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Melissa Storm

Melissa Storm

Melissa Storm is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and CEO of Novel Publicity, a book marketing agency specializing in Facebook/Amazon ads for authors.

Sep 22, 2026

36:22
Yeah, okay.
36:23
Direct Sales has worked for my Luna Ryder name and, you know, you're my brother, you're Luna Ryder's brother in Cozy Fantasy because it doesn't make sense at a glance because it's so unique.
36:34
So I need the whole freaking page to explain what the heck did I do? You know, like middle-aged ADHD halfling.
36:42
It's not YA, but the rest of her party is teenagers.
36:45
Also, she's a lesbian, but it's clean and wholesome.
36:48
And like, there's so many layers.
36:50
And I have the one with the asexual autistic gnome with a sentient cheese soulmate granting wishes for the goddess.

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55:54
So people kept
3:05
How did you end up doing what you do now?
3:08
Oh, gosh.
3:08
Well, you're going to get a tidbit I don't think anyone's gotten out of me in any interview or conference.
3:13
She said ambitious females.
3:15
When I first started blogging in 2010, my blog was called the ambitious ambigu, like ambiguity.
3:22
And like, I'm going to be someone right now I'm not, but I'm going to get there and you're going to know my name and that works.
3:29
2010 was a different era, but, um, I've always been very socially anxious, which may be hard to see since I'm often on stages and in crowds and partying the loudest.
6:21
So you were writing books and then you, how did you kind of get into doing ads and marketing and getting into that level?

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