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.
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I would love to send you my e-newsletter every 6-8 weeks with updates on my journey, tips for other unpublished writers, giveaways and contests, and articles I find interesting (and hope you will, too).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.
I am feeling rejuvenated, refreshed, and refueled after our 4th annual writers' retreat at my lake house. We had another wonderful weekend of faith, food, fellowship, fun and . . . writing. God blessed us all richly as we spent quality time with each other, our Father, and our works in progress. Can't wait til next year!
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