From Promising to Published – The Mommies Reviews

I just love how the universe has a way to bring you just what you need right when you need it right? I wrote a memoir about 16 years ago and due to unfortunate circumstances I never completed or picked it back up and have been contemplating it so much.

Then here comes From Promising to Published… The book has such a calming perspective to the approach. Getting over that anxiety writers block has been my biggest thing. More so than that though, just “picking up the pen”… NO EXCUSE…

This book helps you take away some of those worries and puts you in the right path for furthering your project. EXCITING NEWS??! We have a copy for you in this Christmas Gift Guide Giveaway that runs Dec 1 – 10, 2022.

Book Summary:
You’ve been writing and honing your craft for months or years and are curious about seeking
publication for your latest project. Perhaps you wonder about the next steps in the process. Look
no further!

This book has a little something for every writer interested in expanding their audience and
sharing their writing with readers, from pre-writing and writing your drafts to choosing your
market and the writing life before, during, and after publication.

Topics covered include:
● The Lovely Littles: Breaking into Literary Magazines
● The Spinning Spider: Keeping Track of your Brainchildren
● Options, You’ve Got ’em: Traditional, Indie/Small, University Press, or Self-Publishing
● Two Streams with One Stone: To Simultaneously Submit or Not
● Monetize it! Part One: All about the Benjamins; Monetize it! Part Two: Risk and a
Swimming Metaphor
● The Myth of the Fancy-Pants Tools
● The Art of Writing the Author Bio
● Paradox Meets Passion: Writer vs. Author
● The Slam-Bam Reply: Now in Two Painful Varieties; Creative Noodling
● F.U.N and so much more!

Publisher: Vine Leaves Press
ISBN-10: 1925965929
ISBN-13: 978-1925965929
Print length: 184 pages

Purchase a copy of From Promising to Published on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. You can also add this to your:

GoodReads reading list: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60379816-from-promising-to-
published?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1GYvJqWJPE&rank=1

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I always love getting to know the author behind the books we read. I was super excited to hear Melanie is a photographer as well. Her presentation of information and even her photography has a feeling that is fun and peaceful. I feel super encouraged after reviewing her book and checking out her site and gallery. She has some really great insight on wonderful writing topics to encourage you to transition From Promising to Published….

About the Author:

Melanie Faith is a night-owl writer and editor who moves through the daytime world with her
camera. She’s an introvert who likes to wear many hats, too, including as a poet, photographer,
professor, and tutor. She’s been a doodler for years but just recently started to share her perfectly
imperfect doodles. She loves to write about historical settings in poetry and prose, and this fall
she taught both a Leaping Worlds class for historical fiction and time-travel writers as well as a
university class about publishing.

She especially enjoys creating nonfiction craft books that assist fellow authors on their writing paths, including books packed with tips about writing flash fiction and poetry. Her latest published craft books are: Photography for Writers, guides for teaching online and writing a research book respectively, and From Promising to Published: A Multi- Genre, Insider’s Guide to the Publication Process (all from Vine Leaves Press). Read more about her books, classes, and arts projects at

Need visual art? Melanie’s photographs have appeared on book and magazine covers. Contact me: writer@pa.net

Prompts to fire up your muse:

You can find my Prompt Cards, Affirmation Cards, and photo prints at my Etsy Store, “WritePath Productions.”