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Melinda was born an only child to college professors, and spent school days prowling the university library and summer days exploring - forests, castles, pyramids - wherever her parents' summer breaks took them. Everything she learned about life - and sex! - while hiding in the library stacks, wandering through castle passages and peeking around thick tree trunks has come in handy now. As they say, write what you know! This is her first short story.


The truth is Melinda is the pen-name of a longtime journalist who wants to break into fiction. She is one of five children and has lived all her life in the Texas Panhandle.

I think the first one is much better and more fun .....