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Marscon was AMAZING!! So many wonderful, amazing, awesome, amazing, incredibly AMAZING things happened over the weekend that I'm still...
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melissaolthoff4
Jan 72 min read
March is Going to be EPIC!!
Why? Because Salvage Bunny 3, Fallout on Darsaana, comes out March 1!! Guys, I am SO dang excited for you to read this book. I think it's...
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melissaolthoff4
Jan 12 min read
The End for a Year and a Novel!!
That's right! I got to type the best words ever on the last day of 2023 -- THE END!! My goal was to have my 4HU Depik novel draft...
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melissaolthoff4
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Merry Christmas!!
I hope you and yours have a merry Christmas and a fantastic holiday!! And don't worry -- Maddy is too busy sipping caffeinated hot cocoa...
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melissaolthoff4
Dec 17, 20232 min read
The Art of Letting Yourself Fail
Did I write a blog post last week? No, no I did not. I've set a goal to write a weekly blog post, and last week I didn't meet that goal....
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melissaolthoff4
Dec 3, 20232 min read
And I'm Back!!
Whew, NaNoWriMo, AKA November where authors lose their collective sanity and try to write at least 50K or a whole novel, is finally over!...
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melissaolthoff4
Nov 19, 20231 min read
Please Stand By. . .
Caution. NaNoWriMo in progress. Author temporarily unavailable due to insanity. Current word count for the month: 45,000 Only 5K left to...
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melissaolthoff4
Nov 12, 20232 min read
Whoa, We're Halfway There!!
Okay, so we haven't actually reached the halfway point of November yet, but I've officially passed the halfway mark for my NaNoWriMo...
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melissaolthoff4
Nov 6, 20232 min read
We Do This Not Because It's Easy. . .
But because we thought it'd be LOL. Honestly, when I started writing professionally, I had NO idea how much goes on behind the scenes....
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melissaolthoff4
Oct 29, 20233 min read
Writing as a Reward
Like a lot of authors, I set a daily word count goal to help keep me on track with my various projects. It's an easy way to track...
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melissaolthoff4
Oct 22, 20233 min read
Not Your Cup of Tea
I saw some great advice on FB the other day. It boiled down to one simple truth - you can't please everyone. If you try to create...
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melissaolthoff4
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Roadtripping During the Apocalypse
What better way to celebrate the end of the world than to take One Last Road Trip with your friends? In the Last Brigade Universe's...
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melissaolthoff4
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Happy Friday the 13th!!
What's that? Not enough horror on this awesome Friday the 13th in October AND on a solar eclipse? No worries, we've totally got you...
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melissaolthoff4
Oct 1, 20233 min read
SB3 Draft is Done!!
Yesterday, I sent SB3 off to my fabulous, amazing, wonderful, I love them so much, alpha readers (who are also fabulous, amazing,...
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melissaolthoff4
Sep 24, 20232 min read
The Enemy of Good
The other day, I made a somewhat facetious comment on Facebook that I was going to get this SB3 final battle scene right even if it...
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melissaolthoff4
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Procrastitasking
What's procrastitasking you say? That's where writers suddenly develop an interest in dusting or cleaning their house rather than work on...
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melissaolthoff4
Sep 10, 20233 min read
DragonCon AAR
I've been home for five full days now. Five days. And my brain is still spinning with all the awesome, amazing, wonderful, batshit crazy...
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melissaolthoff4
Aug 28, 20231 min read
DragonCon Week!!
Does my brain think I have another week to go before DragonCon? Yes, yes it does. But I leave in two days, so my brain really needs to...
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melissaolthoff4
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Monday Hustle
Some days are busier than others. Mondays are usually the worst, but damn did I get some stuff done today! Even if it felt like I was...
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melissaolthoff4
Aug 16, 20232 min read
Surprise - THE END!!
Okay, so the fact that I typed 'the end' on SB3 was kind of a surprise to me too! I had originally planned a trilogy for the Salvage...
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