Mondays are a Mother
My house is quiet, and I'm not sure what to do with myself without the constant refrain that has haunted my entire summer: My kids are...
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melissaolthoff4
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Second Place!!
Baen announced the winners of the annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Contest today!! Huge congrats to A.A. Nour for taking the top...
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melissaolthoff4
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Pandemonium and Umbrellas!!
PRIVATEERS & PANDEMONIUM, the third book in the Salvage Treasure trilogy, is out in the wild!! Will our heroes defeat the worst pirate in...
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melissaolthoff4
Jul 17, 20233 min read
Imaginarium AAR and Privateers Release Week!!
Imaginarium was a good time for CKP, and Nick and I in particular. My evil twin won Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year for...
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melissaolthoff4
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Imaginarium Week!!
On Friday, I'll be heading up to Louisville, Kentucky for the tenth anniversary of Imaginarium, a convention for authors, filmmakers,...
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melissaolthoff4
Jul 3, 20233 min read
Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Finalist!!
I've started and rewritten this sentence eight times. I give up on being clever, I'm too freaking excited for clever. We're going to go...
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melissaolthoff4
Jun 27, 20236 min read
LibertyCon AAR!!
For those few of you who don't know what LibertyCon is, it's only the most amazing literary science fiction and fantasy convention ever!!...
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melissaolthoff4
Jun 19, 20232 min read
LibertyCon Week!!
I leave for LibertyCon, one of the best, awesomest, most amazingly fun cons in three days. Have I packed? Have I finished shopping? Have...
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melissaolthoff4
Jun 12, 20232 min read
From Salvage Bunnies to 4HU Ducks
I said what I said! While everyone else is fighting over cool, tough nicknames like Honey Badger, I'm over here with my Salvage Bunny,...
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melissaolthoff4
Jun 5, 20232 min read
A Pirate's Life for Maddy!!
Avast ye scurvy dogs!! Pirate Queen Maddy has declared that Mondays are perfect for payback. As in PIRATES & PAYBACK, book two of space...
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melissaolthoff4
May 29, 20231 min read
Memorial Day
Hey folks. This post is going to be short and, well . . . short. Today isn't for veterans. It isn't for those who are actively serving....
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melissaolthoff4
May 22, 20232 min read
Orange Tags and Mayhem FTW!!
Awww yeah!! We Dare: Old Age and Treachery is kicking some serious butt. We snagged not one but TWO orange tags, with a #1 New Release on...
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melissaolthoff4
May 15, 20232 min read
Old Age and Treachery
This Friday is the release of what's possibly the last of the We Dare Anthologies. This is the second time I've been asked to contribute...
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melissaolthoff4
May 8, 20232 min read
Running Around Like A Headless Duck
Why a duck and not a chicken? Trust me, it'll make sense eventually, just keep reading. Oh man, the last two weeks have been insanely...
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melissaolthoff4
May 1, 20232 min read
All the Gratitude and a Cover Reveal!!
Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who bought, read, reviewed, and shared Hunters & Hijinks!! Space hyena world domination is off...
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melissaolthoff4
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Space Hyenas and International Awesomeness
Holy crap ya'll - I've got a double release this week!! Did I realize I had a double release until about five minutes ago? No. No, I did...
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melissaolthoff4
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Hunters & Hijinks eARC Out in the Wild!
Normally, this is the point where I start getting nervous for a new release. Early readers have the eARC (electronic Advance Reader...
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melissaolthoff4
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Laptop Woes and Monday Misfortunes
My laptop is possessed by demons from the seventh circle of hell. Apple forced me to update the OS a few weeks back, and I think maybe...
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melissaolthoff4
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Salvage Bunny 2 Out in the Wild!!
Knightfall Under Keros launched last Friday, 31 Mar, and hoooooo buddy was that one freaking AWESOME day!! Knightfall reached #2 on...
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melissaolthoff4
Mar 27, 20236 min read
Knightfall Under Keros Release Week and FantaSci AAR!!
Knightfall Under Keros, AKA Salvage Bunny 2, comes out this Friday, 31 March!! All the excitement, all the squealing!! I had two folks...
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