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melissamann.com's Interests
General
Making stuff up, running, gigs, Pilates, comedy, raging against the Machine, vacuuming patterns into the carpet, movies, reading, theatre, finding new illnesses I'm about to die of, cooking, drawing, vegetarianism, walking, making stuff up...
Music
Current playlist: Little Victories, Darden Smith; Walking the Ghost Back Home, The Bible! We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, Jason Mraz; Escondida, Jolie Holland; Uh Huh Her, P J Harvey.
Movies
My best of 2008 so far: No Country for Old Men, Juno, Son of Rambow, The Orphanage, Let's Get Lost, In Search of the Midnight Kiss, The Edge of Love.
My best of 2007: The Last King of Scotland, Babel, Notes on a Scandal, Bobby, For Your Consideration, The Lives of Others, Sunshine, Zodiac, Jindabyne, Tell No-one, La Vie en Rose, Lady Chatterley, Two Days in Paris, Atonement, 3:10 to Yuma, Michael Clayton, Control.
My best of 2006 - Red Road, Hidden, Brokeback Mountain, Munich, Goodnight and Good Luck, The Constant Gardener, Capote, Syriana, L'enfant, Romance and Cigarettes, Transamerica, The Squid and the Whale, Lemming, Time to Leave, United 93, Thank You for Smoking, Heading South, A Scanner Darkly, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed, Casino Royale, Little Children.
Books
Current library loans: Memphis Undergound, Stewart Home; Amrita, Banana Yoshimoto; Slow Man, J M Coetzee; Stranded in Sub-Atomica; Tim Turnbull; Brown Linoleum Green Lawns, Peter Campbell.
melissamann.com thought she was having an auditory hallucination then realised she'd fallen asleep listening to her iPod. What can I say, it's a relief.
Just dropping by to welcome you to the family...Just in case you are unaware of the insanity...last year I published a book called "Toilet Bowl Soup". Oprah Winfrey said I was a racist and Hank III said it was a good read. I thought I was on the right track. See for yourself...let me know if you will be attending any of the stops on my tour...I'll buy the first beer. Have a good week!
You know we are a minority - apparently only 1% of the population are INFJs. I think we make the best writers. And it probably explains our unsociable nature...
cheers very much for the add Melissa. I live in Oxfordshire and I am looking to get something written and published this year. I will have a proper chat with you later. Good luck with your upcoming works.
Hey Melissa, hi from England and thanks for the add. We hope you'll enjoy Take the Red Pill (www.ttrp.co.uk). Have a great Christmas and a fantastic 2008. Respect! redpillboy
Hi Melissa, thanks for befriending Hecale. Enjoyed 'Floater' over at Laura Hird, good voice and funny stuff even if I did have one or two disconcerting moments agreeing with the narrator. Words directory always open for submissions of poetry & flash fiction for profiling writers. All the best.
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Hello. Thanks for the friend request. I'll check out your sinister Mr men collection when I've got a minute, sounds good. Oh yeah and by the way, I'd have to agree, alter ego's are great, but they too can more often than not turn out sinister aswell. Speak soon. Bye
Have you ever wanted to read your favorite BOA poem for an audience? Well, here is your chance, and you could win free BOA books. The best three readers will receive four free BOA titles by A. Poulin, Jr. Prize winning poets, which includes books by Tom Hansen, David Woo, Michael Teig, Crystal Bacon, Li-Young Lee, and Debra Kang Dean, among many others.
The Guidelines: - Record a video of you reading a poem by your favorite BOA poet and post it on your MySpace page. The poem must be from a book published by BOA Editions, Ltd. - In the video, say what piece you are reading and by what poet. (Bonus points if you include the poet’s book in the video!) - Send a MySpace message to BOA that includes your name, mailing address, the title of the piece and the poet, and a link to your page. Title the message, “Speak Your Piece (with BOA!).” Excluding any of the required information will disqualify your submission. Videos must be posted and a message sent to BOA by August 6, 2007. - All contest participants will be added to the BOA mailing list. - The winners will be announced on MySpace August 14, 2007. - BOA staff and board members are not eligible for the contest.
Hey there. A quick one to let you know that PBHP 4 is out. Coming to London, New York, Dublin, Berlin, Belfast and other places soon and already available to order from our blog:
Had a wicked time at Glastonbury festival even though it rained even more than 2 years ago. We won the funkiest stall at Glastonbury and received a case of wine. We will be up on Glasto website soon. goto myonlinegallery
Hey, Melissa! Just dropping in to say hello and to tell you that my new novella LIVING STONE has just been released by Sam’s Dot Publishing.
When stones fall from the sky . . .
Old Herne is terrorising Forest Gate, and the London police are stumped. For three months his victims have been found dead at the church down Cernunnos Lane, their bodies brutalised beyond recognition. Leading the investigation is Oscar. He is yet to uncover one single clue that reveals the killer’s identity or his motives. He does, however, have the prestigious honour of being the only person to have seen Old Herne and lived . . . trouble is, Oscar can’t remember what he saw, and now he has been kicked off the case.
However, Oscar isn’t deterred. Dogged by nightmares and visions of shadowy monsters, he becomes obsessed in his pursuit of the killer and the truth behind his lost memories. But even he couldn’t guess that Old Herne’s origins hark back to the turn of the first millennium, and a legacy left by the man who dared to meddle with stones from the sky.
LIVING STONE, a vampire fantasy, is now available to buy at The Genre Mall
THE SMOKING POET: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - FALL 2007
A fine cigar and good literature: two of life's finer pleasures.
THE SMOKING POET publishes flash fiction; fiction; nonfiction; poetry; feature author with novel excerpt; feature poet; book and cigar reviews. We publish work that ignites our imagination, inflames our passion, leaves us with a smoky aftertaste. The Smoking Poet also shares an extensive list of links and resources for writers and the cigar aficionado.
Submissions open year round. For book reviews, please query first.
For full submission guidelines and contact information, visit: The Smoking Poet
