Sweet Melissa

LIFE IS ONE CONTINUOUS LESSON HAVE  FAITH  IN  YOURSELF  AND  NEVER  GIVE  UP  It is funny how things and people EVOLVE.  What we LEARN, and how we learn them.  I can remember, at a very LOW POINT in my life, when my gut would tell me "DON'T DO IT!" but I did not listen.  Instead, I let my CURIOSITY and my ADDICTION get the best of me.  Each and every time without fail I lost "AKA" got tossed into JAIL!  Through many years of trying to break this TERRIBLE pattern of SELF-DESTRUCTION I decided to do the OPPOSITE of everything I had done before.  When I SAY everything, I pretty much mean EVERYTHING.  I had obviously been doing things the WRONG way for many years.  So, CHANGE is what I did!   I STARTED to have FAITH in GOD and in MYSELF.  If I expected anyone else to TRUST, BELIEVE, or have FAITH in me I needed to be sure that I did first.  I began to trust my INSTINCT and my GUT feel...

                           GIVING IT UP TO GOD I USED TO ASK MYSELF, "WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN PEOPLE SAY, GIVE IT UP TO GOD?" So, I asked someone else.  Someone who just might know the answer because it was not me.  I did not know.  I had absolutely no idea what people meant by this.  The funny thing is, when I asked this particular person my question, his answer was my question.  He said, "Just give it up to God."  So, I asked him how and he continued to tell me, "Just give it up to God."  So, here I am left with an answer to my question which in reality was the question itself! I may never get an answer to my question but what I do know is that every single day I ask God for strength.  I ask Him for His forgiveness and love.  I thank Him for what I am today.  I am grateful for the lessons my life has taught me and I pray that my story will help and inspire at le...

                      "The Sweet Melissa Memoir Series"  Book six of "THE SWEET MELISSA MEMOIR SERIES" will be out sometime in September 2017!  GOD WILLING!  That is my personal goal anyway.  I have already designed the cover and I am about a fifth of the way through.  Surprisingly, book six is the most difficult one to write.  The events are current(2004-2011), or should I say more current than the other books, but there are a lot of intimate and painful details and memories.  I have been trying to keep those buried deep in the back of my mind but it is time to release them.     I hope you are enjoying the series so far, and book six will be the final book.  I have plenty of other projects after this!  My writing career is far from over.  It has just begun!   I love to hear feedback and appreciate your reviews.  I was brought to tears the other day when ...

Designing a book cover is actually pretty fun.  I wish I had known everything I know now about the process when I published my first book.  Since then, I have changed the cover 4 times! It is ok though. Live and learn.  I really like the new one's and there are so many ways and avenues to aid you in creating what works best for you. Some people might think that it is a bad idea to change the original cover, but I disagree. People judge a book by it's cover no matter what, and there will never be any changing that.  I even had someone tell me that they loved my cover so much on book one that they would buy it just for the cover!  The contents of the book are something that particular person never reads, memoirs. He told me that the cover made him buy it! Well, I do hope he reads it as well, but if not that is ok too! I am so close to finishing my fifth book.  I almost had it done today, but not quite! Also, my audio version for book one is in review by ACX a...

New cover for all 4 books that are out! Book five coming soon! amazon.com/author/susansegoviamunoz

Lately, I have been researching all types of marketing plans and promotions. The best idea I have found is to follow other authors that are doing well. Follow their marketing strategies and when I do, I see that they are doing nothing! No freebies no discounts, just keep on writing! Something about algorithms and I do not understand, but I am trying to find out! I just do not want to spend too much time on researching something that I may never need to know! Lol! So, in the meantime I am awaiting the rest of my first recordings for the audio of my first book Sweet Melissa: Ignorance Is Not Bliss #sweetmelissa I have absolutely fell in love with audio books! I do not know how I ever lived without them! I have not had the time I need to read and write, but while I am driving I love listening to books.  I have had many requests about having my series brought to audio because now a days people do not have the time to sit and read a book. I love it, and I think this is a great marketing...

A single day will never be considered wasted, as long as you #learnsomethingnew  Everyday I put myself out there, exposing myself to things I know nothing about.  I have always learned things the hard way, and I guess that is just the way it will always be.  Nothing good comes easy.  I have certainly learned that one the hard way.  I just believe that deep in my soul exists the #energy, and the will to continue to survive.  If I had not wasted so many years killing my own brain cells, I would be ahead by now.  I am trying to make up for #losttime  and sometimes I get sucked in by everything I have missed out on.  I am talking about the #simplethingsinlife   The things that people often take for granted.  I will never take anything for granted again, and if I start to fall I will pick myself up again.  I am a #survivor, and survivors win! #nevergiveup #recovery #sweetmelissa