LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

Abaculus III edited by Danielle Kaheaku


Leucrota Press (trade, 220 pages)

Publication date: November 2009, USA

SF, fantasy and horror stories from Kevin Wallis, Jessica Dall, Josh Alletto, Melissa Carmichael, Brandon Ford, Mark Finnemore, Murphy Edwards, M.D. Maurice, Terry W. Ervin III, Martin Zeigler, Lesley Conner, Robert Essig, R.S. Hunter, Larry Ivkovich, John X. Grey, Shaun Jeffrey, David M. Peak.



This is the first time I've seen my name listed as an author in ABACULUS III. I found the listing on www.sfsite.com/books/.  A pleasant surprise before starting to work on the follow-up to  RAVEN'S TRANSFORMATION.

Later,
Melissa

DESIGNED TO SELL

I'm paying my writing dues. I'm taking the dreaded grammar workshop! I've signed up for a workshop hosted by the grammar divas. Like they said, most people equate taking a grammar class with a root canal.

So why am I torturing myself? Because I want my manuscript to shine like the Michael Jordan's bald head. I want to put the best possible manuscript I can send into the black hole that is called slush pile. And I don't want my editor/agent be moaning rookie mistakes. That's why I have a beta reader, crit partner, writing resource books, read book after book in my chosen genre and take class after class to hone my writing skills.

I sacrifice hours of sleep after working twelve or sixteen hour shifts in pursuit of writing perfection. Or close as I can get.

Later,
Melissa