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Hello! I'm Melony Teague

Thanks for popping in. Welcome. Do make yourself at home and have a look around. Grab a cup of something hot and hopefully caffeinated, and let me tell you a little bit about myself...
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What Makes You Laugh?

The funny thing about humor is that laughing at ourselves is a healthy practice. Nowadays, we need this more than ever. We can't take ourselves too seriously all the time. Yes, there are times when we must be serious, sit up, or rather stand up for something important, and I'm all for that. I am. In order to combat our culture's striving for perfection, I think we need to come to terms with the fact that perfection is elusive and unattainable and get on with being real and honest with ourselves. (I don't mean air out your dirty laundry for all the world to see, but we can let our humanity show a bit, and then tuck it back in when need be.)
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Everyone Has A Story To Tell

I firmly believe that everyone has a unique story to tell. Even you.
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ARE YOU A WRITER? Looking for inspiration? Look no further....
ARE YOU A WRITER? Looking for inspiration? Look no further....
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  • News and Updates

    About Melony Teague

    September 29, 2014 /

    Melony Teague is a Freelance Writer, Author and Columnist. “I was born in South Africa and stepped onto a plane to bring me to a new life in Toronto, Canada in 1999 and have not looked back. It took me 38 years to figure out what I wanted to be when I grow up. Now I love what I do and do what I love. I uncover stories hiding in plain view, but they are remarkable nonetheless. I believe that everyone has a story to tell…and sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. These are the things I write about.”  Learn more  

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    This is Where it Ends by Cindy K Sproles

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    How long is a body expected to keep a secret?   ABOUT THE BOOK When Minerva Jane Jenkins was just 14 years old, she married a man who moved her to the mountains. He carried with him a small box, which he told her was filled with gold. And when he died 50 years later, he made her promise to keep his secret. She is to tell no one about the box or the treasure it contains. Now 94, Minerva is nearing the end of what has sometimes been a lonely life. But she’s kept that secret. Even so, rumors of hidden gold have a way of spreading, and Minerva…

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    As soon as I see an advanced copy available for this author I drop everything to read it. ABOUT THE BOOK “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.” When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue. It didn’t take long for Pockets to realize there were two Joe Sues: The Joe Sue the…

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    The Swindler’s Daughter by Stephenia H McGee

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    This is my first book by Stephenia. ABOUT THE BOOK A surprise inheritance. A cache of family secrets. A choice that will change her life forever. Lillian Doyle has lived her entire high-society life with her widowed mother, believing her father died long ago. But when news arrives that her estranged father only recently passed away–in jail–Lillian is startled to find that the man has left a business and all of his possessions to her, making her a rather unusual heiress. When she goes to take possession of her father’s house in a backwoods Georgia town, the dilapidated structure is already occupied by another woman who claims it was promised…

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    The All American by Susie Finkbeiner

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    This one is in my top-5 reads of this year! ABOUT THE BOOK Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world–even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys–she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When Bertha’s father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American…

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    Everything is Just Beginning by Erin Bartels

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    MY REVIEW You know it’s a great book when you think about it while you are at work and can’t wait to get home to finish it! If I were to describe this book in one word, I’d say, “visceral” because although there are themes of redemption in this book, the storytelling provokes visceral emotions in both the characters and in the reader. At least, that’s what it did for me. It’s a wild ride of unconditional love contrasting with imperfect pasts with hurts and rejection and how these form and make the characters into what they are on the page. The power of love and friendship and family shine…

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    Wowza! I don’t know what to say, but I’ll try. Here’s my review:   MY REVIEW This one will make you feel all the feels, and perhaps shed a few tears, but it is totally worth it for the joyous bits too. The journeys of these women, interwoven and complex are rich and heartfelt. At the heart of the story is a missing child, whose disappearance had ripple effects on all those around her.  As ex-reporter Faith Byrne tries to uncover the truth about Heather, we relive the unforgettable summer that led up to that fateful night with the characters. This is about loss, grief, and ultimately, healing and about…

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Melony Teague is a freelance writer who believes everyone has a story to tell.  As co-author of As the Ink Flows, she loves to inspire and motivate others through her written words. She writes Contemporary Romance with a dash of humor. Her debut, A Promise to Keep is out now. Teague is a member of ACFW. She has never met a Starbucks she didn’t love and has been known to eat vegetables for breakfast—well, pumpkin pie—same thing. Melony was born in South Africa and now lives in Toronto with her husband, their two teenagers, and two cats.

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