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    The following is a reverse chronological listing of key milestones in the maintenance of this web site and the release of new books by Melanie Jackson.

    8/31/2007 Coming Books
    Divine Night is the next book to arrive in December of 2007. I'm working on uploading the cover for you.

    Coming in May of 2008 is an anthology about magic shoes called These Boots Are Made For Strutting

    In June of 2008 is a cat mystery, A Curious Affair.


    8/31/2007 A New Look
    Finally, we've cut over to the new web page look and feel. Hope you like it. Additional updates to follow.

    9/5/2005 The Master
    The release date for The Master has been set for September of 2005.

    2/26/2005 Multi-Author Book Signing in SF
    I'll be at a book signing February 26 at Borderlands book store in San Francisco.

    2/1/2005 Divine Fire Top Pick
    Divine Fire, in stores now, has been named Romantic Times top pick for February 2005.

    9/3/2004 A Fifth Goblin Book
    I've been working on a fifth goblin book tentatively scheduled for release in the summer of 2005.

    8/14/2004 Divine Fire Art Work Arrives
    The Divine Fire cover art arrived. I love the cover. It captures the dark fantasy elements of the book.

    8/1/2004 Still Life Released
    Still Life has been well received. The goblins will live on in a fifth book, "The Master".

    3/26/2004 Outsiders and Selkie Nominated for RT Awards
    Both Outsiders and the Selkie have been nominated for Romantic Times Awards.

    3/20/2004 Still Life Cover Arrives
    Another beautiful cover has been produced for Still Life, the fourth book in the Wildside Romance goblin series.

    3/1/2004 Courier Ships
    Courier, the third book in the Wildside Romance goblin series, has been released. Feedback has been very positive.

    11/1/2003 Selkie Released in Large Print Hardcover
    Selkie was released in a large print hardcover edition by Wheeler Press. Checkout the beautiful cover art.

    5/22/2003 Imp Creole Recipe Contest
    A new Imp Creole Recipe Contest has been added to the site. Submit your favorite recipes through August to win prizes.

    5/12/2003 Outsiders Cover Arrives
    The Outsiders cover has arrived. I've posted it on this Web site along with an excerpt. Enjoy!!!

    2/28/2003 Lutin Empire Web Site Created
    Watch out! The goblins now have a Web presence. Visit the Lutin Empire if you dare.

    2/25/2003 Traveler Cover Arrives
    The Traveler cover has arrived. I've posted it on this Web site along with an excerpt. Enjoy!!!

    2/2/2003 Selkie Ships
    Selkie has finally been released. I've been getting a lot of email in prasie of the book. People seem to want a sequel -- we'll see ;-).

    10/4/2002 Halloween Contest posted to the site
    A new Halloween Contest has been added to the site. Enter the contest by correctly answering a quiz regarding the Celtic origins of Halloween.

    10/4/2002 New Interactive Stories
    The Interactive Story pages have been updated to contain separate story threads for Romance, Horror, Mystery, and Science Fiction. Of course, the original Ramon Latigazo story line is still available.

    8/30/2002 Design Your Own Perfume Contest winners selected
    Congradulation to the winners of the "Design Your Own Perfume Contest":
          Carolee, Cathie, Earlene, and Jan.

    8/22/2002 Club Valhalla posted to the site
    As a gift to my very generous readers, I've decided to post an unpublished favorite manustript of mine to this site for your enjoyment. The novella is called Club Valhalla. Feel free to read it online or print it out for your offline enjoyment.

    8/13/2002 Selkie Cover Arrives
    The Selkie cover has arrived and its beautiful. I've posted it on this Web site along with an excerpt. Enjoy!!!

    8/2/2002 Dominion Ships
    Dominion has finally been released. I've been receiving a lot of praise for the book. Thankfully, people seem to like it ;-).

    7/8/2002 Selkie Cover Art Completed
    Haven't seen it yet, but my editor says that its beautiful (although, not as beautiful as Dominion). I'll post it on the site when a copy arrives.

    7/6/2002 Web Site Migration Completed -- First Chat
    The new web site, www.melaniejackson.com, is up preserving all the information restored from the downed server. People eagerly return to appending to the Interactive Story. The site's first chat occurs Saturday night as readers gather to chat with Christine Feehan.

    7/3/2002 Web Site Migration Begins
    The free web server remains down, so an account on a pay for support service, www.powweb.com, is obtained and the domain name www.melaniejackon.com is registered to point to the new site. Migration of the web site from the old service to the new format begins.

    6/28/2002 Web Site Crashes
    The free server homing the web site, www.employees.org, goes down hard and stays down as admins frantically try to fix a corruption of the site. Sure hope we didn't cause this.

    6/25/2002 Web Site Redesign Completed
    The facelift is completed and the new website is announced. People being to connect to checkout the new site. Bulletin Board and Interactive Story entries are posted.

    6/21/2002 Web Site Redesign Begins (First Day of Summer)
    As a birthday present, Melanie's web site is given a major face lift. A new look is applied, pages are simplied, and many new free applications are added including chat, a bulletin board, and interactive story.

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