writer from Hawai'i living in Japan
she/her
Books: Hard Skin (https://www.juventudpress.com/books/p/hard-skin-stories-by-melissa-llanes-brownlee) & Kahi and Lua (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCS7DMLK)
Recent Pubs: Five South, Cotton Xenomorph
Upcoming Pubs: Trampset, Sugar Sugar Salt, Indiana Review
Avatar Description: A woman of native Hawai'ian descent, with long brown hair, a black turtleneck sweater and a black backdrop
| Website | https://www.melissallanesbrownlee.com |
| Art & Writing Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/lumchanmfa |
| Ukulele Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/lumchanukulele |
| "Or Else" in Five South | https://www.fivesouth.net/post/or-else-by-melissa-llanes-brownlee |
1. @lumchanmfa recommended using every prompt for the same characters and world. IT IS THE MOST FUN. I did that at @Napdragon 's "Haunted Objects" workshop and the story I wrote just got accepted HAPPY DANCING.
2. If my novella gets declined, I know EXACTLY what I'm going to do and I'm so excited about it I'm kind of hoping it gets declined.
3. Seriously, I am too delighted over 1 and 2 to think of anything. ALL OF THE ABOVE is number 3.
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A reading recommendation: @lumchanmfa
Melissa Llanes Brownlee's micro-fiction is truly wonderful. I've been reading it some days as a way to start my day, start my brain. Her website:
I have an interview with the amazing @sagetyrtle from the Crow Collective on the Flesh Cricket podcast! If you have the time I would be honored if you listened to us talk story!!
I'm super excited today to bring you an interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee, a Native Hawaiian writer, currently living in Japan, where she teaches English at a junior high school. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics from Boise State University and her Master's Degree in Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, in print and online, and you can find her two books, Hard Skin and Kahi and Lua, available for sale here.
Today on the writing podcast Flesh Cricket, an interview with author @lumchanmfa Melissa Llanes Brownlee. We talk about writing from lived experience, where the inspiration for Melissa's books came from, and Melissa reads a beautiful, beautiful flash fiction piece. Listen here:
I'm super excited today to bring you an interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee, a Native Hawaiian writer, currently living in Japan, where she teaches English at a junior high school. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics from Boise State University and her Master's Degree in Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, in print and online, and you can find her two books, Hard Skin and Kahi and Lua, available for sale here.
Interview Podcast with Short Story Today by Jon DiSavino!
https://shortstorytoday.com/episodes/episode-37-melissa-llanes-brownlee-selected-flash-fiction-579
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