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  <title>Writing to the Finish, with Melissa F. Miller</title>
  <description>Former attorney Melissa F. Miller is a USA Today&amp;amp;nbsp;bestselling&amp;amp;nbsp;author of more than 25 bestselling legal thrillers, suspense thrillers, romantic comedy mysteries and forensic thrillers. Her books share two common threads: pulse-pounding, tightly plotted action and smart, unlikely heroines and heroes. Born in Pittsburgh, Melissa followed life and love to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and ultimately south central Pennsylvania. But she&amp;amp;nbsp;secretly still considers Pittsburgh home. As a lawyer, she clerked for a federal judge, practiced in the offices of major international law firms and ran a two-person law firm with her lawyer husband. Now, powered by coffee, she&amp;amp;nbsp;writes legal thrillers and homeschools her three children. More than 1 million readers have downloaded&amp;amp;nbsp;Irreparable Harm, the first book in her 11-title Sasha McCandless series. Twisted Path, Book 4 of her Bodhi King series, is set to release Feb. 19. Her most recent release (December) is the fifth story in the We Three Sisters romantic mystery series,&amp;amp;nbsp;Wedding Bells and Hoodoo Spells: Sage's Wedding. Melissa talks with host Patricia McLinn about source envy, how deadlines affect your writing, and what to do when you're ready to throw out your half-written book. In her own words: &amp;quot;I never go hunting for ideas. And I'm sure you've had this experience: people will tell you they have a great idea for a book and maybe you want it. And you think, I have more ideas than I could possibly write.&amp;quot; [11:09] You can find Melissa at: Her website, Facebook Twitter and Instagram  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you enjoyed the podcast enough to want to support us&amp;amp;nbsp;for future episodes. You can do that&amp;amp;nbsp;with as little as $1 a month&amp;amp;nbsp;— that’s only 25 cents per&amp;amp;nbsp;episode! What a deal! —&amp;amp;nbsp;by pledging at&amp;amp;nbsp;Patreon. It’s vital to Authors Love Readers&amp;amp;nbsp;to&amp;amp;nbsp;have your support. Thank you! Please also consider rating/reviewing the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks to&amp;amp;nbsp;DialogMusik&amp;amp;nbsp;for the instrumentals that accompany this podcast. </description>
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