The Home for Mell Eight's Original Fiction
Mell Eight is an author of LGBTQIA original fiction, primarily M/M.
If that is not your thing, hit the back button, otherwise welcome and enjoy!
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Out Now:Divine Judgment
March 10, 2026 
Cupids' Arrows
January 13, 2026 
Coming Soon:
Finding Us Time
May 20, 2026 
Submitted Projects:
Current Projects:
I have been working with JMS Books since March 2026.
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
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News:5/9/26
The edits are complete and Finding Us Time is ready to go! You can get your copy from JMS and most major ebook retailers on May 20th! If you remember, I was surprised to learn how quickly JMS completes their edits and gets a book published, but they definitely held up to that promise! I can't wait for Finding Us Time to be released because I know you'll enjoy it! Keep an eye out for preorder information, as I will definitely share it as soon as it's available. I have also been working on the edits for Cupids' Flight. I have completed both rounds and the copy edits. All that's left is final proofs and it's ready to go. I don't have a cover to share yet, though. Hopefully soon, since right now the book is estimated to come out in late September. Next on my editing list is Cupids' Halo, which NSP accepted for publishing! It's a holiday story, so I expect it to come out in December. The first round of edits should arrive soon. I'm looking forward to them, since playing in this world for a little longer will definitely be fun. I have also been writing a lot. My plan to turn Finding Us Time into a series is starting to make progress. I've been writing the next book in the series (currently untitled) and am almost done with chapter three. However, I needed to clarify something from chapter one and accidentally started rereading. The main character is really interesting, the plot is dynamic, and the budding romance is adorable. But. And this is a very big but. The way I described the main character's magic is horrible. I rambled in circles, never actually explained anything, and it's beyond confusing. Before I can move forward with this story, I have to fix that. There's some important scenes with magic coming up. If I haven't ironed out all that damned rambling, those next scenes will end up being just as bad. Fingers crossed I can figure out how to fix it fast, so I can get back to writing this story soon! I have also gotten back into the swing of things with Rainbow Princess Angels. I admit, I also ended up rereading this story from the beginning. I had paused working on it while I churned out my Wings series, and needed the refresher before I could start writing again. However, unlike Finding Us Time, every single aspect of this story was phenomenal. The main character is interesting, the plot is dynamic and unpredictable, and the magic is thankfully very well constructed! I literally got to the end of what I'd written and went "where's the rest?" as if I was reading a book someone else had written. Since then, I've added about 3k words to the story, and am about to jump into writing the most exciting part. There's still some build up before I can really start prepping for the final battle scene (which is going to be amazing), and the romance is only in the beginning stages, so there's still a ton to do. I'm going to keep typing away at it and, fingers crossed, it will be the next story I complete! 3/29/26
Cupids' Halo is done and submitted! I honestly wasn't certain I'd have it completed in time. I had originally planned for it to be a 15k word story, but it just kept going and going! The characters had so much to say and their story blew past that. The grand total ended up being 20k, which is still short, but as it kept getting longer and longer I started to worry I would never get it complete. Thankfully, I somehow managed to put a final period on the story. I definitely rushed the editing a bit to get it submitted in time, but I love how the story turned out. It was worth every bit of angst that I wouldn't meet the deadline! I have received the first round of edits for Cupids' Flight. I haven't been able to start them yet because I was desperately writing away on Halo. However, now that Halo is done, I get to return to the characters in Flight. They're so much fun, so I'm looking forward to it! To be honest, I don't really have anything else to share at the moment. I've been focused exclusively on Halo for the last few weeks, so I haven't written anything for any of my other stories. The ideas I have for turning Finding Us Time into a full series have started to go the fairy tale route with an evil stepmother, but since the original story is more dungeon-manga themed than fairy tale I'm going to need to find a way to curtail that. Still, the main character I've come up with for the story is very interesting so I'm looking forward to getting to delve into his story! 3/14/26
