

*memoir

*review

*personal essay

*free-verse

*flash

*blog

*graphic novel

*recipe and/or cookbook

*haiku

No previous cooking or restaurant experience necessary for the class. If you relish words and the flavors of fabulous food (and haven’t we all?😋), this class welcomes you.

Join the nourishing fun in my next online writing class: Food Writing for Fun and Profit.

Starts: Friday, April 8, 2022. Sign-ups open now!

Writing Prompt with a Quote in It

Ever since I read this quote earlier this week, I’ve been thinking that it would make a perfect prompt for creating a character or journaling. 📝🍵

Updates on the Writing It Real Series 🎉

🎉Just one more month until my book birthday @vine_leaves_press for Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit! Can't wait! Preorder today at Amazon.

It's even more awesome in person! 📕🎉@vine_leaves_press That holding the first printed copies feeling: priceless. Props to my amazing cover designer @jessicabelldesign . Couldn't resist sharing this moment with all of you. Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells has a book birthday in April, and it's available for preorder now at Amazon.