Guest Post: Melissa Lee

Ten Fun Facts About Me by Melissa Lee 

 1. I love Doctor Who. It is my favorite show in the world. I want to be Amy Pond, the current companion and travel through all space and time with the Doctor (and have her legs). If The Earth Painter were made a movie I’d love for Karen Gillan, who plays Amy, to be Holly. 

2. I grew up watching the original Star Trek and had the biggest crush on Mr. Spock. I loved how logical he was. Basically because I’m not and knew I need logic in my life. Then I grew up to marry a man just like Mr. Spock. It shouldn’t work for us but it does…and very well I might add. 

3. I met my Mr. Spock when I was 17. I think YA Paranormal Romance is so popular because being a teen is a magical time anyway. Anything is possible. 

4. My characters like to tell me their stories while I shower. My husband often comes to check on me when I’m in there too long. But when I explain, he leaves saying my shower is already too crowded. Mr. Spock doesn’t know what to think about the people living in my head. LOL 

5. I’m a HUGE C.S. Lewis fan. I’m reading his non-fiction right now. I love A Grief Observed. 

6. I listen to music BEFORE I sit down to write. But I can’t write while listening to music. I will pace and listen to a song to get into the frame of mind of my character. 

7. I’m from Chesnee, SC—the setting of The Earth Painter. 

8. I took drama in high school and sort of found myself that way as a teen. 

 9. The high school in the book was real, but it’s not anymore. 

10. I’m currently finishing up The Man Painter, sequel to The Earth Painter.

The Earth Painter By Melissa Lee 

Genre: Paranormal YA 

 The Sculptor was alone. The world was gray, as it always had been. And then the Sculptor said, “It is time… Time for color, Time for more, The beginning.” With a word, three sculptures became aware. And they needed to paint. There was Ocean, Sky, Land, and Life all painted into place. Then it ended, just as quickly as it started. Then the painters were no longer needed. 

But they were still AWARE...

 And it was in this awareness that the battle began. And continues. When a self-conscious young woman discovers the boy in drama class is actually the immortal who painted the world into being, she becomes the target of another painter who could shatter not only her new sense of hope, but her world, as well.

About the Author

Melissa Lee is a wife and stay- at-home-mom of 3 young boys. She’s been making up stories in her head for as long as she can remember but only got serious about it in 2007, after reading Twilight and rediscovering her own dreams to write. 

 Finally, she put her Journalism degree to use and started writing and hasn’t stopped since. She has studied fiction writing at various conferences, and from numerous writing coaches. 

 She signed her first contract with Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing in 2011.

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