Melanie's Monday - Hair!

Hey everybody! It's Melanie, and I'm back for more on my 'Road to the Prom'!

I've been looking in magazines, trying to find the perfect way to style my hair from prom! And I've finally found it!

If you read earlier, then you remember how I found the perfect prom dress - a midnight blue strapless gown. Now, my hair is going to go perfectly with my dress!

I'm going to take about a third of my hair, clip it to the top of my hair, and have it come down in curls. The rest of my hair is going to be free flowing and in curls too! It makes my blonde hair really stick out against the blue, and I think it's going to look absolutely beautiful!

Well, that's it for me this week! I'll be back next week for the next Melanie's Monday!

Melanie Ryder can be found in Alyssa Montgomery's short stories, Where Are You? and 9:53 P.M. (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology).

Mysterious News!

Hey everyone! I wanted to let everyone know (because I know everyone was sitting anxiously on the edge of their seats for this news:)) that the sequel to Mr. Mysterious, Mysterious No More?, will be appearing in the month of May for sale from Quake!

Check back here for new news and updates on Mysterious No More?!

Alyssa Montgomery
http://www.alyssamontgomery.com/
Author of Where Are You?, Mr. Mysterious, and 9:53 PM (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology).

Locker Shock by Pam Ripling

Looking for a good book to read? Why not check out Pam Ripling's

Locker Shock! , a great read for tweens!

From Quake:

What would you do if you found something deadly in your school locker and you suspected a friend of stashing it there?

Benjamin Mitchell thinks life really sucks when he nearly fails his history test. What's more, he's trying to get on the Midland Racers hockey team as a replacement goal tender. His buddies, Zach and Frasier are as different as night and day, and Ben feels like salt-water taffy, stretched thinner and thinner as the boys battle for his attention. And as if things couldn't get any worse, Valerie has suddenly started acting like a girl. The pressure is on. But Ben has bigger problems and it looks like somebody is out to set him up. Can he find out before it's too late?

A crucial aspect of this book is that Ripling creates characters that are realistic and deal with real-life issues, not issues that merely exist in a fantasyland. Her characters are easy to connect with and by the end of the novel, the reader's feelings seem to be connected and intertwined to those of the character.

Furthermore, the novel, which is intended for younger readers, is written in a fashion that is easily understandable by younger readers. The plot is not unnecessarily complicated as Ripling has found a solid, and likable, ground between a plot that is too simplistic and one that is too complex.

I would easily award Locker Shock! with two thumbs up!

Alyssa Montgomery

Author of Where Are You?, Mr. Mysterious, and 9:53 PM (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology).

Melanie's at the Teen-Seen!

I just wanted to let everyone know that my character, Melanie, is talking today over at the Teen-Seen about Fantasy books and movies! Go check it out!

Alyssa Montgomery
http://www.alyssamontgomery.com/
Where Are You?
Mr. Mysterious
9:53 PM from the Heat of the Moment Anthology

Melanie's Monday - Prom Dresses!

Hey everybody! It's Monday, so that means it's time for me to continue Melanie's Monday!

So this week I'm going to be talking about how I went shopping with my best friend Kassie to buy our...

Prom dresses!

We decide to try shopping for dresses at the mall first. That place is huge, so it's bound to have the perfect dress hidden in there somewhere, right?

And I was right!

Right when I walked into the first store, my eyes were glued to a midnight blue strapless gown with tiny flowers stitched in/scattered across the dress. I would have to say that it was, quite possibly, the most beautiful dress I have ever seen in my life.

Naturally, I had to try it on.

And it fit perfectly! Can you believe it!? It was like the dress was made for me, and it was just waiting for me to come and find it! Not to mention that it matched perfectly with my blue eyes. There was no way that I was going to allow myself to pass by that dress.

So I bought it. And I think that Cal is going to absolutely love it!

What about all you guys? Was there ever a dress that you bought that was so perfect in every way that you just couldn't pass it up?

Well, that's it for me today! I'll catch you all next Monday!

Melanie

Melanie Ryder can be found in Alyssa Montgomery's short stories, Where Are You? and 9:53 P.M. (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology).

Melanie's Monday

Hey everybody! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Melanie Ryder, and I'm one of the characters in Alyssa Montgomery's stories, Where Are You? and 9:53 P.M. (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology). I'm going to be blogging on Alyssa's site every Monday with new and exciting stories to share! If you caught me on the Teen-Seen last Tuesday, then you heard the great new that

Cal asked me to prom!

And I would have to tell you that that was the most exciting news in the world! Okay, so we've been dating each other for a while now, and I pretty much knew that we'd be going together, but it was the way he asked me that was amazing!

So he drove me home from school, as usual, but instead of coming inside like he normally does, he dropped me off and said that he had something to take care of and that he'd be back later. So he leaves, and I go inside the house and up the stairs to my bedroom. And sitting on my bed was a single red rose with a note attached to it. So I opened the note and inside was written, Come outside.

I knew Cal's writing from anywhere, so I ran down the stairs, wondering what he was up to. And when I opened the front door, he was standing there with a bouquet of a dozen roses, and he handed them to me, and asked me if I would give him the honor of allowing him to take me to prom!

And of course I said yes. I would have gone with him in a heartbeat even if he had just mentioned it casually in the car. But that's the great thing about Cal - he's such a romantic! Even if some of the things he does are completely cheesy and cliched, he puts so much thought and love into it that my heart just swells at it. Literally. And I can feel a giant smile come on my face.

Now that I have finished raving about Cal, where was I?

Yes, prom. So I can now safely say that I am more than excited about the dance. I don't think I can wait a month for it to come. All I can say is that Kassie and I need to start hitting the dress stores.


Melanie Ryder can be found in Alyssa Montgomery's short stories, Where Are You? and 9:53 PM (from the Heat of the Moment Anthology).

Fashion is Passion

Melanie Ryder, my character from Where Are You? and The Heat of the Moment: 9:53 PM, is currently talking today over at the Teen-Seen blog about fashion!

Go check it out!!

Alyssa Montgomery