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Michelle K. Pickett
Biography
Like most people I don't enjoy talking about myself. In fact, although I received an 'A' in my public speaking course in college, I'm convinced my professor took pity on me. So to keep myself out of the public eye, and my mouth firmly closed as it should be, I stay behind my computer and live in my imaginary world filled with imaginary people who all think I'm cool. It gives me an ego boost for when my son tells me I'm so not.
I thought about writing a "serious, gown-up" bio, but I'm not really a serious grown-up. So here are some of the more normal things about me:
I can't write without a hoodie. Yeah, I live it Texas. I didn't say I'd make sense.
I do all my writing in men's pajama pants. I even wear them to the corner store if I need milk or whatever. This totally embarrasses my kids and makes me incredibly happy. I strive to embarrass my kids at least once a day. It's my God given right after going through labor.
I'm a horrible speller. Spell check and I are good buddies.
I majored in accounting in college. I was required to declare a major, but I had no clue what I wanted to do, so I picked accounting because it was the first thing listed in the booklet the counselor gave me. I did carry a 4.0 GPA, though. Go figure.
Forget coffee. Hand over the Red Bull or Monster Khaos and no one gets hurt. Seriously, just set it down and step away. I will morph into a normal human after I guzzle my can of caffeine.
I hate to cook, but love to watch cooking shows on television.
I paint my nails weird colors just to see my husband roll his eyes and make my 9 year-old twin girls giggle, and, of course, mortify my 13 year-old son. This fits in the embarrassing them at least once a day category, too.
I'm a hopeful romantic and love swoon-worthy endings that keep the butterflies going for days, but I don't believe a HEA always ends with the boy getting the girl. Sometimes a HEA is an ending we don't see coming, but is still best for the characters.
I write across genres in the young adult and new adult age groups while eating way too many peanut butter M&Ms (but we'll keep that second part just between us).
I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, but now live in a suburb of Houston, TX with my very supportive family, a 125lb rescue "puppy" and a 12lb attack cat, also a rescued pet.
And last, but never least, I'd love to hear from you. So drop me an email! Let's chat. You tell me what you like in books, what you'd like to see happen in the writing community, what type of books you'd like to see more of... less of... I want to hear it all.
So tell me. Because the one thing I wish I could put on my list, but I still haven't figured it out yet, is mind reading. But don't tell my kids. I still have them fooled.
Hey! Want to win prizes, enter giveaways, contests and learn about my new projects before anyone else (maybe even beta read them)? Well, go to my blog and join my street team!
www.michelle-pickett.com/blog
I thought about writing a "serious, gown-up" bio, but I'm not really a serious grown-up. So here are some of the more normal things about me:
I can't write without a hoodie. Yeah, I live it Texas. I didn't say I'd make sense.
I do all my writing in men's pajama pants. I even wear them to the corner store if I need milk or whatever. This totally embarrasses my kids and makes me incredibly happy. I strive to embarrass my kids at least once a day. It's my God given right after going through labor.
I'm a horrible speller. Spell check and I are good buddies.
I majored in accounting in college. I was required to declare a major, but I had no clue what I wanted to do, so I picked accounting because it was the first thing listed in the booklet the counselor gave me. I did carry a 4.0 GPA, though. Go figure.
Forget coffee. Hand over the Red Bull or Monster Khaos and no one gets hurt. Seriously, just set it down and step away. I will morph into a normal human after I guzzle my can of caffeine.
I hate to cook, but love to watch cooking shows on television.
I paint my nails weird colors just to see my husband roll his eyes and make my 9 year-old twin girls giggle, and, of course, mortify my 13 year-old son. This fits in the embarrassing them at least once a day category, too.
I'm a hopeful romantic and love swoon-worthy endings that keep the butterflies going for days, but I don't believe a HEA always ends with the boy getting the girl. Sometimes a HEA is an ending we don't see coming, but is still best for the characters.
I write across genres in the young adult and new adult age groups while eating way too many peanut butter M&Ms (but we'll keep that second part just between us).
I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, but now live in a suburb of Houston, TX with my very supportive family, a 125lb rescue "puppy" and a 12lb attack cat, also a rescued pet.
And last, but never least, I'd love to hear from you. So drop me an email! Let's chat. You tell me what you like in books, what you'd like to see happen in the writing community, what type of books you'd like to see more of... less of... I want to hear it all.
So tell me. Because the one thing I wish I could put on my list, but I still haven't figured it out yet, is mind reading. But don't tell my kids. I still have them fooled.
