Writing

Screenplays

THE PRINCE OF NEW YORK – romantic ballroom dance drama – screenplay available
Logline: A Tony-award-winning singer reconnects to his childhood love of dance and risks his stage acting career, his life and the woman he doesn’t know he loves to pursue his dream to dance

ENCORE – dance drama – screenplay in rewrites
Logline: To make a comeback, a star ballerina threatened by serious injury faces off with the cavalier superstar who she blames for causing it

SABOR – Latino fantasy – in treatment
Logline: A Peruvian teen revolts against hiding who she is and brings her magical aunt from Machu Picchu to expose the entire family to living Peruvian-style in the Big Apple. With lots of music and dance potential. Embrace the magic!

KISSED BY A FAIRY – buddy adventure with comedic elements – in treatment
Logline: After being kissed by a gay fan after losing yet another duel to his stud best friend in a Renaissance Fair, a heterosexual swordfighter accepts his best friend’s challenge to find the Holy Grail, which leads him to a woo woo assertiveness training where he channels fairy goddesses and inadvertently discovers his true nature.


BOOKS

Symphony in C Dance Spirit Poems featuring Melanie’s poetry about New York City Ballet choreography, dancers and our cosmic connection to dance as well as some of Melanie’s art


THE MIDDLE PRINCESS
How does a princess born between baby sister favorite and the older brother favorite who will be king? By finding the magic in herself when she visits an enchanted forest with a mini-dragon friend, of course.

Chapter book for children in grade 3 or read by an adult for younger children: Now available

Hilarede Centipede, A Many Shoe Adventure
Activity storybook for pre-school thru K: FREE DOWNLOAD Now available

STORIES

  • “Weirdest of All” – published in Highlights For Children Magazine December 2003 with additional reprints and online reading
  • “The Buzz Boy of Bradner Ohio” – Stories & Poems We’re All Forum: Northwest Ohio Writers Forum first anthology
  • “Sharanda’s Voice” – Honorable Mention winner in Writers Digest Writing Competition 2001

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