Janette Johnson Melson
Author / Educator
 Contest For You!!Win a gift basket! Read how below. |  Contest Finalist!My contemporary romance was a finalist. |  Finalist!I didn't win, but my novel is getting better. |
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 2021 Finalist!My picture book was a finalist in a contest. |  2021 Finalist!I didn't win, but it boosted my confidence. |
Writing is my passion. I have been writing since I was six years old, both professionally and just for fun. My dream has always been to be a published novel-writer. However, like so many of us, I put that dream on hold for a few years while I raised my two precious children. Now that they are grown, though, I feel an ever-increasingly strong tug to get published. As a Christian, I believe that tug is God telling me to get off my duff and start using the talent He gave me. So I am doing just that. Eventually, this website will be about the books I've published (hopefully). But until then, I will be sharing with you my journey to get there.
I would love to send you my e-newsletter every 6-8 weeks with updates on my journey, tips for other unpublished writers, giveaways and contests, and articles I find interesting (and hope you will, too). Just sign up for my e-newsletter at the bottom of this page, and I'll send you my most recent one.
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a recent picture of me with my Valentine. My hubby, Will, and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day because we celebrate "us" two other times throughout the year. We honor our relationship on what we call our "Together" anniversary on Oct. 12. This October will be our 40th Together anniversary. And then we celebrate our wedding anniversary exactly six months later on April 12, which will be our 37th this year.
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