The Home for Mell Eight's Original Slash Fiction

I'm a slash writer, which means my stories all contain a strong male/male romance. If that is not your thing, hit the back button. If you do love slash then welcome and enjoy! 

Release Dates:

    Satisfaction Guaranteed
                Heartbeat
    Ebook: September 24, 2014
            Road to Home
        Ebook: November 26, 2014
        The Oracle's Golem
    Ebook: January 25, 2015

    Cover Coming Soon!

Current Projects:

  • If a Butterfly Don't Fly
  • Kelpie Blue
  • Magnified
  • The Oracle's Sprite
  • The Sentinel's Prophesy
  • Dragon Consultant

Submitted Projects:

Knoty Love
--Submitted, try two!

Third Time's the Charm
--Accepted!
Six of my books have received this lovely award.
I have been working with Less Than Three Press since December 2011.
Hadash Aviv was Nominated!

News:
7/22/14
  • My birthday was Sunday and I was too tired from my summer job to put something fun together for you.  The job ends in September, so I'm hoping to plan a belated celebration for then. 

  • I have finished a first read-through of the edits for Road to Home.  That means all of the easy stuff has been taken care of.  Tackling the difficult rewriting and the changes that require some thinking are next and will take a lot longer.  My free time is very limited for the next five weeks and the edits take priority.  That means that I probably won't get much writing done this summer. :(  I'm hoping that in September I'll have so much plot built up in my head that I'll write 5k a day and finish all of the stories I'm hoping to have completed by the end of the year!  It's a nice dream and I hope it comes true. 

  • Even though I can't write, I can still plan!  It's a forty minute drive to and from my job, so while I'm in the car I find myself thinking about where my stories are stalled and how to fix them.  So far I've figured out how to avoid the extremely awkward time skip that was trying to ruin Kelpie Blue and I've begun planning part two of Magnified.  Next I'm hoping to figure out where the conflict is in The Oracle's Sprite and how to weave a secondary plot into The Sentinel's Prophesy so it will reach my minimum word count.  That secondary plot will hopefully be the catalyst that helps to create the other two books in The Sentinel series, so it's important for me to figure it out.  If I have all of that set out in my head when this job ends, I might be able to achieve that 5k a day goal! 
7/15/14
  • Today I am at the beach.  It's 10 am and the first hint of sunlight to break through the near-constant cloud barrier since I've been here is shining through my window.  By the time I actually get my bathing suit on and get to the shore, the sun will already be gone.  It will probably start pouring just as I've settled in.  Sand and computers don't mix well, so I've been catching up on my reading instead of writing. 

  • My birthday is next week.  For those of you who remember last year, I did a big giveaway.  I don't think I'll have the energy for that this year.  I have a summer job that starts two days beforehand (it's six days a week, full time for six straight weeks) and I'm still hoping to get the advent story done for Dreamspinner's Celebration call.  Keep an eye out next week in case I manage to put something small together! 

  • I have seen the cover for Satisfaction Guaranteed.  It's adorable!  I do not yet have a copy of my own to share, but feel free to check it out on LT3's site where all the information about the book is available. 

  • Knoty Love was not accepted by Riptide Publishing. :(  If one publisher doesn't want it, I'll just have to keep trying until another one does; that's how the publishing business works, after all.  I'm going to shine it up for a general release story (instead of as an anthology submission) and see who else might want it. 

  • I don't think I'll be able to get Dragon Consultant finished in time for Riptide's deadline, so I'm probably also going to change it into a stand alone story (or a series, depending on the dragons).  Instead, I'm going to try putting together a shorter sports story for a different Riptide anthology call. 

  • I have also been working on Magnified.  At this point I know how part one is going to end and how part two is going to begin.  It's just about writing it.  My other stories have been waiting for me, and will probably continue to wait until after my summer job is done. 
7/02/14
  • The edits for Heartbeat are back with LT3!  That story is ready for publishing.  Look for it in September.  Of course the second I got the edits done, LT3 sent me more.  The Oracle's Golem and Road to Home are sitting in my inbox right now, waiting for me to get started.  Sigh.  It's never ending!!! 

