melissa embry's blog

First -- the kids will be alright! Spring break season is coming fast, kicked off on a dark and stormy Saturday with the North Texas Teen Bo...

 As promised, here's a smackdown -- classic Texas writer Patricia Highsmith with The Talented Mr. Ripley vs. modern writer May Cobb'...

 As promised, here's a slew of new contests to get our writerly juices flowing! Now--February 28: From across the pond, Flash 500  suppo...

 New year, new resolutions -- to get back to blogging! 2025 was a busy, wonderful, terrible, happy, sad year, and I'm ready for a rechar...

For years, I've posted results of one of the most-anticipated events of the annual DFW Writers Conference : the Query Gong Show. And don...