Attention:  (Update 9/22) Thank you for your patience.  We are in the home stretch of reprinting!  Only a few more books to go.  Please check each book page for further information. ~Mell

The Home for Mell Eight's Original Fiction

Mell Eight is an author of LGBTQIA original fiction, primarily M/M. 
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Out Now:

The Oracle's Golem
September 13, 2022
The Oracle's Sprite
September 27, 2022

Coming Soon:

The Oracle's Prophecy
October 11, 2022

Cover Coming Soon
 
  • The Oracle's Current
  • Coven

Current Projects:

  • Shiver and Quiver
  • Fire and Water (Untitled) --Editing
  • You Can't Sell a Dragon's Heart

Submitted Projects:

  • Hunter
    --Accepted
  • Witch
    --Accepted
  • Water's Price
    --Accepted

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I have been working with Nine Star Press since August 2019.
I worked with Less Than Three Press from December 2011 to July 2019.
Supernatural Consultant Volume One received this award.
Ground of Insurrection was Nominated
Hadash Aviv was Nominated

News:
9/27/22

Out Now: The Oracle's Spite http://melleightsblog...out-now-the-oracles-sprite
  
9/21/22

Cover Reveal:  The Oracle's Sprite  http://melleightsblog...cover-reveal-the-oracles-sprite
 
9/13/22

Out Now: The Oracle's Golem http://melleightsblog...out-now-the-oracles-golem
 
9/5/22

This past month has been crazy!  I went on a trip to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana for two weeks, which was absolutely amazing.  I saw so many animals and unique places, some of which you might see in a future book.  Lol  Taking a break from everything--no work and (since we didn't have WiFi or cell service) also no writing--was therapeutic.  I definitely came home ready to hit the ground running again. 

At the beginning of this past month, NSP and I started releasing my Oracle series, of which the first five books are reprints and the sixth is brand new.  Those first five are the last of the many, many reprints I've been working on.  When The Oracle's Current, the sixth and final book in my Oracle series, is released, we will have officially completed revising my older material!  I expect Current to be released at the end of 2022, so keep an eye out for it.  I am excited for these to come out, and to be able to switch focus to working on exclusively brand new books. 

Which isn't to say I haven't been working on new material in the interim.  Coven, the first book in my Witch's Circle Trilogy, is currently undergoing copy edits, which means there's a good chance it will also come out this year!  I have not yet seen a draft for the cover, so there is still a ways to go, but I am very excited for you to meet Kana and his magic.  I really think you'll like him and his story.  The latter two books in the series have been contracted, so look for more information about them early next year. 

I am also still writing!  I have two current projects I'm very happy with.  The first is completely written, but I need to do a thorough clean up.  The working title is Fire and Water, which needs to be changed.  As soon as edits are completed and I've thought of a title, I will send it to NSP for consideration.  (If you can think of a title based off the summary, please let me know!  I'm always open to suggestions.)  The second story I'm currently writing is called You Can't Sell a Dragon's Heart.  The story can't decide whether it wants to be 30k or 40k words.  Sometimes the characters want to jump off into a lengthy adventure, and other times all they want is to curl up together around a fire.  Right now they're doing the latter, which is why I'm leaning toward 30k, but we'll see where it goes in the end. 

Once the reprints are complete, I'm hoping to be able to focus on my waiting to-do list.  The next few months as we inch closer to that point are going to be very interesting! 
 
9/3/22

Cover Reveal: The Oracle's Golem http://melleightsblog...cover-reveal-the-oracles-golem
 
8/16/22

Out Now: The Oracle's Hatchling http://melleightsblog...out-now-the-oracles-hatchling
 
8/7/22

Cover Reveal: The Oracle's Hatchling http://melleightsblog...cover-reveal-the-oracles-hatchling
 
8/2/22

Out Now: The Oracle's Flame http://melleightsblog...out-now-the-oracles-flame
 
7/26/22

Cover Reveal: The Oracle's Flame  http://melleightsblog...cover-reveal-the-oracles-flame

