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150 Finding The Strength To Write After Tragedy And Grief With USA Today Bestselling Author Melinda Colt.


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Today on the show we are traveling to Romania speaking to USA Today Bestselling Author Melinda Colt. 

Melinda Colt is an award-winning and bestselling author of thrillers, suspense, and mystery novels. While she’s a Juris Doctor and professional target shooter, she worked as a journalist before she became a full-time author and owns a graphic design business.

Melinda indulges her romantic side by writing romance novels under the pen name Melinda De Ross.   

In today’s episode we discuss:

·      Melinda’s wide variety of interests, including having a law degree, being a journalist, a professional target shooter, and owning her own graphic design studio. 

  • What it was like living in Romania under communism.

·      Her interesting childhood and being immersed in many endeavors.

·      What Melinda’s influences were growing up that molded her author career.

·      Her beginnings as a journalist and how that helped her later as an author.

·      Melinda being a former target shooting champion and how that has influenced her writing.

·      Her writing in two different genres, crime fiction, and romance, and how she blends the two.

·      How Melinda earned the title, “USA Today Bestselling Author.”

·      How Melinda overcame personal tragedy and profound grief not writing for almost two years, to finishing her next novel.

·      Her advice to anyone getting back to writing after a personal tragedy.

Please visit the
Melinda Colt website.
Come on over to the
Melinda De Ross website.
Need a book cover? Melinda has you covered:-) Check out her
graphic design website.

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