The Writing Life of Melanie Cole

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is whimsical . If you'd like to learn mor...

This is the last month of my mentorship. I have only four weeks left to pick the brain of my mentor and absorb every ounce of her wisdom tha...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. BY GRAND CENTRAL STATION I SAT DOWN AND WEPT by Elizabeth Smart   I ...

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is companion . If you'd like to learn mor...

You might have noticed (at least I'm hoping you did) that I didn't post anything for Five Sentence Fiction Friday and nothing for Mo...

There's nothing quite like coming home from a long day and finding a summons for jury duty in your mail box. If I had to equate it to so...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. DAD IS FAT by Jim Gaffigan   What's not to love about a humorous m...

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is lucky . If you'd like to learn more ab...

A funny thing happened this past week while I was sick. You might remember it from last Wednesday's blog post. Because I was sick and mi...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. CALLING ME HOME by Julie Kibler   Isabelle and Dorrie are unlikely f...

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is furious . If you'd like to learn more ...

Today's post will be short. Why? Because I'm sick. I made it through this entire winter thus far without a single cold, and I think ...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. JOYLAND by Stephen King   You know whenever you want a good read, it...

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction Friday. This week's prompt is misunderstanding . If you'd lik...

This week's lesson was about the removal of distractions. During another productive and invigorating session with my mentor, we discusse...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. SPANISH FLY by Will Ferguson   This is a kind of prequel to Happines...

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is sunshine . (As soon as I saw that I though...

We've officially found that point in winter where all hope seems lost and the idea of getting out of bed every morning seems insane. We...

Welcome to Monday and this week's book recommendation. HOLLOW CITY by Ransom Riggs   You might remember my review of MISS P...

Sorry one and all! Unfortunately, this week got away from me and I didn't have time to write any Five Sentence Fiction for yesterday, an...