  • I have a new release date for Road to Home.  It's set to come out November 26, 2014. 

  • I have finished writing Thunderbird.  It still needs a thorough edit, but I've decided to put it aside for the summer.  It's not due until January, so I have plenty of time.  I want to focus on some of my other projects for a while instead. 

  • Heartbeat is set in the same world as my Trickster's Eye series, which I haven't worked on in over a year.  I decided since I was working on those edits I ought to dust off book one and give it a read through.  I really like what I've written, but when I reached the end I came to the same problem that caused me to put it aside for so long.  I have absolutely no idea where the story should go next.  I'm hoping to figure out the answer to that problem, but not until some of my other big projects are also taken care of.  
6/21/14
  • Writing has been an interesting endeavor these past few weeks.  I wanted to work on Dragon Consultant, one of the two stories I'm writing for The Oracle Series, or even the story I'm hoping to finish for Dreamspinner's Advent Calender that's due really soon.  That hasn't happened.  Instead I've been working on Thunderbird, my submission for LT3's Intertwined anthology call.  Thunderbird is both a very easy story to write and a very difficult one.  It's easy because I already know exactly what will happen.  The entire story is planned out in my head; I just need to get it onto paper properly.  I've passed the halfway point and I'm nearing the home stretch.  Yet, this story doesn't lend itself to easy writing, which is why it's proving to be so difficult.  Have a look around the internet and you'll find what I've found: reliable sources of the Thunderbird legend are few and far between.  It's a paranormal fantasy story, so I'm allowed to have some leeway, but I want my characters to be as accurate as possible.  Every time I reach a point in the story where a bit of legend or lore would help the world grow I run into a wall.  I've put many more hours into research than I ever thought I would.  Despite that, Thunderbird is coming along nicely.  I'm hoping to have it completed in the next few weeks even if I won't submit until closer to the due date. 

  • The other story I've been working on is Heartbeat, the edits of which are due very, very soon.  Because I've been so preoccupied with Thunderbird, I took a few days off of editing.  That will have to change this weekend.  I'm really hoping to have Heartbeat back to LT3 by Monday.  I don't want to make any promises, but that's the plan I'm I am going to force myself to stick to it.  There really isn't that much more to do, so I think it's a feasible plan.  Still, please wish me luck so the procrastination fairies don't strike again! 
6/11/14
  • Paint, Guns, Money, and Love is now available in print!  Get your paper copy today! 

  • I am seventy percent done with the edits for Heartbeat and I don't foresee that last thirty percent taking more than a week or two to complete.  I'd say I'm looking forward to not having edits on my plate for a while, but Third Time's The Charm, the free short story I'm working on eventually publishing with LT3, is still sitting there mocking me.  I will finish Heartbeat and then I'll tackle TTTC. 

  • Knoty Love has been submitted to Riptide Publishing.  I will hear yes or no in November! 

  • I am working on two other anthology submissions that I really hope to have completed soon.  For LT3's Intertwined call I'm writing Thunderbird.  I have the larger plot planned out, but putting all the smaller pieces onto paper will take a while.  It's not technically due until January, but Dragon Consultant is due around the same time and DC is a much longer and more involved story.  I'll be working on DC until the last minute, so having Thunderbird out of the way sooner will help me a lot. 
    The other anthology I'm working on is for Dreamspinner Press's Celebrate call.  They're asking for an end of the year themed short story based in another country.  I couldn't resist the lure, so I started working on it.  I don't have a title for it yet.  The call closes in August, which is an unbelievably short amount of time.  I think I can make it. 

  • My other stories are all coming along.  Magnified is attempting to become a series in my brain and I'm trying very hard to contain it into a two part story.  The Oracle Series is plucking along steadily.  I'm still hoping to have Sprite and Prophesy submitted within the year.  If a Butterfly Don't Fly is growing steadily, but my Out of Underhill series has a long way to go.  I'm writing as much as I can and hopefully they'll all be ready for publishing soon. 
6/04/14
  • Out Now: Paint, Guns, Money, and Love

    The mafia doesn't much care for gay men, but Nick's not in the mafia so that shouldn't matter. All he wants to do is paint and he's finally found the perfect subject in a man who looks good in real life and on a canvas. But something about Lucy is a little off and Nick soon learns that the mafia might not be so far away after all.
6/02/14
  • There's only a few more days to pre-order Paint, Guns, Money, and Love!  It arrives in stores on June 4th. 

