Meet Mel Walker, our June 2023 Book Club author

 

BingeBooks: Where and when do you like to write?

Mel Walker: I'm a native New Yorker and love to feel the energy of the city. My favorite place to write is at a park near my house right on the waterfront. When the weather doesn't cooperate - I love to write in coffee shops and cafes. My favorite time to write is early morning. 

 

MW: I love to have music available. Sometimes I'll stream instrumental, and acoustic music, and other times a playlist of my favorite songs (depending on where I am in the novel).

 

MW: Music is a big influence for me; I will also pick up inspiration from snippets of a conversation of someone walking by; a setting while riding my bike. Inspiration is all around.

 

MW: I just finished Blue Collar Crush by Jill Brashear and am super excited to start on Sweet Memory by LJ Evans. Find a list of some of Mel's favorite books and authors here.

 

MW: Not the Marrying Kind by Kathryn Nolan.

 

MW: All the time. Most of them will take one look at my bare-bone outline and mutter "Interesting but I'm not going to do it that way - how about this?" In my novel "Trace's Forever" both the hero and heroine redirected the story into something totally different and the outcome was incredible. 

 

MW: Dog all the way. I have a cat allergy. 

 

MW: Tea. (with lemon)

 

MW: I stole this one-liner from a GoodReads reviewer - "This story is bursting with character, emotion, hope, and heart."

 

MW: The magic of playing a part in bringing together diverse characters into a made-up world that quickly becomes real and tangible beings that you become attached to. The best part is racing along their journey alongside them and not knowing where it will lead (it is always a surprise). What a rush!!

 

 

Join Mel as he talks about DOCTOR KNOW and his other writing with Alessandra Torre in our free author chat on Tuesday June 27 at 5 pm Eastern.  Click here to save your spot and enter our free draw to win signed books from Mel.