Firstly, I cannot believe how positive the response is for Divine Judgment. The reviews have been excellent, and I'm so happy to see that everyone liked it! If you missed it, you can purchase from NSP HERE and from everywhere else, HERE. As I said in my last post, I submitted a short story called Finding Us Time to JMS for one of their story calls. I am super happy to announce that JMS accepted the story! The first time working for a new publisher is always an adventure as I figure out what their requirements are for editing and all the other little things that go into getting a book published. What has shocked me so far is JMS has already provided a general release date! You will be able to purchase Finding Us Time in May 2026! Can you believe how fast that is? I can't. In my ~15 years of publishing stories with small, online publishers, this three-month turnaround is the absolute fastest I've ever seen. Normally a story takes six months at the very earliest, and that's with putting a rush on things. I am very interested to see how JMS is able to manage it. I want to be clear, I know they'll treat my story well, and I believe the final product will be at the excellent standard I strive to provide. I am simply floored that they're able to release books so quickly! My goal is to continue publishing with NSP for as long as they'll have me. But it's also nice to know if I have a story I want to release quickly, I can rely on JMS too. For an update on the writing front, Cupids' Halo continues to grow. It's not completed yet, but I am making good progress. I am still on track to get it submitted to NSP in time, but there's definitely a lot still to write. My to-do list after Halo remains unchanged. I will do a final edit on Baron of the Shifting Sands as soon as Halo is complete and submitted. Once Baron is also submitted, I will return to the rest of my languishing stories. I think Rainbow Princess Angels is closest to being completed, so that is technically next on my to-do list. After that, we'll have to see where my muse takes me. I am aware I have a large backlog of stories I'm already working on, and I'd love to finish another of those. However, Finding Us Time is technically a short story set in a larger series. I would very much like to start working on that too. I will figure it out eventually, and definitely keep you all in the loop as I do! 3/8/26
It's finally March! We are in meteorological spring, which is probably why it's been snowing almost constantly. LOL This year March also means deadlines. I am completely prepared for the first deadline, which is March 10th, the release day for my upcoming story! Divine Judgment has completed all preparations and is completely ready to come out in a few short days. In fact, if you buy from NSP, you can read it right now! Here's the link. For everywhere else, next week will come before we know it. If you want to preorder from Amazon, here's another link. I hope to have a universal link to share soon! I have three additional deadlines for myself this month. I have always really liked writing for story calls put out by publishers, and the next two deadlines have to do with that. For the first of those two, I decided to write a story for a call put out by JMS Books. They're not a publisher I've written for before, so this is an experiment that I'm really hoping will go well. They're very reputable and the story call immediately inspired me. You can find it on their website. It's called Queer Joy and it asks for a happy slice-of-life style story. What I came up with is a short story set in a new world of magic and swords, yet with modern technology like cars and cell phones that I'm calling Finding Us Time. I submitted it to them on Friday, which is super nerve-wracking. I'll be waiting on tenterhooks until they respond, but I really think they'll like it so I'm hoping for good news! The second of those two deadlines is still a work in progress. I'm trying to finish a third book in my Wings series, called Cupids' Halo, which I need to submit to NSP by the end of this month. It's for NSP's internal holiday-themed call. I'm about halfway through writing and the overall meat of the story is planned out. I'm struggling a tad to build the romance, but I had the start of a breakthrough with it today. As long as I write a little every day, I should make it just in time for the deadline. Lastly is the deadline I'm not going to make, but luckily it's a self-imposed deadline. I wanted to complete a final edit of Baron of the Shifting Sands this month and then get it ready to submit to NSP, but that's just not going to happen. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until April. It's worth the wait, though, so as soon as the other deadlines are out of the way, Baron is at the top of my to-do list. 2/17/26
If you celebrate Valentines Day or Single's Awareness Day, I hope you had a very good time doing whatever activities you wanted. As someone who is very happily single, I enjoyed being my very best couch potato self! If you still need to get into the Valentine's spirit, feel free to check out my Valentines-themed books. I currently have two: Soul Bond and Cupids' Arrows. Soul Bond is about a man suffering under a terrible curse who goes to find help from an underground, illegal magician. Cupids' Arrows just came out last month, and it's about a pair of married cupids and their shenanigans as they try to pair up couples with the power of their arrows. I like writing themed stories, since I find the ideas for new plots flow easier when I'm given a base to build from. These type of stories also tend to be shorter in length, which is nice because I can squeeze writing them in between some of my longer works. A good example is the third book in my Wings series, Cupids' Halo, which I'm writing at the same time as Rainbow Princess Angels. Halo is Christmas-themed and probably going to be around 15k words, while RPA is totally original and will be closer to 25k. Both are technically short stories, but that 10k difference is huge in terms of both world and plot building. I have a couple things I'm currently writing. Halo has a deadline of the end of March, so that's taking precedence. I'm also working on a story I'm calling Finding Us Time, but that's mostly for a whim rather than anything serious. If it turns out well, I'll submit it somewhere for publishing. RPA continues to grow as well. I have about a chapter and a half of build up before the big final battle, so technically it's very close to being complete. However, I have to finish Halo and Finding Us Time first, and then I have to edit and submit Baron of the Shifting Sands next. Once those three are done, I can work on finishing RPA. After that, we'll have to see which muse strikes! 1/25/26
