Dear friends, Itโs been a while since I was able to check in and give you an update. This is one of the most challenging things that I ever wrote, because the past months have been very difficult for me. My father was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of November, so the holidays … Continue reading The good, the bad, and the ugly
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Killer Score won a RONE Award!
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฃ๐ฟโ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ป๐ป. … Continue reading Killer Score won a RONE Award!
AUTHENTICITY IN CRIME FICTION: “A PLOT DOESNโT NEED TO BE POSSIBLE; IT NEEDS TO BE PLAUSIBLE.”
Most of us read fiction books to escape into new and exciting worlds from the comfort of our own homes. We love following great detectives or private eyes as they connect clues, and we love to hate most of the villains that skilled writers portray in their books. Being part of the chase and trying … Continue reading AUTHENTICITY IN CRIME FICTION: “A PLOT DOESNโT NEED TO BE POSSIBLE; IT NEEDS TO BE PLAUSIBLE.”
โ๏ธ Something special for Saint Patrickโs Day! โ๏ธ
Saint Patrickโs Day is by far the most famous Irish holiday, and it has come to be celebrated all over the world. Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary whose name marks the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Today, he is the foremost patron saint of Ireland. On March 17 many people across the … Continue reading โ๏ธ Something special for Saint Patrickโs Day! โ๏ธ
One step into hell โ researching and writing about crime ๐ต
As an author who started her career by writing romantic comedies, the transition to weaving mysteries and thrillers is as difficult as itโs interesting. I wonโt lie to you, my research into crime psychology took me to some very dark places, but itโs both fascinating and horrifying to see what makes people tick. Of course, … Continue reading One step into hell โ researching and writing about crime ๐ต
A Colt is born
Or simply a new pen name, a new identity, a new beginning. Many of you know me as Melinda De Ross, writer of quirky romantic comedy and tension-filled romantic suspense. But like many of my favorite authors and role models, including Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Loreth Anne White, and others, I feel itโs time to … Continue reading A Colt is born
Melinda Colt 