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Melissa

poisedattheedge

About Me

I'm a writer with a couple of complete manuscripts. I'm in the transition from being a person who stays at home and writes to a person who is becoming active in the children's writing community. I write for pre-teens and teenagers. As you might have noticed I also review YA books and interview authors. Please get in touch if you're interested.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!



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My Interests

Books, film, art, the great outdoors, spirituality, human psychology, yoga, weight-lifting, young adult literature, coffee, Wicca (I've researched it for my books), popular culture, smart people who have unique points of view, music, travel, friends, family and my sweet, sweet honey (he's sometimes my muse and never fails to inspire me)

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet like-minded writers and artists. I'm looking for other members of SCBWI. I love talking to authors, librarians and other people involved in teen literature.a href="http://www.freeweblayouts.net"

Music:

I never get sick of hearing of hearing new kinds of music. Along with books and films, there are way too many favorites to name. I had the pleasure of working in an indie record shop for two years; I was in heaven.

Movies:

Way too many to name. Here's a short list of movie's I love, but I'm only scratching the surface: Chocolat, Memoirs of a Geisha, all X-Men movies, Swimming Pool, everything by Kevin Smith(with the exception of Vulgar the Clown), Streetcar Named Desire, Match Point, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pirates, Zoolander, Like Water for Chocolate, most of Quentin Tarentino's films, Good Fellas, Cameron Crowe's films (Almost Famous ect.), Ghostworld, Sin City, Requiem for a Dream, Sixth Sense, anything with Johnny Depp (not 21 Jump Street or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory eww...), Big Fish...this list could go on forever.

Television:

I'm all about the Daily Show. I just bought a season of Veronica Mars. My boyfriend and I are watching the dvd's of Smallville these days. I also just got Firefly. I know I'm out of the demographic but I love Buffy. I love Weeds!

Books:

Adult Fiction: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, White Oleander, Scar Tissue (the memoir of Anthony Keidis, Wuthering Heights, anything by Anais Nin, anything by Charels de Lint, The Bell Jar, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lolita. This list could go on forever...YA Books:Twilight is amazing. A Great and Terrible Beauty, anything by Francesca Lia Block, anything by Holly Black, Shrimp, Blood and Chocolate, The Earth My Butt and other Round Things, this is another list that could go on forever.

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My Blog

Author Interview: Erin Vincent GRIEF GIRL

Poised at the Edge Author Interview: Erin Vincent       Hi Erin. First of all I would like to thank you for writing such a heart-felt, compelling book. I'm su...
Posted by Melissa on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:23:00 PST

Book Trailer: Bleed

New Bleed Book Trailer Yay!  Another book trailer (this time for BLEED), made by the fabulous and talented M2 Productions.  Check it out here:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yad28nt0sYI ...
Posted by Melissa on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:38:00 PST

From YALSA

..> Teens' Top Ten 2007 Body: Congratulations to this year's Teens' Top Ten winners! Have you read any of the books? Let us know what you think!New Moon by Stephenie MeyerJust Listen by Sarah Des...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:56:00 PST

Book Review: Lessons From A Dead Girl

Poised at the Edge Book Review Lessons From A Dead Girl Jo Knowles           Lessons From A Dead Girl, the astonishing debut novel by Jo Knowles, takes it...
Posted by Melissa on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:46:00 PST

Book Review:Platinum

Poised at the Edge Book Review Platinum Jennifer Lynn Barnes                     The cast of Jennifer Lynn ...
Posted by Melissa on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:48:00 PST

Fire In So. California

Let Us PrayTo keep our homes, pets, and families safe. Please convince people that no house is worth their lives, and that they need to evacuate when asked. Let's ask the powers that be to keep our p...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:03:00 PST

Coming Soon!

Poised at the Edge Status Update      There have been a dozen forces working against me over the last couple of weeks.  The biggest being the fires all over southern Californi...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:49:00 PST

Book Trailer: Back Talk

Here's a new book trailer for Alex Richard's BACK TALK!        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBKkYKhiPNc...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:35:00 PST

Video Trailer: Graffiti Girl

  Poised at the Edge: Video Trailer Grafitti Girl     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk69fLZh1oU   Check out this trailer for Kelly Parra's dynamic debut novel Graffiti Girl!  ...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:04:00 PST

Book Trailer: Leaving Paradise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhI-PByqdY   I really liked this book!  Watch for Simone Elkeles next book, coming out this summer....
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:50:00 PST