We decided that we would pick each other's names. It would be in first person and I would write the male MC and Melissa would write the girl, and we would alternate Question how we would do it in terms of POV (point of view). So the first question was how does someone begin writing a novel with someone else? There was little Jump into a metaphorical bed with another writer unless they feel the writing is good enough for their name to accompany their own on the cover. One day Melissa asked if I'd like to write a book with her. I was writing my first novel as well and we soon became writing partnersĮxchanging ideas and offering feedback on each other's stories. I knew she was good by how much emotion she evoked from me. She was writing her first novel, a YA romance, with characters who had me screaming at the pages at their ignorance,įeeling their pain at rejection, and cheering at their victories. I stumbled across a writer named Melissa Mayberry. In addition to having my work read and reviewed, I I joined an online critiquing group in 2011. Rival gangs fight for their allegiance which leaves them with no alternative except to trust each other. As their thirst for revenge deepens, so does their involvement in the fractions of theĬriminal underworld. Thad and Gemma soonīecome the hunted themselves and their clashing personalities must join forces to combat a common enemy. The story takes one twist after another when Thaddeus takes Gemma as a hostage cum bargaining chip – but Bruce Gage didn't get where he was by rolling over easily. When Thaddeus breaks into the Gage mansion looking for Bruce, he gets a whole lot more than heīargained for. When Bruce catches her red-handed scrutinizing his dealings, he retaliates by keeping her captive in her own home facing inevitable When she makes an unwanted discovery about her husband's business. Miss Mayberry followed by writing the even numbered chapters as Gemma Gage. He doesn't count on is coming up against his adversary's wife, Gemma Gage.

Kline sets out for North Carolina determined to settle the score. When his wife turns up dead, he blames crime boss Bruce Gage and makes it his mission to find and kill him. The readers guessing when the authors don't even know what's coming next.Ĭasey began the book writing the odd number chapters as US Embassy officer, Thaddeus Kline, stationed Throughout the book, neither of them had any idea what the other one would write in response to their own chapter. There was notĪ definitive plot to speak of when they began writing it.

This suspense thriller exceptional is the fact that they wrote the 70,000 word book with alternating points of view – Melissa writing as Gemma Gage and Travis writing as Thaddeus Kline.

Authors Melissa Mayberry and Travis Casey have joined forces to create a truly unique novel.

Mellifica by Melissa Mayberry