Contact me:  melissa.a.sell@gmail.com

A lot of things have happened in 2020 and I want my future writing to be more plugged into the pulse of America.

I would say that the thing that I found most helpful was the mere fact of reading broadly and understanding and identifying what I liked and

I am currently working on a sequel to Where Shadows Lie, that picks off right where it left off. I am also working on a series of Fae Romanc

I enjoy placing little tidbits to old movies and old books in my stories. You could literally play “spot the reference” while reading.

I didn't much like the first books I've read by Kevin J. Anderson. Then I watched some interviews with him and decided to try his other stuf

The Dungeon Alaria series was designed to interact with another story, that interaction is now done so I wanted something to differentiate t

Anakin Skywalker. People criticize him or his actor, Hayden Christensen, but I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Jedi hero who turns evil to sav

He was born somewhere in Texas when a rip in space/time opened a dimensional rift that nearly wiped out all of humanity.

In his spare time, he writes a blog to share his love of the fantasy and science fiction genres in novels, films, comics, games, and anime.

It was really my subconscious hating my current storyline and objecting. It was all for the best.

I once heard John Irving speak at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was fascinating. The one thing I took away from him was when he said

There are lots of little bits that I really love, like the strange future food, or naming random things after stuff from Lovecraft and Poe. 

Mark Johnson lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his coffee machine, his wife, and two children. He traveled, then worked as a high...

Anyone that knows me knows that orcs are my favorite fantasy creature. There has always been something about them that resonated with me.

I started writing just over ten years ago and jumped straight into fantasy and haven't left the genre.