Melanie Calahan combines a lifelong passion for reading and writing with a fifteen-year career in marketing and copywriting, including a stint as Marketing Director for a community development non-profit, Account Manager for an ad agency, and Lead Copywriter for an online electronics retailer, in her role as Marketing Director with Self-Publishing Services. She has published two short stories of her own and is working on her first full-length novel. In the meantime, she’s helping other people master the art of websites, social media, and effective copywriting.