Melissa R. L. Simonin

I’ve been hard at work on 601 Suspense Street.  Here’s a picture of my laptop keyboard to prove it.  The texture is worn off of a lot of the keys and the space bar has a noticeable indentation it’s been pressed so many times. It’s all paying off, 601 is nearing completion.  It’s at 316 […]

“601 Suspense Street” is at 289 pages, and the end is near.  Usually if one hears the end is near one might have the tendency to flee in the direction of a location further away from the end in order to put off it’s arrival or perhaps avoid it entirely. But when it comes to […]

I know where they are, actually.  Commerce City, CO.  A mere thirty minute drive from my house.  I look out the window and see bright blue sky, and only a few puffy clouds.  Yet UPS declares that inclement weather in Commerce City prevents my package from being delivered today. Sunny skies equal inclement weather?  Then […]

…Brad and I got engaged.  I had to use the calculator app on my phone to figure that out, I don’t keep track of how many years it’s been since x,y,z like he does.  I don’t do math in my head, either.  Not successfully, anyway. Twenty-three years ago we met and started going out.  Within […]

Ever tried to sit in a Starbucks in downtown Denver and focus?  If you haven’t, don’t bother! Brad had to be downtown for an indeterminate amount of time and I went with him, so I prepared to wait that long, however long that might be.  With my two 5+ hour laptop batteries and my laptop, […]

Em had her second archery lesson yesterday.  This is something she’s been wanting to do for quite a while, and I’m glad life has settled down to the point she can take a class and have some hope of not missing any.  Her class starts next month, so for now she’s taking private lessons to […]

Halfway through 601 Suspense Street… and suddenly it’s out with the old plot, and in with the new.  No I’m not kidding, we’ve had not a plot twist, but a plot replacement.  The surgery is currently underway.  Do feel free to wish me luck. It’s all for the best though.  I couldn’t get excited about […]

601 Suspense Street is moving steadily along at 131 pages now.  House of Bannerman book 7 is at 90.  I have yet to write 5 and 6, but… I’ll get to that.  The plot for 7 is so solid I don’t have to stop and think about it, I just write.  So I go back […]

Book 2 in the Mystery Lane series is at 104 pages now.  So… unless it’s longer than 715 Mystery Lane, then 601 Suspense Street is 1/3 written.  That’s a good feeling. This is a photo of the irl Fox, and here’s a bit of trivia for you.  If you’ve read 715 Mystery Lane (and warning, […]

…more like the plots increase.  There are a number of little antique shops where we live and yesterday evening as we drove past one, another plot began to develop.  I’m so intrigued by this one, I may write it before I write the book that involves a museum.  Or I may do what I’ve done […]