{"id":21,"date":"2014-08-10T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissagorzelanczyk.com\/blog\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-08-25T01:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:30:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melissagorzelanczyk.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For the ones who sense otherworlds, and other realms.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Or wish to be transported there.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hey there. I’m Melissa Gorzelanczyk, novelist, writer, and speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At age nine, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I dreamed of one day holding a book with my name on it. This began my journey to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Write more than 13 books and accumulate more than 28 rejections by age 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Pay off more than $42,000 in debt so I could quit my day job and focus on getting published (age 29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Secure a literary agent with the second book I wrote in those years (age 32).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Publish my first book, ARROWS, with Penguin Random House (age 34).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Pursue my MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts (age 37). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Realize during a writing prompt in the Vermont forest that my relationship with alcohol interfered with the creative goals I had for my life (age 38).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Become a sober, alcohol-free artist on February 16, 2019. (age 39)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Seek to inspire you to honor and nurture your dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for being here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow my journey: Subscribe to Deep in the Meadow<\/a>, my free monthly letter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professional Bio<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Gorzelanczyk is an award-winning novelist, writer, and speaker inspired by rituals, the meadow, and owls. Her first novel, ARROWS, was published by Penguin Random House. She holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. A copywriter by day, she lives with her husband in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receive more of her writing: linktr.ee\/MelissaGorzela<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow her on Instagram: @MelissaGorzela<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pronunciation: [g\u014dr-z\u0115h-l\u014fn-ch\u0115k]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Mission<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To inspire you to invest in your dreams and magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

American Short(er) Fiction Contest, Semi-Finalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marsha Dunlap Scholarship Winner, SCBWI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award, Finalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mill Writing Prizes, First Place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mill Writing Prizes, Finalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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