Blog Tour: Review ๐ŸŒŸ

A joy to have a great review for my book at Margay Leah Justiceโ€™s blog today!

Hereโ€™s an excerpt of her review.

โ€œThis is probably one of the easiest to follow works on the subject of publishing and I've read a lot on my own path to publishing. It is such a mystifying process and sometimes, you just need it to be simplified in order to understand what, exactly, it is that you are undertaking. Melanie Faith does that in this book and in such a way that you feel like you're having a conversation with a friend not reading a technical manual that's written in another language (as I often have in the past). She uses her own experiences on the journey as a basis for the book, showing you how it can be done, and ends each chapter with exercises to try and give you your own foundationโ€ฆโ€

Read the rest at: Margay Leah Justice [clickety click].

Many thanks to Margay! Write on! ๐Ÿ˜Šโœ๏ธ

Let the Fun Commence! Blog Tour Interview and Win a Copy! ๐Ÿ’Œ๐Ÿ“š

Super excited to launch my WOW! blog tour today for From Promising to Published! ๐Ÿ’—

To get us started, I had the great joy of being interviewed by talented Nicole Pyles at Women on Writing. We dished about many writing topics, including submitting writing more than 1,300 times (aka: perseverance and keeping work in rotation), why I love teaching creative writing and what Iโ€™ve learned from my students, and the road to claiming the title of โ€œwriter.โ€ Read on!

Check it out here: The Muffin interview clickety-click.

Also, after reading the interview, be sure to enter for your chance to win a free copy of my book (entries taken through December 18th) by filling out the Rafflecopter form located after the interview. Good luck! ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ€

Thereโ€™s also a copy up for grabs at The Mommies Reviews between now and December 10th . ๐Ÿ“š

Giveaway: The Mommies Reviews clickety-click!

Exciting Update: Interview๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŽŠ

Recently, I had the great joy to share my thoughts with multitalented author and editor Roz Morris about writing, publishing, books, persistence, a fulfilling artistic life, and so much more: clicky here to dive into the fun.

Be sure to check out Rozโ€™s excellent books, from her riveting, prize-winning novel, Ever Rest, and the many stellar reviews it has gleaned to her wonderful craft books sure to encourage novelists on this writing path.

Also, Roz has a meaningful newsletter, insightful interviews with fellow creatives, and more at her site to motivate and to bring out the very best in your writing.

It's Book Birthday Time! ๐Ÿคฉ

Welcome to the world, From Promising to Published! Super excited for this book birthday, so Iโ€™m burning the midnight oil to ring in publication day. ๐ŸŽ‡๐Ÿ“”

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

Fabulous cover by Jessica Bell at Jessica Bell Design.

Next Week! ๐ŸŽŠ

Just one more week until this little beauty has a book birthday! Canโ€™t wait.๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ“” From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider's Guide to the Publication Process!

Author Interview: I'm Featured Today on Hasty Book List ๐ŸŒž

Iโ€™m thrilled to be the featured author on Hasty Book List today. Check it out! Also, my book was a book feature at the site: ta-da!

Many thanks to the very talented Ashley at Hasty Book List. Check out her awesome Instagram here as well as the work of many talented writers on the Hasty Book List site.

A Five-Star Review Morning (Author Life at Its Best) ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“š

And some days, as an author, you wake to a five-star review from a book reviewer. Woot! @springbrookorbillabong

And then find a second five-star review at your bookโ€™s Amazon page:

โ€œWriting Reference Books? This Book is a Great Guideโ€

โ€œMelanie Faith's Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells is a really interesting and in-depth examination of how to craft a reference book (obviously, it's in the title). As an author myself, I've considered writing a reference book, so I was excited to see what insights Faith had for this type of writing. Although I have not written a reference book yet, I definitely think this book will be very beneficial when I undertake this type of writing project.โ€ โ€”Jason S. Wrench

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