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Melissa Hart is the author of the memoir, Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood (Seal, 2009). Her articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Advocate, High Country News, Orion, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Adbusters, Hemispheres, Horizon Air Magazine, and numerous other publications. Web: http://www.melissahart.com.
She lives in Oregon with her daughter, five cats, and her husband–photographer Jonathan B. Smith. She teaches Travel and Feature Writing for the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Contact her at melissa(at)melissahart(dot)com.
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About
Photo by Jonathan B. Smith
Melissa Hart is the author of the memoir, Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood (Seal, 2009). Her articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Advocate, High Country News, Orion, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Adbusters, Hemispheres, Horizon Air Magazine, and numerous other publications. Web: http://www.melissahart.com.
She lives in Oregon with her daughter, five cats, and her husband–photographer Jonathan B. Smith. She teaches Travel and Feature Writing for the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Contact her at melissa(at)melissahart(dot)com.
Become a fan of Melissa Hart’s writing on Facebook and receive regular updates on workshops, new publications, and items of interest to writers.
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How do I begin getting humorous essays published? One freelancer said that one sells the idea before doing the piece. Can you recommend a starting point? Much appreciated,
Mickey
I’m writing an adventure novel. Read your article on ‘Hobart’ and saw your website. I blog everyday, as a warm up for the main writing of the book. It gets me in the chair every day. (Butt2chair) Gave your website a plug in my last Blog post. In LA for book signing, I’ll come by and say, ‘HI.’
i love your books they have detils
Hi Melissa,
I read your article in the October issue of The Writer magazine, and it brought me here. Then I checked out your book trailer on YouTube. Great trailer! Did I meet you at the PNWA Summer Writer’s Conference in Seattle one year? You look so familiar. Seems like we met there.
Check out my Latina YA book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDM8Cr__smI
I used Animoto to create my trailer, but yours is homey and cute. It made me laugh!
Who’s your agent? I’m with Liz Kracht of Kimberley Cameron and Associates.
I couldn’t find your e-mail on the “About” page or anywhere else, so I’m just leaving a comment here. I suppose you can delete it if you like. Sorry I couldn’t e-mail you.
You aren’t, by any chance, a member of Critique Circle, the online critique forum, are you? I’m always looking for good beta readers on Critique Circle–someone who, like me, is already agented or darn good–and your writing is definitely good. If you are a member of CC, watch for me. I go by “esparhawk” on CC.
Chelly