Melissa Charles author

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  • Revisions, Plotting, and Tickets

    The progress on the current novel or WIP (Work In Progress) aka ms (short for manuscript) continues. Sort of. I’ve handed in the most recent round of revisions, and now will find something else to do until I hear back from my agent. For me, I’m gonna hang out with the Minions, probably watch a…

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  • Scaring A Normie

    I often describe our family as the not-wealthy, Canadian version of the Addams family. It’s a short form that most folks instantly understand, and is more accurate than anything else I’ve been able to come up with. I genuinely wish we had the house, to be honest. There’s something about the Victorian style houses that…

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  • Bye Bye Bessie & Other Chaos Pt 2

    If you haven’t read part one, you can find it here So. We had a new vehicle, finally, and were on our way to purchase a new washer and dryer at a local store. I’d reviewed everything online, knew what set we wanted, and we strode in, ready to drop a chunk o’change on a…

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  • Bye Bye, Bessie & Other Chaos

    To be honest, the entire month of July had me wanting to pull a blanket up over my head and hide under my desk for days at a time. The first issue is our Bessie. Allow me to reassure folks that Bessie is not a person or pet. Bessie is our well loved van. I…

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  • Sh!t People Say To Authors

    One of the hazards of being an author, other than potentially getting yourself on a list somewhere due to your internet search history (seriously, it’s for a BOOK), is the weird things people say when they discover you’re a writer. “I would write a book, but I don’t have the time.” This doesn’t sound like…

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  • Idioms, Not Idiots

    In our family, The Husband and I take turns reading bedtime stories to the Littles, who aren’t as little as they used to be, but are still willing to be read to. Right now, they like old Garfield comics. Since I’ve already read ALL the Captain Underpants books and ALL the spinoffs multiple times, it’s…

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