Hey! Want to win prizes, enter giveaways, contests and learn about my new projects before anyone else (maybe even beta read them)? Well, go to my blog and join my street team!
www.michelle-pickett.com/blog
Where to find Michelle K. Pickett online
Website: http://www.michelle-pickett.com
Twitter: @Michelle_kp
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.michelle-pickett.com/blog
Twitter: @Michelle_kp
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.michelle-pickett.com/blog
Where to buy in print
Series
The Milayna Series
by Michelle K. Pickett
It's hard being good all the time. Everyone needs to be bad once in a while. But for seventeen-year-old Milayna, being good isn't a choice. It's a job requirement. And it's a job she can't quit. Born a demi-angel, Milayna steps in when danger and demons threaten the people around her, but being half angel isn't all halos and happiness. Azazel, Hell's demon, wants Milayna's power and he'll do anything to get it. But he only has until her eighteenth birthday, after which she becomes untouchable.
Milayna
Milayna's Angel
The Innocent
Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett
by Michelle K. Pickett
Unspeakable
Finding Willow
“Breathe. No one will break me. I’m strong. Breathe. Just breathe.”
On the outside, Willow appears to have it all. She’s beautiful, smart, from an influential family, and she dates the most popular guy in school—Jaden. But she would walk away from it all in a second. Willow is tormented by lies and suffocating guilt, not the hearts and flowers people believe her life is full of.
She carries a dark secret. Plagued by nightmares and pain, the secret dominates her life. If she hadn’t walked away. If she had just… but she didn’t. And now she has to live with her choices. But when someone uncovers her family’s past, they use it against her, crushing her spirit little by little. She tells herself she just has to make it to graduation. Then she can leave Middleton, and her secret, far behind.
When Brody transfers to Cassidy High, he turns Willow’s life upside down. He shows her what it feels like to live again, really live. And suddenly, she isn’t satisfied with just surviving until graduation. She wants a normal life—with Brody—and he wants her. But the closer they become, the more it threatens to unravel the secret she’s worked so hard to hide.
Unspeakable
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Finding Willow
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Books
The Innocent
by Michelle K. Pickett
Series: The Milayna Series, Book 3.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 94,480.
Language:
English.
Published: November 3, 2015
by
CTP Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
A year ago, eighteen year-old Milayna fought Azazel, Hell's angel, for her soul. She thought she'd seen the last of him, but he's back, and he's brought his friends with him. The Four Brothers want Milayna's life, and they have wicked powers to use to take it. While Milayna struggles against the Four Brothers, she also has to fight Azazel for her younger brother's soul.
Milayna's Angel
by Michelle K. Pickett
Series: The Milayna Series, Book 2.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 86,640.
Language:
English.
Published: July 7, 2015
by
CTP Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
Now that the battle with Hell's angel, Azazel, has ended, you'd think eighteen-year-old Milayna's life would take a turn for the better. After all, what could be worse than having the angel of Hell trying to steal your soul? Plenty. Abaddon, the demon of destruction, is angry that Azazel failed to convert Milayna before her demi-angel powers matured. Now she's untouchable… or so she thinks.
Milayna
by Michelle K. Pickett
Series: The Milayna Series, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 121,750.
Language:
English.
Published: March 17, 2015
by
CTP Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(5.00 from 1 review)
It's hard being good all the time. Everyone needs to be bad once in a while. But for seventeen-year-old Milayna, being good isn't a choice. It's a job requirement. Born a demi-angel, Milayna steps in when danger and demons threaten the people around her, but being half angel isn't all halos and happiness. Azazel, Hell's demon, wants Milayna's power and he'll do anything to get it.
Unspeakable
by Michelle K. Pickett
Series: Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 98,580.
Language:
English.
Published: February 10, 2015
by
CTP Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues
“I want a life without you in it. I want memories, which don't include you.I want a heart that never loved you. I want a mind that doesn’t know you.And I want a whole new me who never knew you.” ~Willow
"Breathe. No one will break me. I’m strong. Breathe. Just breathe."
Finding Willow
by Michelle K. Pickett
Series: Unspeakable by Michelle K. Pickett.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,940.
Language:
English.
Published: September 30, 2014
by
CTP Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues
“Finding Willow” is the prequel to “Unspeakable,” the touching romance between Brody and Willow that explores one girl’s quiet strength to survive the unbearable weight of a family secret alone, and the love and resolve of a boy determined to help her.