They Picked Me!!!
Dearest Lovelies - This is BIG. That's what my editor tells me. She was nearly teary when she told me that of all the books coming out in...
Melissa A. Bond
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melissabondwriter
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Joy is the Attention
Dear lovelies - It's gratitude day and week and month and tomorrow we FEAST! And by way of thanksgiving I wanted to say a few words about...
melissabondwriter
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
What it's Like Writing Something So Personal
Hey Lovelies – It's been a tough week—distress and fear were raging like pre-teen hormones throughout the house, and me and the kids felt...
melissabondwriter
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Publishing Your Book: Because You Must
I wrote most of Blood Orange Night on my red couch or at this desk. I bought the couch and the desk from some Russian immigrants living...
melissabondwriter
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Publishing Your Book: BURN THE BOATS
Dear lovelies – As many of you know I’m getting my first book, Blood Orange Night, published in June 2022. While part of me feels all...
melissabondwriter
- Jul 10, 2021
- 4 min
How Katy Perry Gave Voice to My Benzo Withdrawal
Hello there, lovelies – It’s the Saturday before World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day and I’ve been waiting all week to tell you why Katy...
melissabondwriter
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Cake n' Sex
Hey there lovelies - It's June, which feels like ... summer and candy and promise all wrapped up into one beautiful package. It's also...
melissabondwriter
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
How Does it Feel to Have Survived Benzo Withdrawal? GLORIOUS.
Hey there lovelies – I got up this morning thinking about the Spotify playlist I’ve been putting together for you. It’s got a gnarly...
melissabondwriter
- May 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Tough Conversation About Addiction vs. Dependency
Hi there, lovelies – I’m going to jump right into a Brené Brown discussion about shame because why not? It’s a Saturday and in the weeks...
melissabondwriter
- Apr 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Question You Wanna Ask: What's it Like Having a Child with a Disability?
Hi there, lovelies – I’ve decided to answer the question so many of you have about my beautiful/different boy. No, that’s not quite...
melissabondwriter
- Mar 22, 2021
- 5 min
It’s My Open Heart on the Page and Simon & Schuster Just Bought It
Dear Friend – If it’s okay, I’d like to start easy and make mint tea in fat, ceramic mugs and bring them to the living room. The news is...
melissabondwriter
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Dear Little Fish
There are a myriad of names I could call you—Little Papaya, minor Oblongata and Action Hero being the most current endearments—but of...
melissabondwriter
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Hush
Because mama locked me out when the white powder made her nose bleed and I cried and said stop and my eyes were her knives. I went to the...
melissabondwriter
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
Ode to Jed
since feeling is first in the heart of the man that pays attention jed is that man whose chest burns as he walks in the world this man,...