  • I finally finished the edits for Road to Home.  They're going to be put into the hands of the wonderful editor who did Road to Revenge for a full editing job.  I'm hoping not to see it again for a few months, at which point my frustration with the story should have faded.  There's still no word on a new release date, but I'll keep you posted when I know more! 

  • I am working on the edits for Heartbeat.  Most of the changes are fairly straightforward.  There's one or two things I need to add or fix, but I don't need to do any major rewrites.  I should have the edits done and back to LT3 soon! 

  • Now that I have more free time I've been able to get some writing done.  I've been working on The Oracle's Sprite and The Sentinel's Prophesy, one of which I really hope to have ready to submit in the next few months.  I have also been fleshing out my submission for LT3's Intertwined submission call.  It's titled Thunderbird and is about that creature and its Native American mythos.  In addition, Dreamspinner has an Advent Calendar call for end of the year stories set outside the U.S. that I am planning to put something together for. 

  • I haven't had time to work on any of my longer stories, but my plan is to get a large portion of Magnified and Dragon Consultant finished this summer.  The submission call for Dragon Consultant ends January 1st so I have a lot to write in very little time. 
5/29/14
5/27/14
  • There are a bunch of giveaways going on right now for my books and I don't want anyone to miss out.  Make sure you check out all of them:
  1. Win a copy of any ebook from my back list at my Title Contest and Giveaway.  The contest closes on May 31st. 
  2. LT3 is holding their June giveaways on Goodreads.  You can win an ebook copy of Paint, Guns, Money, and Love.  Contest closes on June 19th. 
  3. Hearts on Fire Reviews is also holding a giveaway for a free e-copy of Paint, Guns, Money, and Love.  Their contest closes on May 31st.
5/20/14
  • I had a feeling it would happen the second I saw at the scope of the edits returned to me, and it has.  The release date for Road to Home had to be changed.  We're still working on a concrete day, but look for it to come out sometime at the end of the year instead. 

  • I also have two more (tentative) release dates to share!  Heartbeat, my story in LT3's Satisfaction Guaranteed Anthology, will be released on September 24, 2014 and The Oracle's Golem will be released on January 21, 2015! 

  • Paint, Guns, Money, and Love is up for an ebook giveaway at LT3's Goodreads page.  All you have to do is comment to enter! 

  • I haven't gotten much done on the writing front this past week.  I've been trying to focus on the edits for Road to Home and my friend got married this past weekend so free time has been limited.  That said, I have gotten started on my potential submission for LT3's Intertwined Anthology.  The story is titled Thunderbird and is focused on the Native American mythology of that creature.  I'm expecting it to be short and sweet.  It should be a lot of fun! 
5/15/14
  • My title contest and giveaway is still ongoing!  Please check it out and see if you can win a free ebook.

  • The Oracle's Golem has been accepted by LT3!  The contract just got put in the mail, so it's still a little too early for them to tell me release dates.  Hopefully I'll have more information to share soon. 

  • Won't Back Down is a bestseller at ARe!  My story, Heart's Tournament, is one of my faves and the anthology itself is really well put together.  I recommend it. 

  • Paint, Guns, Money, and Love is up for pre-order at LT3.  Get a 15% discount if you buy before June 3rd. 

  • I've gotten a little bit done here and there in terms of writing for this week.  I've written 1k in The Oracle's Sprite, The Sentinel's Prophesy, Magnified, and Dragon Consultant.  It hasn't been a substantial writing week, but everything is still moving along nicely.  None of my stories are anywhere near completion, but I'm hoping to have one of the Oracle stories at that point within the next month or so. 
5/14/14  Out Now:


Won't Back Down; Heart's Tournament

    Torn apart by the guilds vying for control of the city, twin brothers Keel and Saar must learn to fight, and win, if they hope to reunite—but winning might be exactly what tears them apart forever.

    Buy it Now!