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An incomplete list of places that have asked me to fill out a customer satisfaction survey or write an online review in the past 6...
Melissa Westemeier
Dec 29, 20245 min read
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Tule's Cozy Mystery Cafe
Features ME today! Check it out!
Melissa Westemeier
Dec 6, 20241 min read
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Grateful
People typically have one of two reactions to Thanksgiving, they're either super excited about the holiday or they're dreading it. I've...
Melissa Westemeier
Nov 25, 20244 min read
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more platform!
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Melissa Westemeier
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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forge
Forge has a couple of meanings. The OG definition refers to forming or shaping metal in a fire or furnace by beating and hammering it. A...
Melissa Westemeier
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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Melissa Westemeier
Oct 25, 20240 min read
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momentum
Our first frost advisory came last night, causing me to cover a bed of newly transplanted strawberries and the huge geranium I haven't...
Melissa Westemeier
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Melissa Westemeier
Oct 8, 20240 min read
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time warp
As previously mentioned, writing a story means focusing on past, present, and future simultaneously. I need to think 'big picture' and...
Melissa Westemeier
Sep 20, 20243 min read
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Join me at the Art Garage
Sunday, Sept. 15 @ 4 A Literary Salon We'll celebrate Agatha Christie's birthday and I'll host a little conversation about how to give a...
Melissa Westemeier
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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overhaul
Working in an environment with more creature comforts and fewer distractions has been amazing.
Melissa Westemeier
Aug 24, 20244 min read
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shedding
In the olden days, I used to write like mad in the summertime and set aside my stories during the school year. When I quit teaching, it...
Melissa Westemeier
Jul 9, 20243 min read
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Melissa Westemeier
Jun 25, 20240 min read
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writers police academy
All fiction writers are making it up as they go along. Some of us shoot for accuracy in the details, others of us fake it all the way....
Melissa Westemeier
Jun 21, 20244 min read
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french polynesia
I joked to my neighbors that anyone staking out my house in May to learn the family schedule would be deeply frustrated because of travel...
Melissa Westemeier
Jun 3, 20248 min read
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Killer Con!
Looking forward to attending the Writer's Police Academy: Killer Con June 6-9
Melissa Westemeier
Jun 1, 20241 min read
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malice domestic 2024
In writing news, I took a 2 month hiatus from writing murder mysteries to work on a different project. I completed 75,000 words in this...
Melissa Westemeier
May 11, 20242 min read
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Malice Domestic 2024
Heading to Bethesda, MD this weekend--hope to meet you at the Women Solving Crime panel this Friday afternoon at 4:00!
Melissa Westemeier
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Now on Book Bub!
You can follow me on Book Bub, a free service that helps you discover books you'll love through unbeatable deals, handpicked...
Melissa Westemeier
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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all clear
(a silly little list of good things) Our driveway, surprisingly, after so much snow. I guess the ground was warm enough to help melt it....
Melissa Westemeier
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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