May 14, 2015
My muse is an elusive thing. Sometimes it swells my chest and comes out through my fingertips, but most of the time, it stays locked in […]
April 28, 2015
A WORK OF ART is a first-person narrative, but the main character’s flashbacks are told in third person. This was a deliberate choice on my part […]
April 5, 2015
I remember studying symbolism in high school after reading a short story called “The White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett. The story is filled with symbolism, […]
March 30, 2015
Girls In Capes Interview with Melody Maysonet, author of A WORK OF ART girlsincapes.com Cynsations New Voice—An Interview with Melody Maysonet on A Work of Art […]
March 22, 2015
For the teen art contest at my book-launch party, I asked teens to draw or paint one of two things: (1) A self-portrait. One of the […]
March 21, 2015
Book party, or no book party? That was the question three months ago, mostly because it felt a bit egocentric to throw a party for myself. […]
March 18, 2015
Today, I’m feeling pretty lucky. Aside from the fact that I have a wonderful family and that we’re all in reasonably good health, March 18, 2015, […]
March 14, 2015
When I last left off in Part 2, I was jumping up and down (in my head) because A Work of Art was chosen as the […]
March 10, 2015
When I last left off (click here to read Part 1), I had received my first book review for A Work of Art—a starred review from […]
March 4, 2015
Yay! I’m having a book launch party! I wasn’t sure I was going to because throwing a book-launch party feels kind of like throwing a party […]
March 2, 2015
With less than three weeks before the release date of my debut YA novel (A Work of Art, Merit Press), I thought I’d start blogging about […]
February 1, 2015
Some people see writing as an outpouring of words. The Muse visits, and words appear on the page. Not for me. My writing is more of […]