7/17/22

I feel like I always write better in the summer.  I want to say it has something to do with sunshine, warm air, or the happy cheeping of birds, but the reason is actually much more mundane.  I take a vacation from work in the summer, which means I have a lengthy amount of time to de-stress and refocus.  When I'm not exhausted, my brain starts swirling on all sorts of plot ideas, most of which I'm really hoping to get onto paper in the near future.  Here are a few:
  • My currently untitled story about a poisoned king, his identical twin stepping in, and the love interests they encounter while figuring out the who-done-it. 
    • This story has exploded.  It's currently 23k words long and I'm estimating it will reach at least 30, possibly more.  The characters are a lot of fun to write, but it's the world building that has me hooked.  A land of lava, and the people who are quite happy living there, is an interesting challenge. 
    • One of the love interests' brothers has also started clamoring for a story, this one set in a world of water, so there's a good possibility this could end up as a series.  However, I need to finish writing book one first before I delve in that direction. 
  • Plot ideas for Codified have also been swirling.  This story is very stuck.  Every time I get somewhere, the lingering feeling that something is wrong creeps in and derails me.  I'm hoping the most recent additions will help smooth it out, because I really want this book, and this series, to finally be completed. 
  • A new story about a guy who is a ranger on the frontier, fighting the terrible beasts threatening the settlers, but when his father becomes ill, he is called home to take his place with the family.  Fitting back in to the "civilized" world proves to be even more of an adventure than the frontier. 
    • I'm aiming for a McCaffrey-style genre crossover with this story, where the reader isn't really sure whether the book is sci-fi or fantasy.  Right now I have a few opening scenes and the overall plot, but I haven't had a chance to get it onto paper. 
  • Another new story about the dragons coming out of hiding and almost destroying the world as we know it, except certain cities were spared for unknown reasons.  The book is supposed to be about exploring one of those reasons. 
    • I started writing the prologue for this one and then had to pause.  While I have the world building down, I realized I need more inspiration to flesh out the main characters.  I'm leaning toward changing the time frame, so the world destroying occurred fifty years ago, which would allow my characters to fit into the rebuilt world better.  I'm excited to see where this goes. 

That's all I have for the moment, but it's only July.  Maybe I'll come up with something more (particularly some plot ideas for the far too many stories I'm stalled on), but I also think these are more than enough to keep me occupied for a while.  I'll keep everyone in the loop as I progress with writing.  For now, I'm working on edits for Coven, the first book in my Witch's Circle series, but once that's back to the editor, I will return to writing! 
 
7/5/22

Out Now: Space Stars http://melleightsblog...out-now-space-stars
 
6/19/22

Cover Reveal: Space Stars  http://melleightsblog...cover-reveal-space-stars
 
6/10/22

I have a bunch of good things to share with you all!  Let's start with upcoming releases.  The reprints of Space Stars and The Oracle's Flame have both completed the proofing stage of the editing process.  I have seen both covers, and they're amazing. All the books need are ARCs and a release date, which means they should be ready very soon. The remaining five books in my Oracle's Series are all with a proofer right now, so they're only one step behind.  This includes the brand new final book in the series, The Oracle's Current. 

Aside from completing those proofs as they come in, I will have a bit more editing to accomplish this summer.  I have been informed the first book in my brand new Witch's Circle trilogy is with an editor!  This is the first step in the lengthy process of getting it published, but after a long wait, I'm incredibly excited to see Coven moving forward.  I expect to have more good news to share about this story soon. 

And here's that good news!  The latter two books in the trilogy, Hunter and Witch have been accepted for publishing at NSP!  In NSP's response, they said they really liked them and that the trilogy as a whole was excellent.  I will keep everyone in the loop as these two stories progress through the publishing process.  In addition to that, NSP also accepted my mermaid fairy tale Water's Price for their NSP Shorts collection, so I'll keep you appraised of that story as well. 

My last bit of good news is that I have been writing!  Unfortunately, it's not any of the stories on my to do list, but as far as I'm concerned, writing is writing.  I don't have a title for it yet, but the premise of the story is the king gets poisoned and his identical twin has to step in to keep the kingdom from collapsing all while desperately trying to find a cure.  In comes the handsome prince from the neighboring kingdom, and...drama.  I've written approximately 10k words so far, so I've reached the drama portion of that explanation.  There's also a lot of lava.  I'm 50/50 on whether this story will be a stand alone, or whether I'll put it in with my second fairy tale anthology.  If it ends up being longer than 30k, it'll be a stand alone, but there's too much for me still to write to be able to estimate the final word count just yet.  Once I know that (and have a working title), I'll get it up on my Current Projects page.