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Melody Personette

Author of YA Contemporary Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Happy Friday! ✨ What’s a book that talks about healing or has helped you heal from something? ✨ Honestly When the Sky Fell on Splendor wasn’t the best book I’ve ever written. It felt a little all over the place. However! Emily Henry did an amazing job of creating a cast of characters that made you care. A cast of characters who were broken and hurting but had learned to push the hurt and brokenness down instead of dealing with it. No one talked about their pain or the past. It was an unspoken rule that no one bring up the hurtful parts of their lives. But throughout the book, you get to see these characters go through a process of healing and acceptance. At its core, it was a really heartfelt and beautiful story. I think we could all use more stories like this that teach the importance of acknowledging our pains and hurts and letting ourselves heal instead of letting it all fester inside. ✨ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookworm #booklover #booklove #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed #booksofinstagram #whentheskyfellonsplendor #healing #readersofinstagram #readergram #readerlife #bookpic #bookphotography #bookish
Happy Tuesday! ✨ I’m so excited to get to start on a new set of character aesthetics! Kai was the last of the ones for the ST. Croix Falls series. And now I get to introduce the characters of Golden Touch and Emerald Phantom. These collages were so fun to make and I can’t wait to share them all! First off, I thought I’d share a little about the first book in the still unnamed series. There’s no real blurb yet but I will say Golden Touch is about Amaya and her discovery of the supernatural and her family’s secret lineage, and Darren, a boy who fell asleep and woke up a hundred or so years later and who can turn anything to gold with a touch of a finger. There are people after him and only Amaya and her younger brother Tyler can keep him safe. There’s lots of history, mythology, treasure hunts, found family and secrets to uncover. Golden Touch (and the whole series) is my heart story. I absolutely adore this book and I’ve loved writing the sequel just as much as I loved writing book 2. This book is so full of me, so full of my personality and experiences that it’s an extremely personal book. I don’t know when I’ll be ready to share it with people, but I do know that one day everyone will get to read Amaya and Darren’s stories. Maybe not this year... but one day I’ll get to hold this book in my hands. And that day will be pretty amazing. Stay tuned every other day to get to know the cast of Golden Touch! ✨ #wip #goldentouch #wipaesthetic #bookseries #booklove #writerlife #writergram #writersofinstagram #foundfamily #secretsocieties #supernaturalbooks #siblinglove #characterlove #writerscommunity #writergram #authorlife #authorgram #authorsofinstagram #history #timetravel #contemporaryfantasy #heartstory
Happy Monday! ✨ Do you have a favorite book quote? ✨ I don’t think I have an all time favorite bookish quote, like one that immediately comes to mind, but I did love this quote from To Best the Boys (which was an absolutely fantastic book and you should definitely read it if you haven’t yet!) This was something Rhen’s mother said to her that really stuck with me. I actually outlined it in the book: “You take this world and make it what it should be. And don’t let the beliefs of a backward system define you. You are the one who has to live with the future, baby girl. So you live it. You understand?” While I was reading this book, the mess that is our world right now was weighing on me a lot. This line gave me so much hope and encouragement when I felt worn down and like the world would be this way forever. It reminded me that I can choose to make the future better than the present. Don’t let the hard and difficult present define and shape an entire future. Ask questions, push boundaries, stand up for what you believe in and don’t let anyone or anything knock you down. ✨ #bookstagram #thisisbookishcommunity #bookstagrammer #bookishlove #booklover #booklove #tobesttheboys #inspirational #encouragement #bookquote #askquestions #bebrave #bookpic #bookphotography #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookaddict #readergram #readerlife #readersofinstagram #hope
Happy Sunday! ✨ This aesthetic is for Kai! He was a surprise character, one I didn’t see coming and honestly a character I should have utilized more. I’m hoping I can incorporate him more in book 3 than I did in the first 2. Kai’s a sweet, loyal and loving green skinned and shorter than average goblin. He’s had a huge crush on Angie for a long time and it’s been fun getting to develop that relationship throughout the series. Kai is also a quiet rebel. Throughout the series he learns to stick up for himself and to go against the norm, to break down barriers his people had been holding onto for a long tome. Goblins are extremely family oriented. Family comes first for them in every way and even though I wish I could have explored that theme deeper in the books, it’s been one that’s been fun to scratch the surface of. Who knows, maybe I’ll try writing a novella or something that delves deeper into the goblins and their culture. I’d really love to get to know Kai and his family better one of these days. He’s a 2w3 and a Hufflepuff for sure! ✨ “OK, so goblins were... a little scary looking, but Kai was still Kai. A lovable troublemaker. He and Angie would be good together.” -Wayward ✨ #characterlove #characteraesthetic #wiplove #wipaesthetic #moodboard #wayward #cursed #goblins #fae #faerie #unseelie #itsnoteasybeinggreen #bookquote #writerlife #writergram #writersofinstagram #writerly #amwriting #authorlife #authorgram #authorsofinstagram #oc #sidecharacter #charactermoodboard
Happy Saturday! ✨ Who are some of your favorite fictional characters? ✨ One of my all time favorite bookish characters will forever be Sophie from the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. She’s such a wonderful, caring and yet strong person. I’ve grown up from a young teenager to a young adult reading these books and having Sophie grow (a bit more slowly) beside me. Its always a special thing when you to get along with the characters and the series. ✨ #beautifullybrokenbookchallenge #authenticcharacters #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookishlove #booklover #booklove #bookworm #booksofinstagram #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed #sophiefoster #keeperofthelostcities #kotlcfandom #mgseries #readergram #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readerlife
Happy Thursday! ✨ Time to talk about my favorite flower nymph! Angie is always such a joy to write. She’s such a kind and bubbly spirit. Angie is my over the top, always dressed to perfection, cheer leader, loves a good project character. She’s the sweetest and would never hurt a fly. I love her for all those reasons, but most of all I love her because she’s more than just a pretty face. More than just a bubbly cheer leader. She stands up to those who would do others harm and she even holds a grudge. That’s one of the things that really surprised me while writing her. Is she used to be one of Rhett’s closest friends and yet because of the mistakes he made, she’s never been able to truly forgive him or move past it. She is an enneagram type 2w3 and definitely a Hufflepuff. ✨ Angie sighed dramatically and rolled her eyes. “Can we talk about something else? I’m sick of all this political talk. We aren’t in Faerie anymore. I think everyone needs to get over the whole royal thing anyways.” -Cursed ✨ #bookaesthetic #wipaesthetic #wip #nymph #flowernymph #seelies #seeliecourt #fae #faerie #bookquote #sidecharacter #writerlife #writergram #writersofinstagram #writerly #writings #amwriting #bestfriend #authorlife #authorgram #characterlove
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