The Beginning

So, here I am, writing my very first blog about my very first attempts at writing.  Yes, thats right.  Writing, i.e. being an author.  Thus far I have written two books and am currently writing the third. None of which are available to be viewed by the public because they are hung up in proof reading.  I clearly do not know how to use punctuation properly, among other things.  Which is funny since I type for a living.  Hopefully some day, over the rainbow, I will be published and all of you can run to the nearest computer and get the latest version of my book(s). 

There may be a few of you who know me, and if so, "Hi!"  but for those of you who do not, you can call me M.L. or Mel if that's easier.  I am a plain girl, perhaps in appearance alone, since I am unique and... might as well call a spade a spade...I am down right weird sometimes.  But people still love me for which I am very blessed.  By day I work at a law firm, rowing the proverbial boat with several others and by night I am a crime fighting member of a super duo...nah, nothing so thrilling...at night I am writing.  

This all started, oh, about twenty four years ago when I met my best friend Stephanie.  And no, it hasn't taken twenty four years to write two and 1/2 books.  Twenty four years ago I met Stephanie after having a personal earthquake in Algebra and we became the best of best sister friends and have been through thick and thin ever since.  During these past many years I have entertained (sometimes to her chagrin because of my need for details, which includes using scraps of paper to draw out locations) with numerous stories and tales that I have dreamt.  Literally dreamt.  We call them 'movie dreams'.  Sometimes they appear in that waking hour when my alarm clock is yelling at me every nine minutes to wake up and I keep telling it to shut up, and sometimes they last a week long.  For years she has encouraged me to write them down, and luckily I did.  But in the summer of 2010 she began to encourage me to write them out in the form of a book.  Something I had never done before.  EVER.  One would think that would be overwhelming, but the weird thing was, it wasn't.  The words just started pouring out of me.  And before I knew it I was obsessed with writing.  So much so, that I bought my very first laptop in February 2011.  Yay me!  After obtaining and getting used to the newly purchased extension of my hands I began to write nightly (where I was only writing on the weekends or Friday afternoons after work.) and Tah Dah! two books later, here I am, writing on the third.

The daunting part is the "fixing" after they have been proof read.  It can be disheartening to see tons of tiny little red marks on a page of your imagination.  But I decided not to let that bother me.  Either I need to hewn up on my grammar or get over it and just fix it.  But that decision took a while to come to me (and many many many pep talks), especially after receiving back two books from two different people who were proof reading them and they were covered with red (and green-one girl uses a green pen) marks.  It looked like the pages had Christmas-pox.  And there they now sit.  I haven't fixed them yet because of a) being disheartened at my lack of grammar skills and the time consuming daunting task at fixing them and b) I am still writing the third book.  I do not have the stomach to switch back and forth between them fixing one, writing one, fixing one, writing one, Egads! that would make me sea sick.   
But I will fix them.  Otherwise what is the point of having proof readers. 
Please everyone who reads this and is an aspiring author,  DO NOT let the task of repairing or fixing your stories, after a proof reader or editor goes over them, tear you down.  It is merely part of the process, and a good part at that.  You want your words to be as clear and as well written as possible before they make it out for public view. 

My favorite authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Stephanie Meyers, Cassandra Clare, PC Cast, Amanda Hocking, Melissa Marr, and so forth.  I tend to lean toward the supernatural/scifi/fantasy type books (and movies and television shows), which leads us to my tales.

I can't just tell you what they are about, but I can give you a hint or two, perhaps three...

Renn and Zeb have been co-workers for the past three years.  Flirting comes naturally for Zeb but he misses his mark when he aims toward Renn, she remains oblivious, even though everyone at their cubical notices.  On a quest for paperclips Renn makes a discovery in the supply room that will send her and Zeb on an adventure that neither thought possible.  They are brought together under circumstances beyond their control, emotions are revealed and Renn's life becomes in danger and it is up to Zeb to figure out what do to to save her. 

and the other...

Ameila had a good life, young, pretty, married to the love of her life, Bass (like the fish).  Her life was going according to plan, she an editor at a popular publishing company and he an award winning actor, that was until the shadows started moving.  She is thrown into a world that she never knew existed and the knowledge of a creature that shouldn't exist. 

I hope you are intrigued....

So, with all of this said.  I hope that over the next little while that you will get to know me and perhaps when these books do become available you might sneak a peek and get one and hopefully enjoy it. 
I look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks! 
M.L.