The snow is falling, a glorious wonderland of white flakes frosting the ground and trees. The last time I checked, I was supposed to get 20 inches of snow. I'm still waiting to find out whether work will be cancelled tomorrow. It depends on whether the majority of the snow falls today, rather than overnight. If it falls during the day, the snow plows will have a few hours to clear the roads, which means there's a potential things will be business as usual tomorrow. If the snow falls later, the plows will still be clearing Monday morning and I'll be able to sleep in! I will continue waiting in hope that my office will finally send out the email declaring they're closed. For anyone who may have missed it, Cupids' Arrows came out on the 13th! The reviews so far have been overwhelmingly positive. My cupids and their shenanigans in this year's valentine's-themed story are a ton of fun, per the reviews! Veronica from Joyfully Jay liked it so much, she finished her review by saying "I will absolutely read on when there’s a second book in the author’s new Wings series." Read the full review HERE. Speaking of the second book, I completed a final review of Cupids' Flight and submitted it to NSP for their consideration this morning! I hope they like it, and will definitely let everyone know what they say. I also started writing the third book in the series, called Cupids' Halo. It is supposed to be Christmas-themed. The problem continues to be the due date, which is in only two months. I continue to have doubts I'll finish writing it in time, but I'm going to keep working on it. Even if I don't meet the deadline, I'll still submit it once it's complete. Elsewhere on the writing front, I have continued working on Rainbow Princess Angels, my semi-satire of the magical girls trope. I've reached the halfway point, which is always the toughest spot to write in my books. The midpoint is when I have to transition from introductions and world building to strictly plot and conflict. I love world building the most, so I always find switching hats difficult. Luckily, the plot of this story is one hundred percent planned out. All I have to do is get it out of my head and onto paper. That will still take time, but I remain hopeful that I'll have this story completed soon! 1/11/26
This definitely isn't a case of "new year, new me." I can say that with absolute certainly. And yet, in the last two weeks I feel like I was more productive than I was for the entirety of 2025. Somehow I have managed to finish writing two stories, and I've made significant progress in others. I know this isn't sustainable and I'll fall behind on my to-do list very soon, but I'm going to ride this writing high for as long as I can. The first story I completed was Baron of the Shifting Sands. There's dragons, a touch of magic, and a lot of fun, set in a world where the desert and the Gods rule them all. It was really interesting to write, and topped out at approximately 40k words long. I've been playing with this story off and on for a full decade. No joke. My computer says the Word file for Baron was first created in June 2016. Progress was hampered for a number of reasons, some of them outside my control. I also had at least a two-year period where I thought the story was too broken to bother finishing. Last year I had the epiphany of how to fix it: there were a number of time-skips that I needed to get rid of. I was right. As soon as I wrote out the full scenes instead of skipping ahead, the story snapped together like a puzzle. The way my writing process works is I read through and edit the story immediately after it's complete, trying to fix errors and such while everything is still fresh. I'm working on that right now. Once I'm done, Baron will go back in the lock box until mid-February at the earliest, which is when I will pull it out and give it a more thorough edit. Once that second edit is complete, I'll submit this story to NSP for their consideration. The second story I finished was Cupid's Flight, the sequel to Cupids' Arrows (coming out in a few short days!). Flight is full of more cupid shenanigans, this time with a twist. Technically it's supposed to be for NSP's internal Halloween call, but I took some liberties. LOL The call closes the end of this month, so I have a tighter editing deadline than I like and I'll have to condense my editing schedule. Flight is going to sit for the next week to at least give it some time to percolate, and then I'm going to edit and get it ready for submission. The one caveat I have is while the story is complete, I usually like to add an epilogue and I'm drawing a blank. Everything I've come up with so far seems so trite and the current ending is so perfect. I don't want to ruin it. We'll see if I can figure something out in the next week. To round out the Wings Series, I want to write a third book I'm currently calling Cupid's Halo. This one would be set in December at holiday time. However, the due date to submit this book is the end of March, and I have doubts I'll be able to get a viable story put together in time. This past week I worked on figuring out who the main characters are and the basic tenants of the plot, but haven't put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) yet. I'm going to give it a go and try to get this story written in time, but I make no promises. Please wish me luck! I've been working on a couple other fun things too, but this post is already long enough so I'll share more later! In the meantime, please feel free to check out Cupids' Arrows, coming out on January 13th! If you buy from NSP, you can read it today. If you buy from Amazon or anywhere else, you only have to wait two more days! |
