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Melissa Senate's Interests
General
Being with my great kid; getting used to living in what still feels like a state park to me; reading; movies; good and bad TV; the very necessary moms nights out
Music
Why oh why do I find myself listening to a lot of 70's rock? I suddenly like The Who, and Pink Floyd of all bands. And I'm listening to a lot of Grateful Dead. Very strange. I will always love Bruce, first and foremost. I'm amazed by Sarah McLachlan's voice and wrote my first novel entirely to her Fumblings Towards Ectasy CD. Now I write to Norah Jones a lot. Gillian Welch is great, and I'm crazy about Lucinda Williams. Also love vintage Bee Gees and their SNF CD. I like almost everything on the radio these days. I also have a strange crush on Tom Petty.
Movies
My favorite movie of all time is Annie Hall. Close second is Crossing Delancey. The last movie I saw that I loved like mad was The Station Agent.
Television
Grey's Anatomy (Patrick Dempsey has the best smile I've ever seen); House; What Not To Wear (both versions). I do not know why I watch The Girls Next Door, but I do! I have now seen every Law & Order and SVU re-run so many times that I can't even watch anymore. I love Holly Hunter and just heard she has a new series coming to cable. The Daily Show makes me laugh out loud. Jon Stewart for president!
Books
I love all types of fiction and non-fiction, but especially chick lit and young adult novels (since I write them myself). Some of my favorite books are: Sophie's Choice; A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (the only book that has ever actually made me cry); Anne of Green Gables; Breakfast At Tiffanys; all of Judy Blume's books; Operating Instructions; Bridget Jones's Diary; Tales of the City; The Friends; Bird By Bird; all of Lorrie Moore's short stories; all of Pam Houston's short stories and essays; Slouching Toward Bethlehem; Educating Esme; Pride and Prejudice; Mothers Who Think; Making A Literary Life; Then She Found Me; The Accidental Tourist; Waiting To Exhale; Disappearing Acts; Intepreter of Maladies; everything by Sarah Dessen, but particularly Keeping The Moon and That Summer; The Bitch In The House; Eat, Pray, Love; In Her Shoes; Milkrun; Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend; Pug Hill; How To Sleep With a Movie Star; Tales of a Drama Queen; and anything by Suzanne Finnamore.
Heroes
If I could have lunch with anyone in the world right now, it would be Anne Lamott.
About me: My new novel, QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE MARRYING, has just been published! Available in bookstores and via Amazon (where you can read an excerpt too) and other online retailers. RT Bookclub magazine nicely rated it 4 1/2 stars. Join very different twin sisters Ruby and Stella Miller on their long and bumpy road trip from Maine to Las Vegas, where Ruby may or may not marry her buttoned-up fiance in an Elvis wedding chapel (not if Stella has anything to say about it). For more info, check out my website: melissasenate.com
I'm also the author of:
SEE JANE DATE (the very cute TV movie version is available on DVD!): One woman, lots of bad blind dates.
THE SOLOMON SISTERS WISE UP: Three adult sisters sharing one bedroom?
WHOSE WEDDING IS IT ANYWAY?: A bride-to-be plans her free wedding (no such thing!)
THE BREAKUP CLUB: 4 coworkers talk about their love lives instead of work.
THEODORA TWIST, my first novel for teens!: Teen movie queen moves in with ordinary girl... The trade paperback edition will be published in November! Publishers Weekly says: "Senate sets up a tantalizing premise, and the plot is equally entertaining."
LOVE YOU TO DEATH, a fun mystery about a woman whose worst ex-boyfriends are on someone's hit list. Hot Portland (Maine, not Oregon!) police detective thinks that someone is Abby herself). "Readers will cheer Abby every step of the way as she tries to clear her name and find her prince for whom her glass slipper will finally fit." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
Check out my essays in these two anthologies:
--IT'S A WONDERFUL LIE: 26 Truths About Life In Your Twenties.
--EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING A GIRL I LEARNED FROM JUDY BLUME
Next up from me: a new novel, about half-sisters meeting for the first time, and my second novel for teens. Coming late 09 and/or early 2010 (does that look odd or what?)
I'm a former book editor (romance novels and young adult) turned full-time writer who lives on the southern coast of Maine, and I have an adorable six-year-old son and two witchy black cats.
Check out my website: ..melissasenate.com..
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Who I'd like to meet: I'd love to hear from readers and writers!
Read it, loved it, when's the next one? hehehehe Seriously, I enjoyed it a lot. It was a "one sitting read". I even fought the dog off my face just to finish it. ;)
Hello there my new friend! Please take a minute out to look at my new website www. novel-storm. com for authors and artists. It would be fantastic if you like it enough to register which is FREE and very quick to do so. Even better if you would like to submit some material or read what we already have on the site and leave some comments in the forum. Ilook forward to seeing you there!
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Darius Markum, a man Cheri London meets online, agrees to help her conceive a child she wants. Darius sets out to win Cheri's wary heart, but before they can meet, she's injured and a rescuer named Allen comes to her aid. After a night of passion, Cheri returns home without meeting Darius, until she discovers Darius and Allen... [Erotic Contemporary]
Dear Melissa, Thank you so much for adding me to your circle of friends. You have a great space it’s very warm and inviting with a lot of amazing information. I look forward to our friendship.
I would like to introduce myself and tell you about my new book… I am author, speaker, therapist, coach and humanitarian, has lived a life that is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit, which is brilliantly captured in my Best-selling memoir, Pursuit of Light, An Extraordinary Journey. For over thirty years I have helped and inspired thousands of people to move beyond their personal challenges in order to explore and embrace the possibilities in their own lives. I have spoken at venues from Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York, to Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. I have a regular contributor to Global Woman Magazine and have been featured on numerous television shows including a special segment on her life and work on NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and a nationally televised documentary. PURSUIT OF LIGHT “…Heartless as this may sound, it really doesn’t matter how difficult personal backgrounds and situations may have been or may still be. The facts surrounding us don’t have to change in order for us to embrace…the peace that is inherent within us…Personal reality is crated by personal attitude. Bottom line? Attitude-the way we frame the conversations in our head- is everything.” Sandy Brewer, from PURSUIT OF LIGHT With love and light, Sandy Brewer www. pursuitoflight. com
"Unconventional is a wonderful story full of heart, humor, and what it means to truly be successful. An A+ novel for the keeper shelf. " - Gemma Halliday, award-winning author
