Author Feature: Melissa J. Cunningham

3/15/2016

Reluctant Guardian by
Melissa J. Cunningham

BLURB:

Guarding Brecken Shaefer-a dark and dangerous rebel-is harder than it looks. Death was nothing like sixteen-year-old Alisa Callahan thought it would be. Resting on pink, fluffy clouds for eternity with her gram and best friend sounded like a dream come true. After all, enduring one torturous experience after another in her short life deserved some kind of reward, right? Unfortunately, eternal rewards aren't given out so freely when you take your own life. Required to pay the debt for committing suicide, Alisa must become a guardian. It sounds easy enough, but not when the boy she is forced to protect has a dangerous secret and wants absolutely nothing to do with her. Brecken Shaefer isn't any normal teenager. He has special gifts that are sure to make Alisa's afterlife miserable. When feelings develop between them, everything spins out of control. Not only must Alisa face her own demons- but to protect Brecken, she must face an evil so heinous that it threatens to destroy their souls completely. Alisa is tired of hiding from her past. When the easiest thing to do is run, can Brecken give her the strength to stay?

EXCERPT:

This is it. This is my moment, and I'm not going to let some stupid boy and a bunch of his idiotic friends scare me into failing. Closing my eyes, I float through the closed door, letting myself enjoy that slight pull on my soul as I meld with the wood for one second, feeling its aliveness, its purpose. This is one part of being a spirit that is genuinely cool. Everything is alive.
Once through, the brightness in the room surprises me. As unexpected as that is, what amazes me even more is that the glow radiates around one person in particular.
Brecken.
He sits sprawled at his desk, his feet clad in heavy, black combat books, his ankles crossed. A thick, ratty sweatshirt stretches over his wide shoulders, and even though his hair is a mess, it fits him, making him much sexier than is healthy for a seventeen year old boy. (pg 62)

PLAYLIST:

Down, by Jason Walker
Holding on and Letting go, by Ross Copperman.
Poison and Wine, by The Civil Wars
Farewell, by Rosie Thomas
Your Guardian Angel, by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Almost Lover, by A Fine Frenzy
Fix You, Javier Colon
Nobody's Home, by Avril Lavigne
Someone Like You, by Adele
His Love, Vickey Pahnke & John Canaan
My Own Worst Enemy, by Casting Crowns
In My Arms, by Plumb
Without You, byt David Guetta & Usher
Possibility, by Lykke Li

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW:

What is your next project?
The third book in the Ransomed Souls Series, The Undoer, is coming out this spring! It’s by far my favorite out of any books I’ve written!

Name 5 of your favorite movies.
The Count of Monte Cristo, because Jim Caviezel is beautiful and I love how it’s a story of redemption and coming back from your lowest point (which I too have had to do). The Lord of the Rings, and do I really need to explain why? LOL The Hobbit, because I love Lord of the Rings. Princess Bride, because it’s a classic with some of the best one-liners ever written. I could watch it over and over. Pitch Perfect, because I’m a music buff. I used to be a music major in college. I sing, play guitar and piano, and used to write music. Now I write stories.

If we Googled your name what would we see? That would depend on if you put my middle initial in there! If you don’t, you get an actress who is my same age and dresses like a porn star. But I’m right beneath her! (on the Google page)

What’s your pet peeve?
Dang! I can’t even think of one! I can think of a bunch my husband has though!

What is your favorite poem?
I love, love, love Invictus. But I have quite a few I like. My grandmother and mother were both wonderful poets, so I have that talent flowing through my veins if I ever put it to good use.

What is your best advice for aspiring writers?
Just keep going! Never stop. You’ll get better and better as you go. If I could find a publisher while dealing with neurological Lyme Disease and publish FOUR books while sick and crazy, you can too! (I don’t recommend being sick and crazy, but to each their own)

Thank you SO much for having me on your blog! Check out my other books and enjoy the ride!!

AUTHOR BIO:

Melissa Cunningham (also known as M.E. Cunningham) was born in Oregon but grew up in Utah, where she was raised on a steady diet of fine literature from Charlotte's web to the The Trumpeter Swan, and then plenty of romances in her teen years. She now lives with her husband on a little farm in northern Utah where all she can see out of her back door is miles of pasture and stunning sunsets. Not only does she raise horses, dogs, cats, and chickens, but her five kids also. When Melissa is not writing you can find her spending time in the outdoors with her family or dancing wildly to rock music in her living room. She loves running, camping, and all things fiction--scary, mind-numbing stories preferred. Find her at www.melissajcunningham.com

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9/26/2018 09:36:53 am

In the movie 'Invictus', I would like to give emphasis on what Nelson Mandela said to her daughter, “You criticize without understanding. You seek only to address your own personal feelings. That is selfish thinking, Zindzi. It does not serve the nation”. This is exactly the attitude of some Americans who are still holding grudges in what has happened in the past. They tend to criticize the opposing party because they believe that is what’s right. Because they have already concluded that they are the ones who are “right” in the situation. No one thinks of the possibility that maybe, they are wrong. Maybe whatever is happening is a product of a misunderstanding. Maybe instead of wasting all those years living in pain, we should’ve just forgiven each other for each other’s faults. Maybe if we weren’t too self-centered, we would have been living in a country that is peaceful and disciplined.