Official Author Page of Michell Plested
LINK TO AMAZON – for soft cover, hard cover, kindle versions LINK TO EPISODES GalaxyBillies is the story of five humans from the Appalachian Mountains […]
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Written by: me (Michell Plested) Illustrated by: McQuina Peters I wrote Super Sonya vs. the Woodpecker for my granddaughter’s birthday. She inspired the book by […]
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Trust may be the only thing that can save you…or betray you. When his family disappears, Kalten knows he must find them at any cost. […]
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When Jack and Betsy meet Kaiser Wilhelm, they immediately suspect an assassination attempt is about to be made against him. They do everything they can […]
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You might think being a superhero would be cool but Mik Murdoch knows it isn’t all fun and adventure. Being the self-appointed hero of Cranberry […]
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It’s Here! It has been two years since the zombie apocalypse ended, but Scouter Mike continues to relive the horror every day in his dreams. […]
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The world has gone mad. The living are gone, replaced by the mindless undead. The good news: a cure has been found. The bad news: […]
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Mik Murdoch has done a lot in his short career as a superhero. He’s discovered the Cave of Wonders, battled giant glowing turkeys, and rescued […]
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Being a Scout is more than just helping old ladies cross the road. Scouts have a responsibility to their communities and the greater world around […]
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MAJOR UPDATE!!! Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty is now available as a print book! Whoohooo! You can find it on the publisher’s website […]
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Here you go, my friends. The cover for Mik Murdoch: Identity Troubles. I’m so excited to share it with you. 🙂 As soon as it is available for preorder, I will post links.
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Mik Murdoch: Identity Troubles will be released and available for sale everywhere this September. MM:IT is the fourth book in the Mik Murdoch series and, if my editors aren’t fibbing, the best one so far. When I began working on it, I decided I wanted to spend more time with some of the characters I’ve already introduced. I wanted to get to know them better and give you the chance to as well. And, of course, I wanted Mik to continue his journey of growth as a person and as a hero. I think I managed to do both. Even better, I had a lot of fun doing it. MM:IT has Mik wondering just how much his father knows about […]
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I am hot and cold on editing. There are times when I absolutely LOVE the process and others when I would prefer to do anything but. Regardless of how I feel about them, I have recognized the need to really think about what my editor is asking for. I find if I don’t, I might completely miss their point and either: (a) write something that doesn’t fit the story, (b) write something I’ve already written so it appears more than once in the story, (c) delete some of the stuff that was good, replacing it with bad/worse writing. In full disclosure, I have done all of those things at one point or another when I tried to rush my edits. […]
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I had never considered how important self awareness might be to my writing until just recently. During a brainstorming session for a new book my thoughts turned to the character dynamics that would really make for a compelling story. I was mixing and matching character traits, genders, background stories and the like when I started to think about my own time growing up. I had a thought. My own self-image was probably miles away from how people actually perceived me. I’m not quite sure why that revelation took me so long to get to. After all, I see young people today who clearly have a different idea of who they are than my initial impressions of them. Is it possible […]
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