Blog Tour: 2 Reviews 🌟

So happy to have two wonderful new reviews of my book, From Promising to Published!

Check out this review from Glenda at The Mommies Reviews: clickety-click.

Along with this review from Beverley A. Baird: clickety-click.

Many thanks to Glenda and Beverley! Check out more at: http://www.themommiesreviews.com/ and https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/.

Blog Tour: Article--"7 Surefire Tips For Writing Author Bios With Personality And Heart"🌟

Super excited that my book tour stops today at Mindy McGinnis’ blog today and features my writing craft article with tips for crafting a meaningful author bio [clickety-click below to read]:

7 Surefire Tips For Writing Author Bios With Personality And Heart

Many thanks to Mindy! Check out Mindy’s awesome YA books, podcast, and editorial services while you’re there.

Blog Tour: Review at Naomi Nakashima's helpmenaomi.com 🌟

Pleased to have this wonderful review of my book, From Promising to Published at helpmenaomi.com: clickety-click!

An excerpt: “From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith has landed a permanent place on my bookshelf and will be one of the top books I recommend to my clients who are looking for advice on how to get their book out there.”

Read the rest at: helpmenaomi.com. Also, check out Naomi’s editing and ghostwriting services and her book about self-publishing.

Blog Tour: Review at Elle Backenstoe 🌟

An excerpt of the review: “The clear and concise writing is peppered with humor, making this an enjoyable, yet informative read that many will find easy to understand and apply to their own lives. I’m so glad to have found From Promising To Published at such an early point in my writing career. I know that this information will have a positive impact on my publishing plans and highly recommend this book for any who plan to publish (or already have).”

Read the rest at: Elle Backenstoe’s blog. Learn more about Elle and her forthcoming book here and here. Many thanks, Elle!

Blog Tour: Review at Author Anthony Avina's Blog🌟

Thrilled to have my book, From Promising to Published, reviewed today at Author Anthony Avina’s book blog: clickety-click!

An excerpt from the review: “Honest, thought-provoking, and engaging, author Melanie Faith’s ‘From Promising to Published’ is a must-read guide and reference book on the publishing process for authors. The knowledge the reader is able to glean from this book and the writing style will allow readers to return to this book time and time again and keeps authors invested in learning the process of getting their work published in a cohesive way.”

Many thanks to Anthony!😊 Check out his awesome Nightmare Academy series, Identity, the Nightmare Wars Series, as well as his Cosmic Writing Studios which offers proofreading, beta reading, ghostwriting, editing services and more!

Anthony also left his wonderful review at Bookbub and Amazon. If you love books and interacting with authors and/or fellow readers, I’d highly recommend sharing your book reviews at both sites, along with joining the community at Goodreads.

Blog Tour: Tour Stop at A Storybook World 🌟

So pleased to have From Promising to Published on spotlight today at A Storybook World: clickety-click.

Shout-out and thanks to talented Deirdra Eden.

Check out her workbook: Time Management for Creative People.

Blog Tour: "4 Tips for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome"

Thrilled to get to share my guest-blog article, 4 Tips for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome as the next stop of my blog tour at Michelle Cornish’s blog.

An excerpt: “Have you ever gotten praise for your writing but still felt it wasn’t good enough? Or gotten published and started to doubt if you’ll ever write anything publishable again? Or felt that the first story or poem or book was just a fluke?

It’s common for writers to experience imposter syndrome multiple times in our lives. Often, just when we’re advancing in our abilities, that doubtful voice rears up.

It’s understandable that confidence in our writing projects, and in ourselves, comes and goes, since we writers are sensitive people who create art. Still, there are things we can do to silence the not-good-enoughs.

Keep something for yourself."

Read the rest, along with a recent writing mix-tape list I compiled, at: “4 Tips for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Many thanks to multitalented Michelle Cornish! Check out her awesome books and wonderful classes.

"Take a Break" Word-Art Doodle ✍️

I haven’t shared one of my doodles in a while, and this rushed season seemed like the perfect time to post this one.

Whether it’s a fifteen-minute tea or coffee break; an hour with a book; a week off from work; or an afternoon of baking, or streaming movies, or catching a nap, or writing, I hope you also put a thing (or ten) on pause to savor a little break. You deserve it!

Here’s my initial doodle (using pencil and fine-line black pen) from my sketch pad. Yep, I also used crayons on this one. You’ll notice some pencil marks here and there that I didn’t erase well enough (oopsy!) and that the curve of my T and my second line’s k got some extra ink that was inadvertent. Handmade things are perfectly imperfect this way. 😁

Then, I scanned the initial doodle, cropped it, and experimented with adding filters for the background and the doodle itself.

Blog Tour: Review at The Faerie Review 🧚‍♀️

Excited to have a review of my book, From Promising to Published, today at my next book-blog tour stop, The Faerie Review.

An excerpt of the 5-star review: “If you want a guide that’s easy to read, with anecdotes from the author, and exercises sprinkled throughout, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for. Faith walks the line between too broad and too specific in this guide, and does a great job of making everything relatable.”

Many thanks to The Faerie Review! Read the rest of the review at: clickety-click.

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