Archive - Melanie Jennings

Writer Friendship Summer

What literary friendships are, how they werk, and an interview with my lit bestie

Jul 6 •

Melanie Jennings

June 2025

I Am a Schizophrenic Adulterer

Jun 27 •

Melanie Jennings

Traveling Poems

going sideways in faraway lands

Jun 7 •

Melanie Jennings

May 2025

What Would Terry Pratchett Do?

(and Happy May 25th to all who celebrate)

May 25 •

Melanie Jennings

April 2025

With Apologies to Stephen King

(or, how I got over my literary snobbishness)

Apr 21 •

Melanie Jennings

March 2025

Writing My Hotel Novel Inside a Hotel

(a character's profession is symbolic gold)

Mar 18 •

Melanie Jennings

February 2025

Galentine's Day Tiny Love Stories

The NYT Didn't Want Them, Maybe You Will

Feb 13 •

Melanie Jennings

January 2025

Being Vulnerable on the Page

(and why it scares me shitless)

Jan 19 •

Melanie Jennings

December 2024

Why I Hate Book Clubs

(and buddy-reads are far superior)

Dec 29, 2024 •

Melanie Jennings

November 2024

Why I Chose an English Major

(and maybe you should, too)

Nov 24, 2024 •

Melanie Jennings

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