Ms Melissa
| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Volunteer, Writer, Storyteller, Artist, Teacher, Professional Driver, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Wife, |
| Location | Carlisle, PA, United States |
| Introduction | Hi there. I was born on a dark and stormy night in Punxsutawney, PA, six weeks to the day after the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means I was born on the last day of Groundhog Winter. OR The first day of Groundhog Spring. I've lived in 9 states, 4 countries and two other continents. My royal title is "Her Serene Malevolence, She Who Must Be Obeyed', AKA - Mom. I love learning about how and why things are and were and how connections are made. Right now, I'm writing some picture books including a shift on a Dr. Seuss fav, a YA novel series based in the 4th century BC, and mapping out some chapter and middle grade books. I'm so excited to be involved in this year's camp and working with all of you. You have some exiting things going on!!! |
| Interests | Museums, Painting, Reading, Painting, Printmaking, Movies, Painting, Theater, Music, Singing in the Shower, Hiking, Driving, Traveling, Other Cultures, History, Sharing, Helping People Find a Way Through |
| Favorite Movies | The Princess Bride (I can quote from most of the movie), Undercover Blues, Spy Kids, Most Shakespeare --The Tempest (with Hellen Mirren), Much Ado About Nothing with Denzel Washington, A Midsummer Night's Dream with Michelle Pfeiffer, and more, All Harry Potter, His Girl Friday, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, almost any Hollywood Musical, the new Star Trek movies with Zachary Quinto, most Avenger movies and most Justice League set up movies (Aquaman -- not so much), Loved loved loved Wonder Woman, Disney movies -- new and old and ancient |
| Favorite Music | Since I'm old, I love 70s - 90s pop, fun classic jazz, symphony but not opera, some 80s rap, Sinatra and Elvis, Christmas music--all year long, Adele, movie soundtracks |
| Favorite Books | So many! Some recent and long time faves are 'How Lamar's Bad Deed Won Him a Bubba Sized Trophy, Seuss fav is Fox in Socks, My Side of the Mountain, Brian's Hunt, The Fourth Stall, The Divide (series), All Harry Potter, of course, some Sherrilyn Kenyon, non-fiction books on Classical Greece and Rome and Egypt -- The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor, Behind the Scenes: 30 Years a Slave and 4 Years in the Whitehouse by Elizabeth Keckley, The Strange Secret of Origami Yoda, The King Must Die (and everything by) Mary Renault, Inkheart, 7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar, Bone Dog, Last Stop on Market Street, Ghost in the Barn, Persepolis, Maus, and on and on and on and on and on and onandonandonandonandon...... |
If your non-writing hand could be changed into anything, what would you change it in to and why?