Author: meltaylor
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Big fish dream.
A few months ago, I had a huge confidence boost to my writing. Then I had this dream. My writer friend James and I (in the dream) were out fishing. […]
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Neophytes and elevator pitches
At a vendor show a few years ago, I had a friend help me booth. Not because book sales were so busy, but because between talking to folks it gets […]
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Got my mojo working!
About two or three years ago, I fell into a black hole with my writing. I don’t really know what triggered it. I just started to feel as if I was […]
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Stories matter.
In trauma therapy yesterday, I quoted Samwise Gamgee. And it made me cry when I said it out loud. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role stories play […]
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Insight and wine.
Over Memorial Day weekend, my bestie and I got together for a walk in the woods and a wine date. We found some morel mushrooms (which were too dry to […]
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Ghosts.
I do believe in them. I understand if you don’t, I don’t think less of you for it. When my sister and I were kids, we lived in a nice […]
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Fiction in a Flash: Los Muertos
This is the last story for my September Patreon drive! If you’ve been enjoying my stories, you can either support me monthly at patreon.com/melodytaylor, or you can leave me a […]
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Fiction in a Flash: Feel Better
I’m running a Patreon drive in the month of September! Every Monday, I’m sending out a new short story that I wrote based on suggestions my patrons have made. You […]
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Fiction in a Flash: Sugar
I am running a Patreon drive in the month of September! Every Monday in September, I’ll write a short story based on suggestions from my patrons! You can toss some […]
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Fiction in a Flash: Mothman vs. Invisible Vampire Cat
I am running a patron drive in the month of September! The subjects of this story were submitted to me by people on my Patreon account, patreon.com/melodytaylor. 2 dollahs makes […]
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