If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

Melissa's debut novel is now available! 'Beginner's Luck' is the first book in the Antiquities Chronicles.

Chancy finds herself in a strange place and deep in debt to a local loan shark. With only twenty-four hours to pay up, she needs money fast—but trying to get it exposes her rare ability to shift luck, and now dangerous factions all over the city won't stop until her magic is under their control.

If she can’t fight back, she'll lose her freedom and become a commodity in this secret world where luck is too valuable, and everything has a price.

To survive, she’ll have to make new allies, embrace her powers, and rise to position. Being lucky isn't enough. Chancy will have to be more.

Beginner's Luck is the action-packed first book in The Antiquities Chronicles urban fantasy series. 

 Kevin's first book, a nonfiction memoir, is available as of April 15, 2026.  One Life One Perspective is delivers readers with a riveting true story of the human will to survive. Kevin takes us back to when he was a young child and learns one late night in a southern Maine hospital that he has childhood leukemia. The rollercoaster of events and experiences that come to pass for Kevin divert him along paths in life that he never could have imagined. Kevin writes vivid descriptions of what it was like battling childhood leukemia, not once but twice, and how it has shaped his outlook in life ever since those early formative years for him. This memoir intertwines tragedy and spirit with kindheartedness and perseverance. One Life One Perspective is the nonfictional telling of one young boy's journey in discovering what really matters most in life.